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Saunacore SPECIAL EDITION sauna heater w/ rocks & Controller KW7.5SE KW 7.5 SE 240v 7500W

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Yes, it comes with the controller and rocks for this sauna heater.

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Steamcore is for the first type of customer. There are 2 types of people that buy sauna heaters. One is the person who likes it really hot and dry and the other person is the person that wants it to go up to 195 (the legal allowed high limit for UL listed saunas) and they want to pour water on it (without breaking the 200 rule). IF you don’t know what this rule is you should not be buying a sauna heater yet.

We do sell HUUM (our most popular sauna heater) but since it gets hotter (it heats the room up to 230 degrees while Saunacore heats it up to 195 degrees (high limit switch won’t let it go higher). If pouring water on rocks that are hotter than most sauna heaters get the 200 rule is often broken. No body likes a steam that is stingy and is hard to breathe and has too much absolute humidity that it can irritate the skin.

Most of the better sauna heaters have low watt density heaters. Saunacore has ULWD (Ultra Low Watt Density) e heaters. The heat from a Saunacore is the smoothest of all brands I have used. It gives a more diffused heat with higher fluence. The heating elements work about half has hard to produce the same amount of heat. I have never had to replace any Saunacore heaters in all the years I have sold their heaters. With other brands, one out of about every 10 callers wants replacement heaters for their old sauna heater.

The heat from a Saunacore is way less harsh than most heaters. It is a slower burn sauna that heat comes from about twice the surface area so it generates more heat instead of less heat coming out but at a higher temperature.

If you like a soft heat that is therapeutic but relaxing and you want to pour water on the rocks then Saunacore should be the right heater for you. As far as quality, when you put Harvia and Saunacore side by side and compare the heater quality and try two sauna back to back with Harvia and Saunacore, everyone at my house when I did my sauna heater review liked saunacore better. But, if price is an issue, Harvia is way more affordable. Most people get the Harvia who buy the Almost Heaven saunas. Costco is the biggest reseller of Harvia. I have almost a 200 page biohacking review and I know the real differences between all the sauna heater brands.

If you like a hard heat then Huum may be the right heater for your sauna. If you don’t pour too much water on the rocks in their sauna and like a low humidity sauna then you will like this sauna. For people that want to stay in longer than 15 minutes in their sauna then the Saunacore is a great fit. Using a sauna over 195 degrees will put most people into cardiac drift. I know most people think they want their sauna to go over 230 degrees but about 5% of my customers once they get a Huum actually turn it up over 195. Anything over 195 will feel stingy or “biting” for most people’s skin. If you go to a sauna at a gym and sit on the 2nd level bench… imagine if they had a 3rd or 4th level bench that goes way up to the ceiling… that would be kinda like what it would feel like. (If you study thermoclines and Brownian motion and know physics of thermoclines this will make sense to you.

The Saunacore due to having the most surface area of elements in their heater will heat up most saunas in 20 to 30 minutes. If you don’t want to wait 45 minutes to an hour then I’d recommend this brand. But, if you are keeping you sauna on all day or even a few hours, it is more affordable to have a HUUM heater as all the hours you keep it on after the initial session will cost a fraction of the cost since the rocks hold in so much latent heat.

Saunacore has been around since the 1980s. They build all of their heaters in Canada. Not imports from China. 100% stainless steel and heavy gauge. You don’t hear their heaters expanding and contracting when it is heating up and it turns off. Also all their components are SILVER SOLDERED. THEY ARE ALSO UL AND CSA CERTIFIED.

If you want an upgraded sauna experience and don’t want lots of rocks this is our best sauna for people that want to keep their sauna on for 30 minutes or an hour and then shut it off for the day. Also, there is less maintenance as you don’t have to restock and wash the rocks every 2 to 3 months.

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On my auctions I sell Harvia, Huum and Saunacore. Please read below. You will be happy you did. I love hearing what people think of what I wrote :) I'm about to go into my HUUM sauna and build some heat shock proteins. Enjoy my article below.

If you don’t know this rule, DON’T BUY A HUUM SAUNA!

I urge the average person buying a Huum heater to know the 200 rule and be CONSTANTLY aware of this anytime they are in the sauna. A good hygrometer costs 12 dollars and you hang it on the wall. You just add the temperature of the sauna room and the humidity, and if it goes over 200 then you know you should either turn the temperature down or stop pouring water on the heater. Going OVER 200 HAS THE OPPOSITE RESULTS YOU ARE PROBABLY WANTING IN A SAUNA.

We have the HUUM heater turned up to the highest level and pouring water on the rocks. Then we have it set at the same temperature but with a fan and see if the fan is the key to preventing the sauna from breaking the 200 rule.

If going over 200 and you want to keep your core body temperature 3 degrees higher or the artificial fever, having the heater up so high and having it steamy is not a good thing. Having a heart rate up so high and sweating heavily just reduces blood volume and dehydrates a person. At this point, no more water-soluble toxins are being released. First of all, the toxins have to be released from the interstitial fluid to be removed in a sauna. Longer sessions or hotter sessions will do it. The liver can only metabolize so many fat-soluble toxins and just sweating twice as much only releases water and screws up the electrolyte balance.

For the people who can handle saunas rated over 200, the safest way is to drink lots of electrolytes before the session, do EWOT at the point cardiac drift gets you out of breath, and definitely do what I do: I sit on my towel with a mat under it that keeps my voltage of my body at least 50 millivolts higher than it would be. Doing these 3 things are the only way I can break the 200 rule and have a 30-minute session. I only do this once about every 10 days.

I get the best results when the sauna is kept at or close to a 200 rating. Not any above that. That is, for the majority of the weekly sessions. Best results happen when the core is 3 degrees higher for a sustained 15 to 30 minutes. Longer is not better. For those that can’t handle it, switching from a cold plunge to the sauna can help.

For those who are disciplined, you are not doing this while drinking water during the session. If you're drinking water the whole time, that defeats the purpose, and many people stay there 45 minutes to an hour but their core never stays at the 3-degree fever.

