OT: Saunas

[Deepster]

Does anyone have any experience with any of these portable home saunas? I'm looking for something under $1,000 and 1-2 people tops. Thanks in advance.

Nurecover Saunas

 

[Deepster]

Really? I can name a pizza place at the North Pole and someone has an opinion and not a single person has a sauna?

 

[NoSpamHere]

We have a Sunlighten mPulse 2 person sauna but it’s not portable and was $5k (20th anny present for the Queen in lieu of jewelry). We love it! Use it often.

 

[Scottzer]

Really? I can name a pizza place at the North Pole and someone has an opinion and not a single person has a sauna?

I’m a Finn. 165 is too cold to get in, and that’s the max. Not White Death approved. If you want a real sauna, it has to be a wood stove. There are tricks to keep costs down, but the lumber just isn’t cheap nowadays.

To get the real benefits, you need to be in there from 175-200. That’s when you feel your eyes stinging from the nitrates in the lunch meat you’ve eaten, and you sleep like a baby after the detox.

 

[Scottzer]

Fun little winter war fact: Part of the Finnish strategy to keep troops healthy snd morale up - was to build portable saunas and bring them up near the front lines.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Really? I can name a pizza place at the North Pole and someone has an opinion and not a single person has a sauna?

That's hilarious.

It doesn't matter how much your sauna costs, it's not a real sauna unless there is an old naked guy in there with you. There's something about an old naked guy within a foot of you that really gets the toxins moving. Really recommend shelling out the dough for a quality old naked dude, if you can afford it.

 

[HooperScooper]

That's hilarious.

It doesn't matter how much your sauna costs, it's not a real sauna unless there is an old naked guy in there with you. There's something about an old naked guy within a foot of you that really gets the toxins moving. Really recommend shelling out the dough for a quality old naked dude, if you can afford it.

 

[DCHuskyFan]

I have a Finlandia sauna, for 3-5 people depending on size. It came with the house and I rarely use it, mostly because I forget it’s there. Temperature has gone up to 180-190, depending on where you are sitting in the sauna.

 

[temery]

If you want a real sauna, it has to be a wood stove

Pellet stove is much easier.

 

[Scottzer]

Pellet stove is much easier.

I’m just not sure the saunatonttu (guardian spirit elf/gnome,of the sauna) would approve of a pellet stove.

 

[KembaRunner]

I’m a Finn. 165 is too cold to get in, and that’s the max. Not White Death approved. If you want a real sauna, it has to be a wood stove. There are tricks to keep costs down, but the lumber just isn’t cheap nowadays.

To get the real benefits, you need to be in there from 175-200. That’s when you feel your eyes stinging from the nitrates in the lunch meat you’ve eaten, and you sleep like a baby after the detox.

Believe there are some studies that show >190 can be harmful.

175-185 is 🤌🤌

 

[Gurleyman]

It is important to know that the correct Finnish pronunciation is SOW-nuh (like the female pig). Not SAW-nuh. If you’re going to have one.

 

[boog204]

That's hilarious.

It doesn't matter how much your sauna costs, it's not a real sauna unless there is an old naked guy in there with you. There's something about an old naked guy within a foot of you that really gets the toxins moving. Really recommend shelling out the dough for a quality old naked dude, if you can afford it.

Chief and Andre?

 

[Scottzer]

It is important to know that the correct Finnish pronunciation is SOW-nuh (like the female pig). Not SAW-nuh. If you’re going to have one.

This drives us, an already crazy people, insane!

 

[Scottzer]

Believe there are some studies that show >190 can be harmful.

175-185 is 🤌🤌

Eh, studies conflict with each other. Hard to say exactly where is best, but the quick sweat release at the higher temps really seems to help with the removal of toxins. Our sauna record is 240, but I wasn’t there that day. I’ve been in at 220 multiple times, and that is brutal. Have to hose the benches down with cold water just to be able to take a seat. 200 is about the max relatively comfortable temp for me. And yes, from an honor perspective, we only sit on the top bench.

I recall one of my junior high friends did his science fair project on body temp in saunas. His temp got up to about 105 - I wouldn’t want to go too far above that. (He’s a Finn, so I’m guessing his sauna was in the 185 range).

 

[temery]

I’m just not sure the saunatonttu (guardian spirit elf/gnome,of the sauna) would approve of a pellet stove.

Anything plugged into a wall outlet is not likely to be approved by the sauna gods.

I've been researching options. Most of the options that plug into a regular wall outlet are useless - one exception is a pellet stove made for a sauna.

 

[Gurleyman]

This drives us, an already crazy people, insane!

So much so that it often prompts us to communicate with people. Even strangers. Out loud.

 

[uconnfan68]

That's hilarious.

It doesn't matter how much your sauna costs, it's not a real sauna unless there is an old naked guy in there with you. There's something about an old naked guy within a foot of you that really gets the toxins moving. Really recommend shelling out the dough for a quality old naked dude, if you can afford it.

He is the old naked guy.

 

[Mister P]

Build your own sauna, what could go wrong…..

This past July, I spent a few days at my cousins lake house on Cross Lake, which is in upstate Minnesota. Her husband built a homemade, wood burning sauna that they used for years and which coincidentally, he had used early in the evening the last night we were there. Well, hours later, my cousin came running into the house at 3:30am yelling “ the saunas on fire the saunas on fire “.
One picture is her husband pissing on the fire with a garden hose before the fire department showed up and one showing the end result of the fire. Notice the hot box on the ground. Luckily, the structure was detached from the main house.

 

[Kitaman]

Portable, like take upstairs?

 

[CL82]

Throwing this in here for those who are curious:

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)31013-9/fulltext

 

[knicksin7]

I’m a Finn. 165 is too cold to get in, and that’s the max. Not White Death approved. If you want a real sauna, it has to be a wood stove. There are tricks to keep costs down, but the lumber just isn’t cheap nowadays.

To get the real benefits, you need to be in there from 175-200. That’s when you feel your eyes stinging from the nitrates in the lunch meat you’ve eaten, and you sleep like a baby after the detox.

Love Finnish sauna. A bit drier than the Russian, do you guys also do the cold plunge in between sets?

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I’m a Finn. 165 is too cold to get in, and that’s the max. Not White Death approved. If you want a real sauna, it has to be a wood stove. There are tricks to keep costs down, but the lumber just isn’t cheap nowadays.

To get the real benefits, you need to be in there from 175-200. That’s when you feel your eyes stinging from the nitrates in the lunch meat you’ve eaten, and you sleep like a baby after the detox.

Build your own sauna, what could go wrong…..

This past July, I spent a few days at my cousins lake house on Cross Lake, which is in upstate Minnesota. Her husband built a homemade, wood burning sauna that they used for years and which coincidentally, he had used early in the evening the last night we were there. Well, hours later, my cousin came running into the house at 3:30am yelling “ the saunas on fire the saunas on fire “.
One picture is her husband pissing on the fire with a garden hose before the fire department showed up and one showing the end result of the fire. Notice the hot box on the ground. Luckily, the structure was detached from the main house.
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@Scottzer hot enough for you?

 

[StllH8L8ner]

That's hilarious.

It doesn't matter how much your sauna costs, it's not a real sauna unless there is an old naked guy in there with you. There's something about an old naked guy within a foot of you that really gets the toxins moving. Really recommend shelling out the dough for a quality old naked dude, if you can afford it.

 

[nomar]

Really? I can name a pizza place at the North Pole and someone has an opinion and not a single person has a sauna?

I don't care what anybody says, Prancer's Pizza is the best. Dasher's Deep Dish SUCKS.