Sauna for the home - Indoor and outdoor, portable, Finnish, infrared, stoves, wood & electric saunas
Home Sauna Introduction
Picking a sauna for your home is not so easy when there are so many options for different types of sauna, different heaters, different accessories and then the choice of indoor and outdoor; dry, smoke, steam, wet etc. Additionally, you have the decisions as to whether to buy a 2, 3 , 4 or even 6 personal home sauna. There is no doubt that buying a home sauna is great for home relaxation and can even be good for social evenings when friends visit. Where do you start though is the choice. Below we try to make a little more sense of the options. Feel free by the way, to email us with your opinions - Email Us.
- Main Types of Sauna
- Choosing a sauna heater
- Sauna size & Indoor or outdoor sauna
- What sauna accessories you may need
Types of Home Sauna
Sauna is an invention from Finland, an invention
which has now become popular in healthclubs worldwide, and
which exists in an average of 
one per household in Finland.
The traditional type of sauna is the Finnish sauna. The modern day Finnish sauna is essentially a steam sauna, the steam created by splashing water on heated rocks. The rocks sit inside a metal wood stove, (usually with a chimney). Air temperatures can average 70-80 °Celsius. The steam makes the sauna users sweat, which in effect makes the impurities sweat out of the body. This type of sauna can easily be created in your home. You do not need much space, with even an un-used cupboard for example, possibly large enough for a small sauna.
Infrared Saunas for the Home
Deep penetrating infra-red
rays ensure that the whole of 
your
body is targeted. This type of sauna is great for relieving
tired and aching muscles, as well as offering a good sauna
experience in general. Home infrared saunas can be bought
just as easily as home Finnish saunas, thus this type of sauna
is worth considering.
The Infrared sauna uses a special heater that creates infrared radiation rays. Even though these rays are similar to rays produced by the sun, the infrared rays are considered to be very good for ones health. In infrared saunas, the heater warms the air and also penetrates the skin to encourage perspiration, producing many of the same health benefits of traditional steam saunas.
Today there are a wide variety of sauna options. Heat sources include wood, electricity, gas and other more unconventional methods such as solar power. There are wet saunas, dry saunas, smoke saunas, steam saunas, and those that work with infrared waves as described above.
You can have a sauna in your home or apartment, in your backyard, on your rooftop, or even in a vehicle or on a pontoon boat. The possibilities are endless and creating innovative and sometimes quirky designs has become part of the appeal of sauna bathing. But for most people, it is still the health benefits that are the main attraction.
Other main differences affecting sauna.
The heat source i.e. wood, electricity, gas can affect the sauna. For a home sauna, buying a small heater (as discussed below) is perhaps the easiest option. There are wet saunas, dry saunas, smoke saunas, steam saunas, and those that work with infrared saunas. generally for home use, a traditional style Finnish sauna using a wooden type cubicle, or an infrared sauna might be the most practical cost wise.