Also, I urge people to try both types of sessions: having a really hot sauna but only 10% to 20% humidity, and on some days, having a not-so-hot sauna but having lots of humidity. So if the room is at 100% humidity and the temperature is at 100 degrees, that’s already at 200.

For those who are not going to use steam in their sauna and using it more for detox than any other reason, I recommend getting a visceral heater where you have an armature that brings it right up to your perineal peritoneal pelvic fat.

Notes to consider:

If you can stay in the sauna longer than 15 minutes at a time, it is not hot enough or the relative humidity is not high enough. If you have to take a break before 10 minutes, then it is too hot, even if not breaking the 200 rule.

If you want to stay in for 30 to 45 minutes, the way to get the benefits is to create a “bio sauna.” This is when the sauna is at a low temperature and the humidity is very high. It makes you think it’s really hot due to the low latent heat and high heat coefficient, but it’s only tricking you.

The temperature is at the lowest setting but the humidity is really high. Show the person after 15 minutes and then after 30 minutes.

Know your attitude towards your sauna. There are 2 types of attitudes you can have when going in the sauna: Are you the type that wants to relax and enjoy the sauna and just chill out? You aren’t concerned about health benefits even though you know you are getting them. The other way to view your sauna is as a workout or detox tool. You are trying to biohackand maximize the benefits of the sauna the best you can. Many people don’t like being borderline uncomfortable during their sauna session. Most people don’t have the discipline.

Electricity can cost a lot just to heat the sauna up for an hour just to go in for 10 or 15 minutes. I like to do three 10 to 15-minute sessions and take a cool shower or do my ice bath. I repeat this 3 times and then I feel like I spent the 2 dollars or so heating my sauna up better. I feel much better after doing 3 sessions back to back than just one session per day.

Breaking the 200 rule — If you are going to pour water on the rocks and have a high-humidity sauna with high temperatures, the humidity causes the skin to sweat less and hold heat in the body. If the body can’t sweat properly it can cause the body to overheat too quickly.

If using the sauna at 170 to 190 degrees like most people do, I do not recommend pouring 80 ml of water on the rocks at once. This will definitely break the 200 rule.

Get a scale — I always weigh myself after my sauna sessions. Sometimes I lose 2 pounds of water and when doing intense sessions I can lose around 5 pounds of water weight.

Pouring water — Don’t pour too much water on the rocks all at once. This will cause a heat wave and too much latent heat will go into the room at once. For those that have studied Brownian motion in high school physics, you may have remembered what happens to water when it is heated. I know how to avoid heat traps in the sauna and this is very easy to fix.

When pouring water on the rocks, the hot steam makes it feel hotter but the sauna is not actually hotter. For those that have studied relative humidity vs. absolute humidity will know about this. The heat wave should feel hot but not uncomfortable. This is why the marine-grade floor fan is so important.

Oversizing the heater: If the heater is oversized it constantly turns off and on way more times during the session. This helps cause frequent breakdowns and more warranty repairs over the heater’s lifespan. Oversized heaters usually need to be replaced prematurely.

Floor Fan Biohack

The Huum heater already makes a standard single level bench feel more like sitting on the 2nd level bench since HUUM heaters go up to 230 while most heaters only go up to 195 degrees. For those that want whole body vasodilation and not just half body where just your head and upper body is being heated up and your feet on the floor and legs aren’t getting hot, having the 16 inch fan blow the floor thermocline's cool air and shoots it up and mixes it with the super hot heat trap at the ceiling where it’s at least 3 feet from where most people sit.

This brings the entire room into homeostasis within a few degrees. We take laser thermometers and before using the fan, the floor temperature and ceiling temperature are very far apart. Also, having the fan should shave about a dollar in electricity costs off each hour session since the super hot ceiling thermocline is pushed down and not trapped anymore. The higher the ceiling the more expensive the sauna sessions are.

Rocks - Extra Small vs Small

This depends on if you are going to pour water on the rocks and at what temperature you are using the sauna at. Choosing between small and extra small makes a huge difference in the steam it creates and linger time. I personally like a low dryness fraction as it is more comfortable to breathe and doesn’t create the latent heat but some people like a higher latent heat and some like a higher heat co-efficient. You can’t go wrong with either as HUUM rocks are not hydrophilic like the flat rocks that give off the steam that hits you in the face and is uncomfortable, unlike HUUM's dryness fraction if getting the right rocks. If you don’t want to buy 2 sets of rocks and want to know if small or extra small will give you the steam you want, one of our biohackers can go over this.

50% of the people buy one or the other after talking to us. If you buy the wrong ones, you will probably never know if you would have preferred the other size. You will know after we talk if you are planning on pouring water on the rocks.

Highest Temperature

Most people have only experienced saunas that heat up to 195. I do not recommend most people turning the HUUM up to 230 degrees as this can put the average person into cardiac drift. I strongly recommend a marine grade destratification system. This way it’s less likely to get into cardiac drift since your head won’t be so hot and the sauna room temperature will be more evened out. It’s the best 80 dollars you will ever spend. You can find a used one on Amazon for 50 dollars. Contact us to learn more about this.

SGS Certification

It does not have a UL certification. It has a SGS certification which is even harder to get. No other sauna heater has this certification.

Heat Shock Proteins

Having a sauna session at the highest temperatures from the Huum heater can create major heat shock proteins and lipolysis of the visceral fat (especially if using the fan to bring the ceiling thermocline down). Many people want to lose belly fat (perineal fat, peritoneal fat, and pelvic fat) and higher temperatures are needed for this. I found it is better to do this when the entire sauna room temperature is around the same thermocline temperature. I urge people to research visceral heaters for those trying to lose belly fat. You cannot use these with steam saunas.

Bench Height

A higher bench can mean the difference of getting into cardiac drift too quick and being able to sustain the session and keep the body 3 degrees higher than normal body temperature for 30 minutes. Most people have to work their way up to longer sessions at higher temperatures. I use 1 Boost oxygen bottle per session but only when I am starting to get into cardiac drift. Breathing in 95% oxygen when not needed is not good. Remember that since the HUUM gets hotter than most heaters, it naturally pushes the thermocline down about a foot. A normal bench height can feel a foot higher if the temperature is turned to its highest.

