Oh goodness, I've been abondaning this site for 2 months now. I'm already thinking to give up on it as I've another blog that using almost the same URL with this site. Anyhow, something hit me today that I just need to write about this.
Much has been going on lately and I've been busy updating my other sites without thinking twice if I should keep this blog. It is a new year now, I think I'll soon came up with a plan for this blog. At the mean time, it is almost Chinese New Year now, we have lots of plans for it, but not sure if any of them will be materialize. I'm hoping for a short trip with the family to Tenom, a town nearby. I'm also hoping that the kids can go for a swim or at least play with the cousins while they are staying in a hotel, just to enjoy the facilities there as guests. Probably as a guest, I would go to enjoy the sauna over there.
I seldom get to enjoy a good sauna, relaxing while the steam help me to detox and rejuvenate my skin. The only time that I've tried a sauna all by myself was over in Semporna. A small town in Sabah. I've never tried infrared saunas before and am not sure what really are the differences between normal sauna and infrared saunas. If I have the chance I would love to try it out.
According to some reports, infrared saunas can assist with the symptoms of weight loss, join stiffness and the most common one, increases blood flow, that's what I mean by rejuvenating my skin *wink*.
Well, finger crossed that at least I can enjoy the normal traditional sauna during this Chinese New Year.
Much has been going on lately and I've been busy updating my other sites without thinking twice if I should keep this blog. It is a new year now, I think I'll soon came up with a plan for this blog. At the mean time, it is almost Chinese New Year now, we have lots of plans for it, but not sure if any of them will be materialize. I'm hoping for a short trip with the family to Tenom, a town nearby. I'm also hoping that the kids can go for a swim or at least play with the cousins while they are staying in a hotel, just to enjoy the facilities there as guests. Probably as a guest, I would go to enjoy the sauna over there.
I seldom get to enjoy a good sauna, relaxing while the steam help me to detox and rejuvenate my skin. The only time that I've tried a sauna all by myself was over in Semporna. A small town in Sabah. I've never tried infrared saunas before and am not sure what really are the differences between normal sauna and infrared saunas. If I have the chance I would love to try it out.
According to some reports, infrared saunas can assist with the symptoms of weight loss, join stiffness and the most common one, increases blood flow, that's what I mean by rejuvenating my skin *wink*.
Well, finger crossed that at least I can enjoy the normal traditional sauna during this Chinese New Year.
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In the traditional heater, the heating elements heat the air and a mass of stones. This allows for a consistent heat and the custom of sprinkling water on the stones, which changes the environment in the sauna dramatically from a dry sauna bath, to a wet bath, or "steam sauna". This is an option afforded to the sauna bather that
chooses a traditional Scandinavian style sauna. It is not necessary to sprinkle water on the stones, and without that custom the humidity in the sauna is very, very low (around 2 or 3 percent).
The infrared heaters have exposed heating elements, so that the heat radiates directly onto the bather in sort of a one sided fashion. These infrared heaters have a much lower capacity, so the most common complaint is that they fail to attain the heat typical for a genuine sauna, especially on the part of the body turned away from
the heater.
You also sacrifice the ability to sprinkle water on the heater, and one must question whether it’s actually healthy to expose one’s self to such direct radiation, or how enjoyable such an experience is, compared to the traditional sauna.
In contrast, the traditional Scandinavian style saunas are centuries old (they were heated with wood before electricity), and their safety and therapeutic efficacy is well established.
As with tainted toothpaste, poisonous pet food and lead painted children’s toys, some of these infrared saunas are downright hazardous at least according to the Electrical Safety Authority in Ontario, Canada. See…
http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english/Fire%20Safety%20&%20Public%20Education/Recalls/2006/Saunas.asp
Sauna by Airwall, Inc. even recalled their saunas due to a fire hazard caused by faulty heating units and fuses.
See...
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/airwall-saunas-recalled-due-to-fire-hazard-infra-red.html