Portable Infrared Sauna - Sweat Anywhere!

Let's hear it for technology!

I'm assuming that if you're reading up on portable saunas, you'd like to take advantage of the healthy detoxifying effects of infrared saunas but you're in one of two situations. The first possibility is that although you'd like to install an infrared sauna in your home, you have only a limited amount of space. Or, you might have plenty of free space, but you want to save some money by finding a less expensive option for your infrared sauna.

No matter which of these two scenarios describes your situation, you'll need to keep a few things in mind when you're trying to determine the best way to buy your new portable sauna.

You've been doing some research, so you probably already realize that portable saunas are very compact and made of a flexible fabric. In fact, they can be folded up and stored in a bag if they won't be used for a while. That can be a significant advantage when space in your home is tight.

(By the way, if you are interested in portable infrared devices, you may also want to know about infrared blankets) and portable far infrared saunas.

In addition to being foldable, they are extremely light weight. It's not hard to move something that weighs as little as ten pounds.

Some portable infrared saunas feature handy pockets on the exterior of their fabric enclosure. These pockets are perfect for keeping your cell phone, mp3 player or remote control handy while you're sitting inside. Adjustable timers with auto-shutoffs add even more convenience.

As well as having a comparatively low purchase price, portable infrared saunas are economical to use, with some models operating for as little as a nickel per thirty-minute session. And most portable infrared saunas that are being sold today even come with their own folding chair. It's convenient to not have to bring a chair from somewhere else each time you want to sit in your sauna, and the folding chair is also a space-saver.

So far, portable infrared saunas sound great, right? Not only are they cheaper than standard infrared saunas, you can move them from place to place and they don't take up a whole lot of space.

I believe there are a few things you need to know before you actually buy a portable infrared sauna, however. For example, what is one of the main reasons people want an infrared sauna of their own? Well, to detoxify the body, of course. In fact, infrared energy is one of the most effective ways you can detoxify. As the radiant heat surrounds you and penetrates deeply into your muscles, joints and other tissues, your circulation, oxygen flow and perspiration rate increase, detoxifying your body at the cellular level.

So, detoxification is one of the big benefits of infrared saunas, and naturally, you'd like to be able to take advantage of that benefit when you get your own sauna. That's why (in my opinion) you need to avoid any portable infrared sauna that smells like chemicals when you unpack it. The unpleasant chemical smell is probably the result of toxic fumes being outgassed. Some people have actually told me they had to air out their foldable infrared sauna before they were able to start using it. Obviously that's not a desirable situation, even if detoxifying isn't one of your main goals.

You should also think about that handy folding chair I mentioned earlier. Sometimes they're so bad it's even hard to describe them. They can be miserably uncomfortable and very hot to sit on. It might be better to use a lightweight wicker chair or something similar, because with some of these folding chairs, you might need to put down a towel to prevent your skin from burning when it touches the chair's metal. In fact, you might need to use a small pillow or rolled up towel to prevent the chair's metal bars from feeling like they're digging into your bones while you're sitting.

Despite these potential drawbacks, the much lower purchase price and space-saving attributes of a portable infrared sauna can provide some significant advantages. Amazon.com can be a great place to buy one, because it's a trustworthy, dependable online store that often has portable infrared saunas available for bargain prices. Typically, Amazon's products are also good quality, so you won't need to worry much about buying a sauna that gives off toxic fumes.





Portable Infrared Saunas do what a sauna does...in a smarter, more comfortable way

Think of the benefits people seek from a regular sauna:

• Weight loss
• Pain relief
• Relaxation
• Sweating out toxins
• Increasing heart rate
• Improving circulation
• Blood vessel dilation
• Increased blood flow to the skin surface

All these same benefits are achievable with a portable infrared sauna. And more.

But first you have to understand infrared treatment and how an infrared sauna works.

Radiant heat

"Far infrared" (or FIR) occurs at the far end of the electromagnetic spectrum. These are heating rays (the sun produces them) that we can feel (as warmth) but can't see.

Far infrared heats objects more than air. Your body is an object, right? That means you can get in a portable infrared sauna and have your body be warmed just as much as in a traditional sauna, but without all that stifling heat!

Portable infrared saunas only heat the air around you to 110°-130°F, while a conventional sauna will heat it to at least 175°F and can go as high as 230°F!

That's a huge comfort difference. Yet because your body is being heated, you can sweat just as much! And here's the thing:

Because far infrared is radiant heat, your body is being warmed below the surface. This means toxins have a better chance of being knocked loose from the fat cells inside your body than if you were using a traditional sauna!

Acne could improve. Your immune system might be strengthened. You may finally find relief from insomnia.

Saunas offer many of the same benefits of exercise

You warm up. Your heart rate increases. Your blood flows better. And, of course, you sweat.

(And everyone knows that sweat releases toxins.)

To top it all off, you burn calories...big time.

People swear by the skin benefits too

And it's no surprise. You're clearing out those clogged pores (dirt and chemicals) and increasing blood flow to the skin's surface. How could that not be good???

There's even a fancy medical word for a sauna's effect on your blood vessels - vasodilation. The warming causes the muscle wall of your blood vessels to relax (in order to carry heat to the surface of your skin) - increasing blood flow and reducing blood pressure.

That's why spending time in a sauna feels so good.

And now it's affordable

A portable infrared sauna means you don't have to join a fancy health club or build a sauna (can you imagine?) in your own home.

Nope. Infrared technology means you can have an effective, pleasurable sauna for a price you can afford and in a form you can take with you! Who would have thought?

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