Whole Body Sauna Therapy

This is something most people never experience. Just get the fan. Having the fan will let your whole body heat up at the same temperature at the same time. Once you do this, you probably won’t go back to the old way. Whole body vasodilation vs half body vasodilation - Just try it once.

Heat Co-efficients

This requires a 2nd fan (you don’t need a 12 or 16 inch fan for this like the floor fan). This is for people that are pouring water on the rocks. You will not get a heat co-efficient if you use this type of fan in a completely dry sauna. When you have the fan blowing on you it creates a wind chill factor and actually cools you down. But, when there is steam in the sauna from pouring water on the rocks, having a fan blowing on your creates a heat co-efficient (opposite of a wind chill factor) and I usually put the fan on whatever is bothering me. I usually put the fan right behind my back. There needs to be some space so I put it behind an S shaped back rest.

10th Day

If doing the highest heat session from a HUUM sauna, I only do this once every 10 days for complete cardiac drift. I go lower on the other days. You don’t want to become heat-adaptive. If doing this too long it won’t be a stressor and the heat shock protein benefit will diminish.

Super Biohack

Costs 9 dollars if you have a deep freezer - I have a deep freezer and store 9 gallons of water in there. They call it the "poor man’s cold plunge." Once I finish my sauna session, I go in the tub. It feels like sitting in a giant glass of ice water. You don’t need to buy a fancy cold plunge with filtration systems and chillers. Just change out the gallons twice a day. I take the 9 gallons out and put 9 in. I have 18 gallons so 9 are always freezing. The tub stays very cold all day and once you put fresh gallons in then it gets super cold. You may need to work your way up to 9 gallons so it’s not super cold.

EWOT

For those that don’t want to spend 8 dollars on a bottle of Boost oxygen each session, you may want to get a 4 foot Ewot bag and fill it up with oxygen (I get about 50% off on oxygen concentrators and sell them at cost for people doing this). Having this can help increase my session time increase 10 to 20 more minutes without getting into cardiac drift. At normal sauna temperatures it's not really needed a most people can handle a long enough session but when the HUUM is cranked up to the highest level, you will see what I’m talking about once you try just one bottle of Boost. Amazon sells them the cheapest when you buy a 6 pack.

Sweat Lodge Experience

For those that have been in a sweat lodge and know what pouring rocks on super hot rocks is like, you need the most hydrophobic rocks you can get and HUUM rocks are not like the flat rocks. Choosing between the extra small and regular rocks is personal decision that needs to be made. Some people want to feel the heat wave for a few seconds before Brownian motion takes over and some people want to feel the lingering steam but with a lighter steam. It is totally a personal preference.

Know the 200 Rule for Traditional Saunas

The 200 rule is just a guideline for the optimal and most comfortable sauna experience. This is when the temperature and also the humidity percentage combined don’t exceed 200. If the temperature is at 170F, the humidity in the sauna should not exceed 30%. You can get a good humidity meter for 9 dollars on Amazon. You don’t need anything more fancy than this one.

If the room goes over 200 you lose that feel good experience. It is not enjoyable to be in a room over 200 combined percentage. So many people buy the wrong size rocks if planning on pouring water on the HUUM sauna. Also, the higher the temperature the HUUM is at when the water is poured on the rocks the higher the dryness fraction and less condensate and humidity. So, if pouring water on a standard heater (not a HUUM BRAND), the humidity in the sauna is way higher based on pouring 1/3 of a cup of water on the rocks. So, if you pour the same amount of water at 230 degrees vs 195 degrees, pouring water on the rocks at the highest setting on a HUUM is exponentially more comfortable than any other brand that does not have this SGS certification to go to extreme temperatures. I have even experienced snow. If you are using the HUUM heater at the highest level and using it in the winter and open the sauna door and the freezing air comes in, since the dryness fraction at the hottest temperature makes the steam gassy, the steam will turn into ice or snow before it becomes condensate again. This stops the theory of Brownian motion. (It is OK. Most people in high school had no reason to remember what Brownian motion is but to pass their physics test. Note that the 200 score should be based where the hygrometer is. The ceiling will naturally be over 200 since heater rises and steam rises. I base this number on the thermocline in the sauna around my shoulder level.

If you have a 7 foot ceiling that is optimal. With a 7.5 foot ceiling, you can have a higher humidity level since the temperature is lower towards the shoulder level. When you get your sauna you will develop a preference. This is not something most people know about unless they are even aware of it or have been told about this. Those that have larger KW heaters like the Hive 15 or Hive 18 and are cranking their sauna up on high and pouring too much water on it, this will surpass 200 and it does NOT feel good. It’s kinda like being in the steam room and someone just poured ice water on the thermostat and then puts a cold rag over it and the steam room gets so hot that you need to get out. People at my gym get get upset and won’t tolerate that when some idiot that just joined comes in and does that. A ceiling that is higher will have a larger ceiling to floor temperature difference.

Drinking Water in a HUUM Sauna

I always drink before and right after. What’s the point of trying to create an artificial fever if you are trying to cool yourself down by drinking water. I let my core get into a 3 degree vasodilation. Drinking water just makes me more hydrophobic and not sweat as much. I want to get rid of toxins like heavy metal toxins and any organic chemicals in my body. I am not drinking water to cool myself down in the sauna. I take a 5 minute break when I need to and see so many people bringing water bottles in the sauna. If they were informed they would never do that. I believe a great sauna session should be borderline uncomfortable. Many people who come into saunas can’t handle any stressors to the body and are not disciplined.

How to Get a High Relative Humidity and avoid a High Absolute Humidity in your HUUM Sauna

HUUM rocks are the low porous type so it lets the water slide off (they are round and polished unlike others that are flat and bumpy). If you want to take the dryness fraction to another level, having white quartz on top of the rocks gives a super dry steam. If you are the type that likes a high absolute humidity then having a stone with a low thermal conductivity put still non-porous will give this type of steam since the rocks are not has hot but they retain heat better than the type that gives a high relative humidity. It is your choice - stones with higher heat retention but not as hot or ones that cool down quick but give a hotter steam. (This is only referring to the top rocks that the water hits before it hits the HUUM rocks). If you don’t like the super hot heat wave but you like steam in your sauna, the raspberry quartz is much gentler.

