Infrared Room Heaters: Energy Efficient Space Heater Technology

Nowadays, infrared room heaters and fireplaces are all the craze. These innovative household mainstays are gaining popularity due to the safe, beneficial heat they deliver. In fact, the sought-after design of the fireplace room heater in particular is showing up in more and more homes across the country each year.

These infrared quartz heaters are a revolutionary-designed portable heat source. Infrared heat is safe, healthy and therapeutic, offering many benefits for users beyond the typical room heater. Quality infrared room heaters should never feel hot to the touch. They do not emit any fumes or harmful matter into the air like normal home heating systems, and quartz room heaters will not dehydrate the air. Some even sanitize or purify the air!

Electrically heated infrared heaters radiate up to 86 percent of their input as radiant energy. Nearly all the electrical energy input is converted into infrared radiant heat in the filament and direct onto the product by reflectors. Infrared heaters are much more energy efficient than most space heaters, utilizing most of the electricity and energy that is emitted.

The designs are constantly evolving, and you can now choose anywhere from micro portable heaters to the beautiful infrared fireplace room installation. Both will keep you warm during the colder months, or simply give you the excuse to cozy-up with that special someone.

Portable room heaters are perfect for single places like offices, garages, workshops, basements and cool spots in your home. They work in collaboration with an in-home heating system, heating rooms that are not used often in order to conserve energy. If used collectively, you can cut some of your heating bills in half by strategically utilizing infrared room heaters in some unused rooms or spaces within your dwelling in place of heating every room in your house.

Check out SaunasAndStuff.com’s quartz infrared room heater to stay warm in the winter months, or cuddle up by the infrared quartz fireplace room heater and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate.

Sauna Sales are Hot in Summer 2011

Yes, we the pun in the headline was intentional. It's hot outdoors, yet the popularity of saunas has been picking up speed in 2011. Sauna sales are very strong this year despite the still somewhat slow economy. There home improvement trend continues, with folks investing in there home and making it a daily vacation destination. Why relax just two weeks a year?

Many people are beginning to realize the various health benefits of saunas, and pre-built sauna kits are making it easier for saunas to fit in just about anyone’s home or backyard, no matter what the size.

Despite saunas having been around for centuries, the increased focus on stress relief and improvement of health in society today has brought saunas back to the forefront. In addition to providing a relaxing experience, saunas also cleanse the body of toxins and other impurities, ease joint and muscle pain, stimulate metabolism, and provide many other holistic health benefits.

People are also entertaining at their homes more often, and focusing more on spending time with family. The social aspect of saunas allows families to enjoy their custom built sauna kits in the comfort of their own home. Coupled with the health benefits and relaxation, it is a win-win cocktail of enjoyment.

The ever-increasing popularity of saunas has led to many innovative design options, including various heating technologies and a wide variety of home kits, pre-built kits or custom designed kits to allow individuals and families to build the sauna of their dreams within the space they have available. These sauna kits are easy-to-use and can fit any living situation and budgets. Many new heating technologies including wood, electric dry, electric steam and infrared sauna heat provide even more options to the consumer than ever before. In addition, the increasing coverage of carbon fiber infrared saunas in the news has allowed them to become a best seller at SaunasAndStuff.com.

With this growing trend of sauna popularity, we cannot wait to see what comes on the market next. If you are looking for the perfect option to relax, improve your health and spend time with your loved ones, a sauna might be the ticket for you!

Demystifying the Health Risks and Health Benefits of Saunas

There are many articles out there about the alleged health risks of Saunas, and for every one of these articles there is another one stating all of the health benefits of saunas. With such conflicting pieces of information, many people do not know what to believe.
We at www.SaunasAndStuff.com would like to help demystify the health risks of saunas and give you some facts about the risks:

• Cooling down is as important as the heating process in your sauna session. It is safe to take a few moments after exiting the sauna before entering a cold plunge in a pool or shower. After your session you can turn the sauna off, open the door slightly, and allow your body to cool down for 10 minutes. If you shiver afterward, it is a sign of the automatic responses of your body trying to warm itself back up. You may want to reenter the sauna and allow your body to cool longer afterward. If you ever feel slightly sick after using the sauna, a less hot sauna and warmer, longer cool down is suggested for future use. Sleep disturbances can also occur if your body is not cooled down properly, so give yourself sufficient time to cool down after using the sauna.

