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Notice the emitters on this diagram:
It is of utmost importance
for infrared to be focused
to all parts of the body.
Heat Therapy Products, Inc.
was the first manufacturer
to recognize the characteristics
of infrared and begin designing
truly effective saunas
incorporating layouts
that maximize the actual infrared
benefit you receive!

 

Everything You Need to Know About Far Infrared Emitters

Key Note: The far infrared emitter, combined with it is placement,
is the most important element of an infrared sauna.
The wrong emitter or improper placement will make a tremendous difference
in the actual infrared benefit the user receives.

1-- Types of infrared emitters There are large flat, convex, and tube emitters. These heaters give a wide, 180 to 360 degree emitting pattern which waters down the infrared it radiates to the body from each emitter. Even with the claim of high output and reflectors, units using these types are wasting most of the far infrared on the walls, ceiling and floor.

Keep in mind a sauna is not the sun with unlimited far infrared. Each emitter has a certain amount of infrared to give out. The sauna design should not waste that limited amount of far infrared on the  structure. When the infrared is absorbed by the walls, ceiling & floor most of the infrared is lost and you end up with just the heat radiating from the walls, etc.  The infrared sauna only uses about the same amount of electricity as a hair dryer. It is important to be efficient with that energy.

The important question to ask is, how much of the body is actually getting the infrared. You may appreciate the warmth, but you could be under the illusion of actual infrared benefit.

The ceramic concave type sauna emitter gives a cone shaped infrared pattern that is most easily focused to the person. When combined with proper placement, this is the most preferred emitter type.

Some infrared emitter housing manufacturers put stainless steel sheet metal covers, with little slits for the infrared to travel through, over their emitters.
This design exhibits a lack of understanding the basic characteristics of infrared.

Two basic Infrared characteristics to keep in mind as you study their design and ours:
1) Infrared reflects off metal.   2) Infrared travels in straight lines.

a) Theirs: Only a small amount of the infrared produced by the emitters can escape through     the little slits in the emitter covers; the rest is just bouncing around in the housing trying to     escape.
b) Theirs: No reflector to form a focused infrared pattern, just a straight ahead small narrow     pattern.

It is easy to see the difference: Look at our emitter housing, reflector, and cover screen; you will see for yourself the huge difference.
a) Ours: The stainless steel cover screen does not obstruct the free flow of infrared giving     maximum infrared benefit from each emitter.
b) Ours: The well designed emitter reflector focuses the infrared just enough to cover the body     properly with little wasted infrared.

Why waste your money, and receive less health benefit?

You may have heard that emitters with low surface temperatures, 100 to 200 degrees, give more benefit. The 100 to 200 degrees surface temperature emitters produce a wonderful range of infrared between 7.98 and 9.40 microns.  But do they produce enough "deep heat" ?

a) The main factors in producing the detoxification process are deep infrared penetration and heat for sweating.  Low surface temperature emitters don't generate enough heat for the deepest far infrared penetration needed to "maximize" the sweating process, .

b) Deep heat is also needed for expanding arteries for better blood flow and loosening tense joints and muscle tissue for the deepest overall infrared therapy benefits.

Heat Therapy Products Inc. recognizes all the factors needed to have the most effective sauna experience possible. The power of our emitters produces enough heat for deep sweating to maximize detoxification and therapy. Using lower wattage emitters give us the opportunity to use twice the number of emitters used in most other brands.  This, combined with our pin point positioning design for full body coverage, gives you the very best design for the best infrared therapy. We fall well within the "ideal" far infrared micron range. We cover all the bases!

CARBON EMITTERS: These large infrared fabric sheets give a very low temperature/micron     output and are one of the most inexpensive to manufacture. They however do not have     enough heat for deeper penetration and effective detoxification sessions.

2--  Number of Emitters  (heaters) There needs to be a minimum of 7 emitters at 163 to 200 watts for a one person unit. 10 emitters minimum -in a combination of 163 and 200 watts- for a two person unit. Why? These lower wattage emitters produce infrared at a level best absorbed by our bodies. (So much better than the hotter, higher wattage  -over 200 watts- emitters. Also, the proper number of heaters gives more body coverage which maximizes body cleansing, detoxification and general therapy.