Get a Pulse Oximeter

If you are not at 98% or more, I strongly suggest EWOT (costs 10 dollars a bottle), this will let most people who are not physically fit sustain a session much longer than they normally could. Just having an Ewot score of 1% more can make the difference of having to get out. You can get a pulse oximeter on Amazon for less than 10 dollars.

Right when my level goes down and right when I get into cardiac drift is when I use my Boost oxygen bottle. This is the 2nd biggest sauna hack I have found after the 1st which is using the floor fan to get whole body sauna therapy, not just heating up my upper body.

The pulse oximeter DOES NOT show how well the person's body transfers oxygen. The body can be at 99.99% on the meter but this is NOT a sign of the usable state of the oxygen. Having high oxygen in the blood is not the same as saturating the body's cells with oxygen.

Peak capacity is when the level is 100 to 110mm of pressure that pushes 02 to the blood from the lungs. Note: those that are over 60 years old do not have pressures in the lung (110mm) like those that are much younger. In order for the pressure in the body to meet the requirements so it is not inadequate in carrying oxygenated blood to the hypoxic tissues that need oxygen the most, sometimes heating the core temperature 3 degrees higher.

Note: Those with sludge blood who are doing Ewot with the sauna will often saturate their bodies with oxygen and the oxygen will be absorbed into the blood but still won't be transported to the cells. This is why heating the entire body up 3 degrees is so important. Doing Ewot at normal body temperature is probably almost as bad as having sludge blood and an acidic body. Those with inflammation and blockages in their body will find it much harder to use oxygen with their sauna also unless it is done right. The oxygen will just be bypassed and not absorbed into the body. When the oxygen is not being burned as fuel is when the body can get harmed and over oxygenated. The fan will bring the room temperature in equilibrium so that the legs are heated up to absorb oxygen better than when cooler.

Staying in TOO long - WARNING FOR PEOPLE USING OXYGEN BOTTLES IN THE SAUNA

Staying in too long can drain more and do heavier lipolysis and the body can't filter all the toxins coming out. Also, staying in too long and not taking the right "anti-oxidants" or not enough or the wrong type that can't counter act the oxidation from excess oxygen that is not being burned, this also can be a problem for most people. I urge people to get answers to questions before starting Ewot sauna therapy. Getting just the right amount of oxygen and not over doing my session is always my goal. I don't want to stay in the infrared sauna if I can't produce enough bile to emulsify the waste.

I know so much about this and I can customize a biohacking experience based on each persons’ body ecology. I do not charge for this. I love sharing what I know. Everyone at my gym knows me this. Everyone is quiet at the gym sauna until I come in. When I bring my fan in the sauna people stare. People have never seen anyone do this before. Some people leave and go get the manager. I can always tell when someone is going to tell on me as they quickly leave right when I turn it on. I wrap up my fan in my towel and go in the shower. I can’t stand a snitch.

Fiber Optic Lights

If you have these in your sauna and plan on turning the heater up to the highest temperature, make sure your lights can handle it. Regular lights will not work at this temperature. Contact us if you have any lighting questions. Many people install these before getting their HUUM heater only to realize they have to remove it after installing it. This can work with heaters that go up to 195 but not 230.

Keeping costs down

An hour long sauna session (including the preheating time uses about 9 to 13 kilowatt hours in electricity - keeping the ceiling lower and using a floor fan brings the cost down. Also, having more rocks to hold more latent heat brings it down even lower. 10 boxes of rocks holds way more latent heat than just 4 boxes.

Larger HUUM rocks are preferred by half the people depending on what type of sauna therapy they are seeking and the other people want the smallest rocks that will fit in their sauna who want the sauna to heat up quick and don’t have time wait 3 times as long for large rocks to heat up.

Larger rocks absorb heat slower and take longer to heat the sauna and costs a lot more in electricity to run. Small rocks heat up quick but require the sauna elements to stay fired up nearly twice the time. For the price to keep the larger stoned sauna on for an hour… using small rocks is like running the sauna for 2 to 3 hours depending on the size of the sauna.

If you are keeping your sauna on for hours and don’t mind spending 5 or 6 dollars extra each time then by all means don’t worry if your rocks are small. The larger rocks can allow for better air circulation around the heaters and allow better heat circulation so all the rocks heat up evenly. Small rocks can get tight and over packed if not done right.

The larger rocks give a gentler steam if you don’t want that super hot heat wave when you pour water on the rocks. Also, for those trying to increase heat shock proteins and want the sauna at its hottest, the larger rocks don’t reach the highest temperatures as the smaller ones. If you like an intense steam the smallest rocks are what gives the steam that feels more like a sweat lodge in the case of using an electric heater. If using fire heated stones, any HUUM stones will reach the same temperature.

If you plan on just going in the sauna for 30 minutes to an hour and don’t need the rocks to retain heat for hours, the small ones will help cost less in the start up to heat the rocks. If using the sauna all day then using small rocks will cost a lot more to operate but if you want a steam that most people prefer and don’t care about operating costs, then small may be a good choice. Many people get one box of extra small rocks to put on the top of the sauna heater and have larger ones near the bottom. Most people buy the 2 to 4 inch rocks to get a balanced steam that gives a relative humidity that is not too high and doesn’t feel like using just 4 inch rocks that gives the most absolute humidity. Most people like a high relative humidity and do everything to avoid high absolute humidity.

If you want the most authentic sauna experience and are planning to pour water on the heaters, you may want to study sweat lodges where they traditionally use huge stones and heat them in the fire and they bring them in the sweat lodge for their ceremony. If not using fire and relying on electricity, the only way to compensate for the smallest rocks with low thermal mass is to keep the heating elements on most of the time to retain their heat. The smallest rocks give the closest experience as a traditional sweat lodge with large rocks.

When you get normally get the box of HUUM rocks, there will be rocks that are smaller and larger. Once you have a preference of what type of heat and steam you prefer then it’s easier to choose the type of rocks are you going to use. See our video of the steam created using small HUUM rocks versus large HUUM rocks. You can see the difference in the steam cloud immediately as the steam travels to the ceiling in the room.

At no extra charge, we pour all the rocks out of the boxes and if you don’t want just whatever comes in the box and you want us to hand pick your rocks let us know.

Most people that buy boxes of rocks without them being sorted all get about the same type of sauna experience. If you want to tweak and biohack your sauna experience you will get just the type of heat and steam you want once you get just the right rocks. If you want to take it even to the next level, we can even pick out the flatter HHUUM rocks that when you pour water on the rocks it slides off the rocks so quick giving the closest to a 100% dryness fraction.

Warning: Staying in a sauna longer than someone should with those in a high level of toxicity is only a burden on the body if it affects your health and causes things NOT to clear out of the body.

There are 3 main detoxification paths that must work together with each other to bind what was released, mobilize it, and move it out of the body. Many people are not ready for a major cleanse and end up following protocols someone told them to do. People fail when they follow these protocols that are not meant for them.

I am listing the top questions people ask me.

I first want to say that most people I meet that have chronic pain and can't get rid of their infections alway have a low body temperature. It is hard to get rid of chronic infections when the body temperature is low to start with.

Question #1 - How long should I use the sauna for?

Most beginners to the sauna will find that 7 days is long enough but those that have more time to do a deeper cleanse might aim for 20 or even 30 days. I mean every day using the sauna on full spectrum. I believe it is better to do it over a longer time. Many people will want to take it gradual and others have no choice but to do it gradual. Doing it over 7 days is too rapid for some people and those people can have very uncomfortable symptoms.

#2 How do I know the sauna is even working?

It is not fun doing a detox. Nearly everybody thinks its gonna be relaxing. Once people go through that cleansing crisis they will know what I am talking about. Most of the toxins coming out of the body are coming out of the fat where they are doing very minimal damage to the organs. When the body detoxes, the toxins come out of the fat and can overload the body and put it into a crisis. Once people overdo a session on the sauna faster than they can eliminate. I mean pulling more waste out of the fat than their liver can metabolize. For the next 3 to 5 hours all these toxins are circulating in the body. A good sign the person is not prepared to do this detox just yet is when after the session their break wreaks and the person feels nauseous or even has a headache. Other people can get bumpy skin or a bad rash. It is when these symptoms persist is when someone needs to talk to someone who knows what they are doing.

#3 How long should I use the sauna for?

Those that I coach I always say to start for 10 to 30 minutes after their core temperature is raised to their desired temperature. It usually takes people about 2 to 3 weeks to get to 30 minutes to 60 minute sessions.

#4 How often should I do this?

Depending on what other protocols are being taken, once session per day is good or if someone wants to be more aggressive they can do 2 sauna sessions per day. It takes many people about a year to fully detox when using it every other day. Many people I would recommend to use it every day once a day and others every other day but doing it twice per day on those days.

#5 had to be taken down - too many people get offended when I talk about body fluids.

#6 Should I shower before my session?

Yes, this opens up all the pores. I would make sure I have a good shower filter. There are a few brands of shower filters I really like. Based on how bad your water is you might not need the best one.

#7 Should I take a cool shower right after my session?

No. I lay down for about 10 minutes to let my core temperature settle down to normal body temperature. The cold shower might be good for skin tone but by letting the body re adjust and not getting up immediately to shower lets the body finish sweating out whatever it can and let the lymph capillaries do its thing.

Should I eat before or afterwards when using an infrared sauna?

I always wait about 1.5 to 2 hours before beginning an intense session, especially if I am going to heat my core 3 degrees. If I am going to do a "far infrared isolate" session and not sweat, then I eat before and it doesn't affect my session.

When is the best time to use the sauna?

I like to use it very early in the morning or before bed time but as long as it doesn't take away my sleep.

How long is a 30 minute session? Does it start when I get in the sauna while my core is heating up or once my core is heated?

Once I break a sweat, that is when I start counting how long my session is. If it took 20 minutes to break a sweat and then I use my sauna for 30 minutes. The session is 30 minutes, not 50 minutes.

How many sessions per day should I use the sauna?

One session is usually good for most people but for those that are working on a specific therapy than two sessions are permissible. If aiming for 3 sessions per day, for those usually in some dire situation or doing a 7 day detox, this is good but extra precautions and protocols I find should be taken.

What if I don't sweat in my sauna?

Some people don't sweat the first 2-4 sessions. This is normal for many people. These are people that haven't sweated in a really long time. Over time, most people become more effective at regulating their body temperature under heat. I would not stay on longer if my heart beat is over 30% of my resting pulse rate if I had a medical issue. Normally this is fine.

Do I really need to aim for my body core temperature to go to 103F?

Fat and Cellulite deposits that are holding body wastes and acidic heavy metals start releasing at around 100.5 degrees. Cooking the body higher should just increase the rate although it is much more uncomfortable. As the fat is broken down into a water soluble solution in the body it can be released. I strongly urge people to look into rebounding. Remember, release then remove, release then remove, not the opposite.

Is it good to stretch in the sauna once the muscles are hot?

I would say no. Many people get extended flexibility from the far infrared heating up their muscles. The range of motion when greater, the reduced stiffness and the increased flexibility the sauna can give, can make problem areas seem like they are gone. Many people over stretch as it doesn't hurt like it does when stretching a cold muscle. By knowing what you are doing it will help avoid these ligament tears and over stretching muscles. It can be very dangerous to stretch paste the safety point when you don't know it.

I have the flu. How long should my sessions be?

When I get the flu, I do sessions 2-3 times per day but only keep my core temperature higher 20 minutes. I don't want to drain all my energy I need for healing my cold. Hyperthermia is good as long as it is done right. I want to strengthen my immune system, not run it down by over doing my sessions. I usually get rid of my cold in a day or two when I first get it if I follow the protocols I've learned.

What should I do right when I finish a session?

I always relax and cool down until my body stops perspiring. I don't immediately get in the shower. I don't want to trap toxins in my skin that need to be released at the last part of my session.

When is it too long of a session

Our bodies are meant to stay at 98.6. When it's on high it can raise the core to 105F. 105F is when the body is in a serious medical emergency. I urge people to never go over 103F on my sauna site and tweaking their sessions to stay at 103F even if they are using it for an hour. It should not feel like torture but it also is not the most fun thing to do. Staying in the sauna longer than one should as to see how much endurance someone has is not a good thing.

Those with high blood pressure, diabetes, and especially who are on medications should always make sure with their doctor they can do this type of therapy. Those who have these conditions can react differently than a person who can handle deep tissue far infrared therapy.

I urge people to time their first session and see how long it took them to sweat, that first sweat that beads down their brow. This is when the core temperature is raised about 1 degree with the majority of the people I work with. Many people don't make it to 103F core temp due to feeling light headed or like they are going to faint. Many people just starting out can't even go 5 to 10 minutes at 103F. Many people strive for about 20 minutes at 102F to 103F. If not doing a full 20 minute or longer session, I break my sessions up. Still, I find split sessions are better than a longer session not split in half.

Note: even splitting the session up in one hour can be suitable for many. Taking a 5 minute cold shower to bring my body back down from 103F and then continuing the session. I have a bathtub full of lukewarm water ready for me when I do split sessions. Some people do a half session in the morning and the other half at night.

Notice: I do not recommend anyone doing more sauna sessions in a day. Two sessions per day is good and 4 sessions is too draining. If doing 3 sessions per day, I make sure I have enough supplements so I don't deplete myself.

Every sauna has a prime seat, called the "filet" seat in the sauna industry from what I heard from the carpenters who build them. Depending on someones seating style, its good to know where the door is in relation to how I like to sit. Some doors are off center and some are straight in front of me. This has a lot to do with the aiming of the far infrared. Sure, the room will still get hot but the proximity of the heaters to where you will be seating. Some heaters are higher than others and others lower.

If the seats are positioned right, its kinda like sitting in a hot tub where the jets just don't output the way I want. At my gym there is always one prime seat where the 2 highest horsepower jets are in one corner and the other ones are about half as strong.

Some people buy a 3 person sauna and one heater is too far to the other side so it makes someone change positions a few times during the session, especially with high fluence rod type saunas.

Its nice when I don't have to be tolerant of my position and can lay down with my oxygen concentrator hooked up to my nose and just relax. I also use a Recovery pump. Its like getting a 2 person massage on your legs. There are a lot of different brands of those too and I am in the process of building a review of those too. The 4 air bag models feel different than the 8 air bag ones but the 8 models feel better but they both really do the same thing for me.

Different brands have heaters placed differently. A corner sauna for example, might have heaters placed totally different than another brand. Corner and 2 person saunas are my most popular sizes that people ask about. I get the best deals on corner saunas so if anyone wants a corner from just about any brand, I get better prices on that model type with 2 person saunas as well. 1 person models are my least popular. usually people wanting a one person gets a dome type. Domes have the most fluence of all, especially the Japanese type.

a word about prime seating:

On some 2 person models I have to move and switch sides cause I get warm on one side but lacking fluence on the other. Its like being under an umbrella on the beach and part of my body is exposed to the sun and not covered.

I don't want to be detoxed on one side and not on the other. I need a balanced detox. It's not just about comfort. I want to lay in there and relax.

If I want the most fluence I'd get a dome sauna. Fibrin, mucin, and globulin. That puffiness under the chin infrared rays usually are not penetrating that with the dome.

Note: the prime seat is usually known as the seat right in the middle of the sauna. This is where even if a sauna is a high EMF sauna it will have low EMF in the prime seat. This can be misleading as if someone sits right next to the right or left side, those heaters usually have higher wattage on the sides and they often have high EMF. The heaters in the back are usually lower wattage as they are right behind the person next to their skin.

Using a salve or balm on the body can help block the evaporative effect of sweating. Those that use a salve during their session can raise their core temperature MUCH FASTER and can increase it even higher. People sweat way more when they do this but those doing this need to be very careful as the core can get too hot. Monitoring the temperature of the body should be mandatory if doing this. I learned this at the Russian bath house I used to go to. I kept seeing people put oil on them. I could not figure it out. They were putting castor oil on them. This is what most people use to block sweat evaporation in the sauna. (I put a soy fabric water based cover on my sauna seat if using castor oil). I have learned so many tips on how to do this and they all conflict. Some people say do it once you sweated 50% of your session, others say put it on when you first get in. Others say get all the sweat out in your first session and go cool down and put the oil on for the 2nd session.

As people do this they will learn what works best for them. The goal is to not dehydrate and lose too much water but enough to rid whatever someone is trying to get rid of.

Note: I strongly recommend going someone to do a 1 hour body scrub. Over a pound of this grayish play-dough looking stuff comes off the body. It is hard to release when so many pores are clogged. Dry skin brushing can be good for maintenance but if someone hasn't been doing this regularly, a good body scrub at a local spa can give a big jumpstart. Also, when dry skin brushing, I do this BEFORE my session. When I take a bath afterwards my session, I use a loofah and scrub even more. All the pores are open and during the hot bath (as hot as I can take), I am still sweating and trying to release whatever was trapped in my pores.

Note: I do this once I get my flush. Using Niacin before my session and then I wait till I get that "flush" and then I am ready to start. This is done before I take my bath on days I am taking a bath and do it before if I am not planning on taking a long bath afterwards. Also, I use a really high end shower filter (the

WOOD TYPES:

More important than the type of wood, knowing if it was grown in the forrest or on a farm with artificial fertilizers. Wood grown with fertilizers grow 3 times as fast and do not have the chance to soak up the minerals from the ground like the forrest trees. The woods from Canada where forests are abundant have the woods for saunas that are grown in nature. They are a much harder wood than the brittle kind that splinters and warps.

The thickness is also important. The least amount of cracks get reported from the thicker woods. Splintering really has to do with the quality of the wood, not the thickness. Look for the mm of the wood. Some are 12mm and some can go higher, 16mm thick woods.

Also the woods should be 100% wood with no fillers sandwiched between. Trees that have grown in the forrest that are almost perfect wood without flaws are very expensive wood. I know within seconds of going into an infrared sauna if the wood is bunk. I go to trade shows and I see these off brand no name saunas and sure enough, I can always tell if its a good sauna. Many mark them up to really high prices even with the fertilized wood. Canadian lumber is very expensive.

Notice: Always asks if the wood is under warranty if it splinters or cracks.

The main choices are are Cedar, Hemlock, and Basswood. Basswood is the most expensive of all, cedar is next. Some saunas are lightweight, others are heavy and use about 20 to 30% more wood but look the same.

When I asked fence companies, they said that the fertilized wood should last a long time but they have a good 8 year life span before they show signs of splintering and warping. The Canadian natural wood should last 60 to 80 years. Wood from the 1920s before they started adding fertilizers had the 60 to 80 years expectancy. The weakest of the woods for saunas have the shortest lifespan in the ground and the highest fertilizers.

Canadian wood is the best you can get. I have no problem with wood from China as long as you know what to expect from it.

Notice: Always asks if the wood is under warranty if it splinters or cracks.

I always ask to get saunas with "center cut" wood. This is the prime grade wood. Cheaper saunas might have the same wood but its usually not center cut wood. Center cut wood costs much more. If I do get center cut, I make sure it was grown in the forrest and not farm raised.

The wood that is used will expand and contract as the sauna temperatures rise and fall and this is repeated for years. Over time wood thats not Grade A center cut or doesn’t have the capacity to expand and contract with ease, can potentially start to splinter or creak or crack especially when all the toxic oils excreted during peoples sweat sessions.

The way the wood is cut, how the grain of the wood is laid out is just as important as if it’s a center or outer cut. They can cut the wood so that the grain of the wood is laid out so it adds strength to the wood even though the wood is pretty bunk to start with.

I always look to see if the growth rings are parallel to the load where I am gonna be sitting. Some saunas have the growth rings that are perpendicular to the weight load of the seat.

I also inspect my sauna for sloping grains. This is the big thing that can weaken the bench.

For super toxic people, most of the toxins in the body are stored in the fat and once they are released it can either be good and released properly or depending on the lymphatic system get released back into the body although most is released by the skin in the sauna. The natural homeostasis that the body tries to hold on to fat to hold the toxins so the toxins don't spread to the organs and damage the body, the body will try to hold the fat while the sauna will help force the body to dissolve the fat. If the body is trying to hold the fat, the protocols that let the body know it’s ok to release the fat is what can help someone lose weight.

Stimulating the lymphatic system before a sauna session starts the pumping of the lymphatic system that pulls out the toxins out of the fat. Many people go in the infrared sauna and expect to have the sauna do everything for them as ifs a one protocol fits all.

Fat is only water soluble so it can metabolize when the temperature of the fat is at 110 degrees or more. (or the fat cells can shrink making a person look thinner when the fat cells don't have to swell up with fat in order to hold the toxins and heavy metals and acids in the body. Most people don't know that the fat is a good thing as it holds all this waste in the body. People who think they can go in the infrared sauna for 20 minutes and gonna melt fat away don't get it. The toxins leach out of the fat cells. The fat doesn't melt. As the fat cells hold less toxins they shrink.

Most often people are trying to detox in a hurry and want to see results fast. But more often none of the people trying to get results either know what to do. They go in the infrared sauna, do a long session, stay in till they feel they need to get out and just sweated a lot of water. Meanwhile, their lymphatic system is bunk and even more often they are using a low fluence sauna.

Detoxing the slow way with slightly longer sessions back to back and doing the recommended protocols for the health opportunity someone is having, can be more beneficial. Some people are doing a heavy detox and some just want to use the sauna to maintain their health.

With every session, even if not detoxing or sick, dry skin brushing enhances the session more than any other protocol I have found. The harder the brush the better. I think it’s stupid to not do any type of lymphatic stimulation while in the sauna. No one even thinks to do this if it’s not mentioned. It’s more important to do this before the session although doing it the session can be beneficial. I always brush toward the heart. Most of the lymphatic vessels are in the legs so I focus mostly on the legs.

Detox & Water

Over drinking water can take the benefits out of having a warm core while in the sauna. Many people try to drink more on purpose thinking they are flushing the body out more. I have found it is more important to replace alkaline salts and minerals and electrolytes

How to optimize the sauna detox experience:

As people stir up toxins in the cells their bodies will have to find some way to release them. Besides a small amount releasing through the skin and sweat the rest goes into the lymphatic system then into the elimination organs. As the cells open up to release old toxins that have been carried around for years, if it’s not properly eliminated, they could be displaced elsewhere in the body. It can be quite dangerous for example the body might have safely quarantined some mercury or cadmium in fat cells in the arm only to have them released in the infrared and then re-deposited in the brain tissue.

Most people are in a hydrophobic state when they call me. I feel it is my job to bring them or at least educate enough on how to go back to the hydrophilic state.

Many people are juicing and don't have the fiber to flush the waste out of the digestive tract. Its sticky and gooey and didn't come out of the sweat. The liver also dumps bile after cleaning out the blood and lymph. A binding agent like a zeolite and edible clays can help. I aways take them about 30 minutes before the session to make sure my small intestine is ready to receive all of the toxic bile that the liver will dump there. It can help soak up all the toxins and then safely carry it the rest of the way out of the digestive tract and colon so that the toxins do not get reabsorbed again which would just overburden the liver and kidneys and lead to further immune system stress and decline.

Sebaceous sweat vs 99% water sweat

This is the sweat that cleanses the body and is not the water sweat but the oily sweat. Its where the wastes come out. The sebaceous glands VS the part of the sweat gland that rids water to cool the body down. The toxins that dissolve in the fat in the body come out of the sebaceous glands.

