How Are Infrared Saunas Different From Steam Rooms

By Author: Ian Anderson
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Coming back after a long day at work makes want a relaxation session. Quite often, you are not able to get it until you retire off to bed but if you have a sauna or steam room, you can wash away all your stress right at your home. If you do not have access to either of these and planning to make a choice between steam room and saunas, this article will help you understand the differences between saunas (particularly infrared saunas)

Difference between Steam Rooms and Infrared saunas
The way heat is generated in steam rooms and saunas is the main differentiator between both. Not only the method of generating heat, but also is the type of heat that’s generated in these two is quite different. Infrared saunas make use of infrared rays for generating heat. On the other hand, steam rooms are used for steam bath and are heated by hot and moist steam generated as result of boiling water. Infrared saunas generate dry heat that does not have any water content in it.

Another major difference between steam rooms and saunas is in the setup of their rooms. Sauna rooms have wooden walls, flat ceilings, and wooden benches ...
... so that the people who sit inside do not get their skin burnt. Ceilings of the steam rooms are slanted so that water accumulated by condensing of steam trickles down along the walls and does not drop on the people using the steam room. Also, there is no arrangement of ventilation inside the steam rooms unlike the sauna chambers.

Sweat produced from the body due to heat does not get dried in steam rooms because of the moist nature of steam. However, in case of sauna, steam dries up easily because of better ventilation and dryness of heat that penetrates your body. Due to the process of drying up of heat off your body, you may feel a little cooler despite the high temperatures of the infrared sauna chamber.
For certain health conditions like sinus or asthma, steam rooms are advised rather than infrared sauna. This is primarily because the steam is moist while sauna room’s infrared rays are hot and dry. Saunas may sometimes cause difficulty in breathing for the patients who have respiratory disorders.

A steam rooms require much more maintenance and cleaning efforts than an infrared sauna room since moisture often results in breeding up of bacteria. In order to drain out excess amount of water (generated due to condensing of steam), a steam room also has arrangement for drainage of water unlike infrared saunas.

Author Bio:
The Author is a business owner with more than twenty years experience. Please visit dreamlandspas.com. spas tubs Find a review of a different kind of Saunas Another review of a a sauna.