Other Manufacturers save a great deal of money by reducing the number of emitters, and raising the wattage of the ones they do install in order to meet the industry standards of wattage per cubic foot of space. Most use 350 watt emitters, this is done to reduce the cost of the sauna for making easier sales.

A common statement many manufacturers make: "the far infrared bounces off the ceiling, floor and walls filling the sauna with wonderful far infrared benefit." This sounds great. However, just a little research into the characteristics of infrared tells us that infrared does not bounce off wood well; the wood absorbs the most of the far infrared energy. You will feel the heat from the walls, but there is an illusion of actual infrared benefit.

3-- Emitter Housings  Lots of manufacturers use a one size fits all, 20 to 26 inch, emitter housing, with two emitters  too close together in each. In Heat Therapy Products kits each emitter has its own housing. This allows precise placement for maximum body absorption of the wonderful infrared.

Why does Heat Therapy Products  not make a 20 to 26 inch housing with two ceramic infrared heaters,  as commonly sold by other manufacturers?  Because location and spacing of the far infrared emitters is integral to performance.

The two emitters per housing do not fit properly anywhere you put them in an infrared sauna.

a. When placed at your back, they are too close together for proper coverage of both the lower back and upper shoulder and neck areas. This is where most of the body's tension builds up.

b. When placed in the front, facing your body, they are too close together to cover both the lower and upper body properly .

c. They will not line up properly under the bench for a two person sauna. Neither person gets the full benefit.

So why do so many others make a 20 to 26 inch, two emitter housing?

It is easier to install and cheaper to make. They save money, plain and simple, but you get a less effective sauna design. They gain, you loose.

4-- The back emitter/s   Some brands put only one emitter in the back. You sit too close to the emitter to receive complete back area benefit. Most of the energy is aimed at the center of your back. Even with two emitters in the standard 20 and 26 inch housing, unless you are very short or a child, your upper shoulders and neck get limited exposure.

Since Heat Therapy Products uses only separate housings for each emitter we can space them appropriately for maximum coverage.

5-- Front exposure  There should always be emitters aimed at the front of your body. For detoxification sessions you absolutely want this coverage. Our bodies store toxins all over. Since the infrared works where it is absorbed, doesn't it make sense to expose as much of our body to that precious infrared?  This is an area that the infrared sauna industry has pretty much ignored over the years, and it is key to full body coverage and true effectiveness of the sauna!

Look out for saunas that have no emitters at all in the front. These are usually designed with wonderful large windows across the front of the sauna. These sauna designs are basically the old hot rock saunas of the past, and are not designed for infrared use. They look great, but this layout gives little or no front body exposure. When there are front emitters the industry standard places one emitter flat in the front wall near each of the corners -they are almost always aimed at the back wall, not where you are sitting. Again your body receives only a fraction of the far infrared available.

6-- Size of unit  Beware of larger far infrared saunas  3 to 4 person or larger that use benches facing across from each other. These are generally designed with one back emitter for each person:  simply poor heater placement. Picture it, with everyone seated, they block the far infrared front body exposure from each other. Basically, the larger saunas units will always give reduced actual infrared benefit compared to the a well designed 1 or 2 person sauna.

If you currently have a large sauna  traditional or infrared and would like to improve the function, please send us your info and we would be happy to assist you in creating a better plan. Again, remember, heat does not equal far infrared benefit.

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Heat Therapy Products Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of Infrared emitters, housings, reflectors, cover screens, sauna electronics, digital touch pads, hot rock heaters, heating cables for ceramic flooring for saunas and more.

We supply our products and services to home owners, builders,
contractors, architects & designers

Our specialty is designing layout plans for specific spaces and
planning for special needs (wheelchair access, sitting difficulties, etc.).

"All our products are designed & quality made in the USA"

Contact us anytime with any questions or comments or to order:
(we do not sell or share email addresses) 

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Local Michigan 1-517-552-1249

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