Sauna Session Times

Depending on how hydro-philic someone is (or with people that don't sweat a lot, hydro phobic) this can determine the session times. Some people do better in high fluence sauna with longer sessions at lower temperatures and others do better at higher temps with a low fluence sauna because they are hydro philic. I have talked to many people that drink a gallon of water a day and still thirsty. And some people have to go to the bathroom right after they drink and don't retain water. Most hydro philic people have a clearer sweat to start with.

This will determine the timing of the session. Some people start sweating in 10 minutes while others just have an oily sebaceous sweat as they don't have the need to sweat profusely to cool their bodies down.

After about 15 minutes, the average person in an infrared sauna usually starts to see sweat dripping and their heart rate is usually about 100 beats per minute by this time. In 20 minutes, it beats between 100 to 150 beats per minute. After 25 to 30+ minutes it should stay around the same but some people start beating even faster and this is a sign that the session is being overdone.

After about 30 minutes the body starts releasing toxins, Sooner if doing lymphatic exercise. The thing I try to avoid is just sweating water based sweat and more of the sebaceous, oil based sweat. It can take longer depending on the fluence of the heaters and if a person is too hydro phobic, but this is mainly the people that haven't sweat in a long time. By 30 minutes many people feel they have had enough, especially in a high fluence sauna. I like to do shorter back to back sessions. For me, it’s not the amount of sweat I sweat out in a session, but the type of sweat. If I do some lymphatic exercise in between and in the next session the sweat volume is much less but the color is much more milky looking, then its not so important to me how much I sweat but the amount of toxins coming out. I always supplement with brine free salt and my vita mineral greens. I do not believe the sauna session time is as therapeutic for me after the 30 minute time limit. The body can only leach out so many toxins with the lymphatic system being stagnant at one sitting. If going over 30 minutes in a single session, all I am doing is leaching out my vital minerals and salts.

The best way I have found to know if how hydro phillic or phobic I am is to see how long it takes for the pre sweat. This is when my skin just gets damp but I don't start dripping sweat just yet. The healthier I am the quicker my skin gets damp. Some people take longer and some people take 5 minutes. This is all based on going in cold and not warmed up yet. Knowing the damp skin to sweat times is good for knowing if the fluence of the sauna is high enough. Know that the fluence of the heaters has nothing to do with the temperature. Also the further away the heaters are from the body the less impact a high fluence heater has on the body.

So many people ask which brand will make them sweat and give them the shortest session. And these same people don't realize that if the session is too short and they want to burn 600 calories a session, that means the heaters are mainly producing mid and near infrared. This is fine for weight loss but for detox, only a certain saunas have enough fluence of far infrared and have enough far infrared rays for lipolysis.

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Other things to know:

If you are going to pour water on the rocks… know if you want a higher relative humidly vs absolute humidity

The goal is to raise the core body temperature 3 degrees to get an artificial fever to get heat shock proteins and vasodilation.

8 foot ceilings - If a ceiling is 8 foot tall, nearly 20% of the heat will be lost above the head. I know how to fix this.

9 foot ceiling - If a 9 foot ceiling, nearly 40% of the steam cloud is over the head.

Heat Co-efficients - How to raise or lower

Floor Fans - I NEVER DO A sauna SESSION WITHOUT A FAN

I use a floor fan to blow down the hot heat from the ceiling so the entire room is around the same temperature - full body sauna therapy. They are ip67 rated and can handle humidity. It give the room a high relative humidity and keeps the room at the same temperature the entire session. If you have a ceiling in your sauna over 8 foot high or taller I recommend a fan. Forced convection (kinda like a hair dryer) helps remove the thermal barrier off the skin in a sauna. I only use saunas if I have a fan with me.

Why have a fan?

If using a fan, know the CFM of the fan (cubic feet per minute). If you have a 250 cubic foot room and a fan that has a CFM of 80, then it won't be strong enough to bring the ceiling thermocline done to give full body vasodilation (full body sauna therapy).

With the proper marine grade floor fan, you should no longer have problems with cold spots and hot spots in your sauna.

Things I need to know to get the right sauna setup:

Measurements: Length, Width, and Height

Is there a glass door or glass window?

IS ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT YOUR ROOM SIZE?

Do you have any uninsulated walls in your sauna?

Where is the sauna going to be? Indoors or Outdoors

How do you like your sauna sessions?

Easy, not too hot

Steady, so I don't have to take breaks

Moderately hard, may have to take a break once

Hard, may have to take 2 breaks during a sauna session

Very Hard, may have to take 3 breaks or more. Cardiac drift will happen.

Do you like to stay in for the whole session or take a few breaks sitting outside the sauna?

I want it comfortable, possibly sustaining a 45 to 60 min session without leaving the sauna

I want it somewhat uncomfortable, possibly only lasting 30 to 45 minutes before I need to get out

I want it uncomfortable, possibly only lasting 20 to 30 minutes before I need to get out

I like it very uncomfortable, possibly needing to take a break after 10 to 20 minutes

Are you going to be pouring water on the heater?

Yes, very little

A moderate amount

Lots of water, I like it steamy

Are you doing Hormesis is your Huum sauna?

Are you doing castor oil/flannel cloth treatments in your sauna?

Are you trying to create heat shock proteins in the sauna

Are you buying for residential or commercial use

Residential

Commercial

How long do you plan on keeping the heater on?

Just for one session

An hour or two

All day

Not sure yet

Notice: Many people get tired after being in a sauna for an hour. Heavy respiration significantly raises the CO2 level in a sauna. It is recommended to get 3 to 6 air changes per hour. Tiredness is often from being in a sauna with high CO2 levels. If the level goes over 600ppm, I get out. Most public saunas are way over 600. I strongly recommend getting a CO2 meter and keeping it in the sauna.

I have put pictures of the fans that I use and pictures of a hygrometer (so you don't break the 200 rule). Also, getting small or extra small rocks with a sauna is a preference you should have before getting a sauna heater.

I can help you compare saunas and heaters on any level you are comfortable on. My recommendations and sizing are usually different than you would get from others.

I offer a biohacking consultation with every purchase. Free shipping to lower 48 states. I do not ship anywhere outside the lower 48 states. I also sell other brands if you don't need a sauna that gets this h