• Prolonged stays in the sauna may lead to the loss of electrolytes from the body, which is similar to what can happen to your body after rigorous exercise. Risks of dehydration leading to heat stroke can occur if you are not hydrating enough. Always drink plenty of fluids before, during and after using the sauna. Using the sauna during alcohol withdrawal or while “hung over” can also cause dehydration, so it is not recommended to use the sauna after a night of drinking.

• Ease yourself into regular sauna use slowly to lower the risks. Start with short intervals once or twice a week, and work up from there. And always remember, if at any time during your sauna session you feel dizzy, sleepy or any discomfort, exit the sauna immediately.

Saunas have many health benefits and should be used correctly to eliminate any risks associated with them. Please submit any additional questions to www.SaunasAndStuff.com to answer. We support using saunas safely to maximize the health benefits!

How to Use Your Sauna

You finally made the best decision of your life…to get your own sauna. Good for you! The relaxation and major health benefits of infrared saunas are amazing. Once you get the sauna and set it up in your house, you begin to wonder how to use it and how to increase the benefits of your sauna sessions. SaunasAndStuff.com is here to help.

• Always remember to drink plenty of fluids before, during and after your sauna session. Drinking plenty of water after will help your body eliminate all of the toxins from the sauna session.
• Heat the sauna to the desired temperature. You will want to do this up to 30 minutes before you plan to use it so it is warm and ready when you are. The most common temperatures for beginners are in the range of 110° F to 118° F. You can experiment to find what is most comfortable for you.
• Some people enjoy working out prior to using the sauna to get their blood flowing. If you exercise prior to using the sauna, monitor your body to make sure you do not overheat, since you will already be warm prior to entering.
• You can start with one or two sauna sessions per week and work up from there. Start with 15 to 20 minutes and gradually increase this time with future sessions as desired.
• Wear as little clothing as possible to get the best infrared sauna benefits and feel the most comfortable. Infrared rays have difficulty penetrating clothing. You should take two towels in the sauna. One will be used to sit on, and the other can be used to wipe away any sweat.
• Use this sauna session to relax, meditate and escape. Relieving stress and tension is one of the sauna’s major benefits! You can massage the areas of your body that ache to relieve sore and tense muscles. From time to time throughout the session, wipe off excess perspiration to allow for more intense sweating.
• If at any time during your sauna session you feel dizzy, sleepy or any discomfort, exit the sauna immediately.
• After your sauna session is complete, turn off the power and sit in the sauna with the door opened slightly for about 10 minutes to let you your body cool down.
• Take a shower to clean the toxins from your body. It is best to wait 15 to 20 minutes before taking a warm shower to rinse the perspiration from your body so you can fully cool down and finish sweating prior to your shower.

Saunas are a great way to relax and de-stress, as well as offer many health benefits. Saunas And Stuff offers many different size saunas for every home.

The Health Benefits of Infrared Saunas

Everyone strives to be healthy and happy. Infrared Saunas can help you achieve this goal with the many health benefits they offer. They can lower your blood pressure, aid in weight loss, and extend your life. Mainstream media is finally giving infrared saunas the attention they deserve, according to Dr. Mehmet Oz on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The following are some unique health benefits that infrared saunas provide users:

Lower Blood Pressure
Infrared saunas are different from normal saunas in that they make the same rays that come from the sun without the UV radiation, leaving only the infrared rays. These rays are then lightly absorbed into the skin. Dr. Oz mentions the reason heating the body is important is that it is shown that people who take saunas a couple of times per week actually drop their blood pressure. The infrared sauna environment in which they are lowering their blood pressure is a more comfortable temperature than sitting in a heated traditional sauna environment. These saunas excel due to the fact that they do not hurt your lungs if you take a deep breath.

Detoxification
We spoke about the benefits infrared saunas have on detoxification in our Sauna FAQ. The main thing we want to stress is to wash your skin once you exit the sauna to get the toxins off your skin and refresh your system.

