Portable infrared saunas have become really popular in the last few years. Generally, portable saunas are very affordable and you can move them easily. Not all portable infrared saunas are created equal though: each have their benefits and downsides. In this blog post I’ll look at the benefits of each of these models.
At Clearlight Infrared® Saunas, we’ve also developed a portable infrared sauna: the Clearlight® Dome. By reading this blog post, you’ll learn why I think we’ve created the best portable sauna UK option for most people.
Let’s first consider why you’d want to buy a portable infrared sauna though:
Why Buy A Portable Infrared Sauna?
A premium infrared sauna, such as a full spectrum infrared sauna, is expensive to many people. And, even though such a sauna can last a lifetime if you’ve got one for residential use, you’ll spend several thousands of pounds (GBP) to set one up in your home.
Today, with budgets being tight for many British people, spending £7,000 isn’t something everyone can afford. And, there’s a second problem people have: if you’re living inside a small apartment, you might not even have the space to set up an infrared sauna.
Of course, alternatively, you could set up an outdoor sauna but not everyone has a garden either. In both cases, a portable infrared sauna can make a big difference as it’s generally much smaller.
And, lastly, there’s another reason people might opt for a portable sauna: the ability to move the sauna to another location. If you’re buying an outdoor sauna or a regular indoor sauna, moving the device takes a few hours of work and is very cumbersome. So that’s where portable infrared saunas come in: you can easily take them to another place and set them up there without much hassle.
Some people also want to take their portable sauna on travel. In that case, options are available too, such as an infrared sauna blanket, one form of a portable infrared sauna.
Naturally, portable saunas can only be made for infrared saunas, not traditional saunas. The reason for this ability is simple: infrared heater technology, in many different forms, doesn’t take up much space. And, the infrared light - usually far infrared - heats your body up from the inside out. So for all portable infrared sauna models, you place some kind of device near your body that emits infrared onto your skin. That infrared then has the therapeutic effect.
A traditional sauna, or a portable version of that, is difficult to make tiny. The hot air from a steam room or Finnish sauna, for instance, needs to be contained inside a tiny space. The way that technology is built makes it impossible - with current technological developments - to make it small.
For that reason, I can only focus on portable infrared saunas. In the sections below, I’ll explore several of these options and their benefits and downsides: