How Pro Health Infrared Heaters are made

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SaunaGen Far Infrared Sauna

Special conductive wire is coiled tightly around a glass tube and then coated with an infrared emitting ceramic coating. This is then inserted in the main ceramic tube. When an electric current is passed through the coiled wire it heats the ceramic coating which produces infrared heat which is transferred to the outer ceramic tube and radiated into the sauna. The glass tube holds the coiled wire in place, preventing overheating in any one area and the heat transfer between the two ceramic tubes provides even heat distribution. This is a more expensive process, but a much more effective method of producing far infrared heat which has greater benefits for therapeutic purposes.

Many sauna manufacturers use single walled loose wound ceramic heaters like the white one shown above because they are a lot cheaper. A few years ago, we used those heaters as well. Since then we have upgraded to a double wall, tight wound ceramic heater. With this type of heater you get even, constant heat from one end of the heater to the other. You don't get any "hot spots" and you get a lot more infrared being emitted and at a cooler temperature because of the double wall construction. This gives you a more comfortable deeper penetrating sauna which produces better blood circulation and detoxification.

Both infrared heaters shown above have been evaluated by Ircon, Inc., who are infrared specialists. Here are some of their comments.

"In both cases both of them will absolutely emit energy at 5-15 microns. In fact they emit energy from the visible to 1000 microns but the majority of the energy is really emitted in the region of 2 to about 15 microns. The best heater will be the black heater. You have to think of a heater as the reverse of an absorber. You know that a black object will absorb more energy than a white object. Well the opposite of absorption is radiation. If the object is a good absorber then it is a good emitter. If you took both the white heater and the black heater and set them at the same temperature the black heater will emit more infrared energy so stick with the black heater, it is much better. I don't have to do any further testing, they will both emit at 5-15 microns there is no way to stop it."

Infrared is measured in microns and goes from .76 to 1000 microns. This is broken down into near infrared, mid infrared, and far infrared. The far infrared waves are the most beneficial for the body especially in the 5.6 to 15 micron range. The waves around 9.4 are best absorbed by the body. Most sauna mfg. use infrared heaters that have a range between 5 and 15 microns for this reason.