Weight Loss
We also mentioned the benefits of weight loss that come from using an infrared sauna in our Sauna FAQ. Since it increases blood circulation, makes your heart beat faster and gets you to burn more calories. Hats off to burning calories!

Extend Your Life
A major benefit is helping to extend your life. Medical researchers have long been reporting on the health benefits of infrared sauna therapy. It helps support those who suffer from fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and even autism. The circulatory and blood pressure lowering benefits are a major plus! Another benefit that helps to extend your life, and the overall quality of your life, is the fact that saunas aid in relaxation. With all the stress being experienced and the fast pace of life, saunas help you take a moment and fully relax. The heat also helps bring that relaxation to a heightened stage of completion.

In 2011, if you want to help your health and quality of life, visit your sauna for relaxation, weight loss, detoxify, and lowered blood pressure. Visit www.SaunasAndStuff.com to see the many different types of saunas and infrared sauna kits we offer.
 

Heat Your Winter with a Facebook Contest Winner

The success and popularity of Facebook continues to grow every day. This social media platform allows small businesses such as SaunasAndStuff.com to get updates on new products, deals and company/health information to its clients quickly and easily.

Our Facebook page can be found at http://www.Facebook.com/SaunasAndStuff.

In order to give back to our clients already following us on the social media site and to bring aboard new followers, we are holding a contest on Facebook for the month of February. Please visit our Facebook page link above, “Like” us, and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win an infrared room heater, which is valued at more than $199.00. The winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011.

The Infrared Quartz Heater uses the same ceramic tube heaters as our infrared saunas. It is a revolutionary-designed portable heat source that offers you safe, healthy and therapeutic heat for a single room up to 1000 square feet. This beautifully crafted heater will also save money compared to other supplemental heating systems. The Infrared Quartz Heater emits clean, ultra-efficient, and evenly distributed heat. It produces a soft, and cozy heat that warms the air.

So if you want to heat up the cold winter months (we keep reading about the abundance of cold and snow storms sweeping the nation) then head over to our Facebook page for a chance to win a portable quartz infrared room heater from SaunasAndStuff.com.

Buying a Sauna to Help with New Years Resolutions

Each New Year we examine our lives to figure out the things we want to change and write a list to start overhauling everything right after that ball drops and we fight off any pending hangovers. Have you ever thought that buying a sauna might help you achieve some of those goals?

Weight Loss with Saunas
Saunas can be amazing partners to help you achieve your weight loss goals. One sauna session can help you burn more than 600 calories, which is equivalent to 30 minutes of rowing at the gym or an hour on the treadmill. The heat from the infrared sauna penetrates below the skin to break down the fat and water particles in your skin, helping to burn calories and accelerate weight loss. It is a great alternative to physical exercise for those who are unable to exert themselves.

Expel Toxins with Saunas
At most spas, you will find hot tubs and saunas as a fixture. Besides relaxation, these devices help expel toxins from your skin. When toxins are present in our body, blood circulation is blocked and cellular energy is impaired. The body’s immune system is inhibited due to toxins, making it difficult to fight disease. When infrared sauna heat is applied, the large water molecules in our bodies that contain toxic gases like sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, lead, mercury and chlorine vibrate are broken down. The encapsulated toxic materials and gases are then released, expelling these toxins. Some experts in weight loss believe our bodies use fat to dilute toxins. Since infrared saunas excel at helping rid your body of toxins, you are burning fat that is being used to dilute toxins in the process.

Saunas Help Relieve Pain from New Years Work Outs
Many people in the New Year head to the gym to work out, lose weight and feel great. By day three, their bodies are sore and in need of heating pads…or saunas. Infrared Saunas are the answer to your prayers. Heat has been shown to reduce pain sensation by direct action on both free-nerve endings in tissues and on peripheral nerves. Many athletes sit in the sauna or hot tub to relieve sore muscles and alleviate pain.

So if you are now beginning to conquer your New Year Resolutions, plan to buy a sauna or hot tub. Buying an infrared sauna or hot rock sauna just might help you get closer to your goals than you ever thought. Add purchasing a sauna from SaunasAndStuff.com to the top of your list.