FIR Saunas - Comparison of 3 model styles

[fracty]

I started a new thread to specifically compare the costs/benefits of the most common styles of FIR:

1. pad
2. rainbow
3. sauna

I am preparing to buy one of them on lease. Since, like many here after the M, my budget is similar to the national deficit I must be very careful in making the right purchase.

I've been getting lots of contradictory info about which style of model is best. Many say you should get all three, but the stores are telling me I only need one.

Should I:

1. just get the sauna on lease? (I am worried about how hard it will be to put together.)
2. get the sauna and only one of the other two for sleeping? (I also MIGHT be able to slip the pad under my desk where I will be working part time but I don't know if the owner will go for that.)
3. get all three as I can budget them in?

[fracty]

Also, I understand there is a... I don't know the word so I will say titration point after which you no longer absorb the benefits of the sauna until your body is ready for more. so it sounds like you do not necessarily get better results with longer time. I don't know.

[gigi22]

Fracty.. I am no expert here.. and this is only my opinion... but I would get a sauna and nix the rainbow idea. The rainbow can only cover a small portion of the body at a time.

Have you tried a FIR sauna before? If not, try one before you buy and see how you feel.. I found a place local to me where I can get unlimited sessions for a month for one set rate. It's affordable.

I am not sure what type of sauna you are considering, but you can even get a portable one and it will save you lots of money. I've heard people getting good results with the portable, and you can probably find it on ebay for less.
Portable Home Sauna | Buy Cheap Portable Home Sauna

I've been toying around with the idea of both a portable sauna and a FIR pad. The FIR pad you could use for extended periods of time like while sleeping, and the portable sauna would get to a high enough temperature to get a good detox/sweat going.

I haven't bought anything yet, but have been going back to use a FIR sauna about once a week. I took a long break for awhile, and when I used the FIR sauna again last week, I got some extra purging of material from my skin. I say material because I have no idea what it is!

take care!!

[Sadsack]

All cells have and need farinfrared. There is a photographic technique that relies on capturing images based on their FIR (mostly nighttime military applications). There is a point at which a given cell has "enough" FIR, and the extra passes harmlessly through. It's kind of like a water glass that isn't quite full. Put it under the tap and it will fill; the extra just overflows without harming the glass.

Not all FIR gadgets are made equally. Certain things, like carbon fibers, gold, diamond, and certain ceramics naturally emit FIR in varying degrees. Some companies use substances that have very little FIR-emission, and if it's not a trustworthy company, you COULD get something that has almost no FIR, just ELM radiation and heat.

FIR is "cool" heat, and not visible without special equipment, although it is just beneath red in the electromagnetic spectrum (actually, first there is near inf, then medium inf, then far).

A FarInfrared sauna combines heat with FIR to make detox quicker. The skin is an organ of elimination that works in conjunction with kidneys, colon, lungs, etc, and about 10% of toxins are eliminated this way. Heat facilitates skin detox, but external FIR pentrates further into the body to enhance further detox internally.

MPS Global uses carbon fibers that are spun with gold and diamonds, maximizing the amount of FIR emissions. It's probably the best company going. So, in a way, you may be better off with an MPS Global rainbow than a cheap sauna that you haven't researched.

Someone I know is buying this sauna: Saunas - Infrared saunas - Far infrared saunas - Perfect Saunas for home use. Just plug it in!

It is a good compromise. They use pure carbon fibers, without gold and diamonds, but will probably be just fine. Will have to use it more often, that's all.

If you go with the MPS Global rainbow, you'll have to use it more, too, because you'll have to move it (or yourself) around.

SS

[fracty]

Thanks guys.

This is the specific one I am considering.
Infrared Sauna Products : FAR INFRARED SAUNAS : MPS SAUNA : MPS CAPSULE DIMA : MPS RAINBOW
It is MPS and has the diamond carbon. Also they say it is free of all harmful chemicals that are sometimes used in manufacturing.

At this time I can only get one from a place that offers a payment plan. The link you gave SS is one I had also been viewing and it looks great.

Regarding the sauna in my link - the Hymbas/MPS one - it looks pretty uncomfortable to sit in 2 hours a day with no back rest. I know that sounds like I'm being a high maintenance princess since that should be the least of my concerns but I want to make the best choice if I am going to spend that kind of money.

So far from what I am hearing it sounds like it is better to just get that and NOT the pad or rainbow. I just don't understand why so many other people get both and even all three.

[fracty]

Also, the sales person said I could take it apart later (after I assemble it myself) if I move. But some of her info was not entirely accurate so I am not sure what to think.

I sure don't want to put it together in this small one room apartment and then not be able to get it back out the door or down the steps. lol.

(Oh. And she said I don't need power tools to assemble it. Again something I am having a not sure is fully accurate. I've purchased some things that were POSSIBLE to screw together w a hand screwdriver, but were soooo hard to do that it was not really possible for real life. I'm physically very strong, but I'm not sure if I can hand assemble everything.)

[Kritters]

Hey, does anyone know the true answer to this question? :

Does the full spectrum of sunlight permeate through window glass?

I've read many times that it does not, but I wonder if some might. If it does not, I wonder how the full spectrum light bulbs or tanning bed bulbs are used. Or how the ultra-violet through glass keeps plants alive. This might be elementary to some, but I missed this in school (or don't remember it).

The far-infrared information on Dr, Staninger's site is fascinating (an aside thought).

Kritts

[lamb]

Dr.Hildy said that MPS is the only technology worth investing in and not to waste a cent on any other.
FWIW.

[fracty]

thanks Lamb and all.

Yes, I am planning on getting the MPS brand as she recommends. (Although I think there are other companies that also make FIRs w the same quality level, but I don't want to take a chance.)

What I am really wondering is which model or combination of models will be the best choice. (I cannot afford to make a wrong one):

1. pad
2. rainbow
3. sauna

As I mentioned, from what I have been hearing at first I thought it was necessary to get the sauna as soon as possible and also get either the pad or rainbow for sleeping and other times. It also sounded as if many ppl get all three.

Maybe I should only get one. I don't know the most effective strategy and at this point I don't have the budget to make a wrong decision.

[Sadsack]

Kritters -

First, there are different kinds of glass. Regular glass, as in windows, etc, allow all visible light to pass through. During photosynthesis all waves of visible light except green are absorbed by the plant.
Ultraviolet light is electromagnetic wave lengths shorter than the shortest visible wavelength (violet). There are basically 3 types of UV light - UVA, UVB, and UVC, each shorter than the next. Photosynthesis is dependent on visible light.
At the other end of the visible spectrum is Infrared. It is not visible to the human eye, either, and begins just below the longest wave of visible light (red). First is near infrared, then medium infrared, then farinfrared.
That's the skinny on it.

SS