In ancient times, Sauna in Finland use to play very significant role in spiritual and religious ceremonies. Sauna is meant to be a quiet and peaceful place along with being a clean and warm heaven. There is an old Finnish proverb that says one should behave in Sauna as he would behave in a Church. No doubt Sauna is a family oriented, social event place.
However there are some unspoken basic etiquette that is expected to be followed in the sauna. Parents teach their children from the early stage itself, the manner that should be followed like keeping quiet, and refraining themselves from badmouthing or shouting. Interestingly, Finnish believe wearing a swimsuit during sauna bath is unhygienic and it is something like wearing your socks while having shower.
Sun produces fair amount of infrared quantity because of which we feel warm even in cool days. But it also dispenses other bands of energy such as ultraviolet which is harmful for the body. Ultraviolet is even known to cause cancer in the body and genetic mutation. Infrared Sauna Panels produces infrared in good quantity. Infrared is a powerful energy to heal and relieve from numerous conditions. However Infrared Sauna Panels cannot produce Infrared as much as Sun does.
Key features of Infrared
- Infrared travels in a straight lines like light
- Wood absorbs Infrared, it doesn’t bounce off or passes through wood
- It does not reflect off metals including polished stainless steel
- The major benefits of Infrared comes from the ability of body to absorb infrared
- Infrared is actually beneficial for the body in any volume. It is also the safest heat energy. It has been used in hospital for decades to keep babies warm
There are widely two types of Infrared Sauna Panels available in the market
- Infrared carbon panel sauna (20 amp)
- Concave solid ceramic emitters sauna (20 amp)
Infrared travels in a straight line and the benefits of the infrared come only by direct absorption of infrared by the body. Hence to harness maximum benefits from infrared, the Carbon Panel Sauna, spreads infrared evenly all over sauna. Body gets the maximum amount of infrared from full body infrared coverage layouts which come with concave solid ceramic emitters. These emitters produce excellent percentage of infrared per watt.
DIY Sauna kits with Carbon Sauna panels come with wood grid for all around the wall as a protection to allow easy leaning against the wall. However this has an obvious drawback as half of the limited infrared produced by carbon sauna is completely neutralized by the wood slats. So you lose precious infrared benefits. However there is a workaround available for this situation.
There are DIY Sauna kits with Carbon Sauna panels available that uses three sizes of emitter which is installed with back rest. This ensures no infrared is blocked from reaching your body. Concave solid ceramic emitters produce very safe amount of EMF Emissions which is usually below 10. This is considered a very safe level.