Lightweight Personal Steam Sauna by Durasage for Relaxation at Home, 60 Min Timer - Pink

Obligatory Warning: I am not a doctor and nor am I pretending to be one. I am not giving any medical advice all I am doing is reviewing a product and how I use it. If you are interested in finding out more about Ozone, I recommend watching some of Dr Robert Rowen’s, MD videos or trying to find the medical research by the German medical establishment or Cuban medical establishment. Both of countries have made some pretty impressive headway.I am going to be reviewing and comparing the Steam Sauna  Durherm Portable Personal Folding Home Steam Sauna  and the Far IR Sauna  DURHERM DIF-202 IR FAR Infrared Indoor Portable Foldable Sauna with Heating Food Pad and Chair . Before talking about the saunas I will briefly touch on why you would want to sauna.Why Sauna?Sauna relieve stressSauna relax muscles and soothe aches/pains in both muscles and jointsSauna flush toxinsSauna cleanses the skinSaunas can help fight illness — One of the most powerful way your immune system fights illnesses is by generating a fever. The only problem when your body does it is it also raises the temperature of your brain. This has obvious impactions as are felt when you have a fever. By keeping your head out, your body temperature is increased while your brain’s temperature is not raised nearly as much. Also, while ozone has many befits of providing oxygen to your body, it is an irritant for your lungs, so you could not use ozone in an enclosed whole body sauna.I’m not going to go into the benefits of oxygenating your body with ozone. I will say that I run a water bubbler in between the ozone generator and the sauna. This provides 2 benefits then it will humidify the ozone before it reaches the sauna which is more important for the Far IR than the steam but it also makes a nice glass of ozone water to drink after the sauna.Overall, both of these saunas provide the benefits of hyperthermia. It is amazing that you can do this for $100 to $200 and not take up a room in your house. Modern technology is great. Below is a rundown of the pros and cons of the two saunas. I far prefer the Far IR sauna and I feel it is well worth the difference in price and is the much better value.Pros Steam SaunaCheaperBetter at warming the legs than the Far IR oneWarms up in 5 min from room temperature water. No need to boil water first.ConsMore water in the sauna afterwards. More to leak out of the sauna onto the floor. I only had this problem when I moved it. However, I do keep a towel under this sauna.- I use distilled water so this is not a problem for me but if you use water with minerals you will have do clean the minerals off the steam generator with white vinegar or citric acid periodically- Steam nozzle can get moved accidentally and aim the steam at you which can be painfully hot- Fairly intensive to set up so it is not something you are really going to want to disassemble and reassemble daily. Takes about 5 min.- Rudimentary controls. The steam generator has one of those wind knob to roughly set the time. That is the only thing you can set. Can’t change the timer while in the sauna.Can only accommodate a little over 6 feet (My guess would be maybe unto 6’ 3” depending on how much you scrunch.)More difficult to set upHave to bring water to the steam generatorNo chair. I bought a $20 plastic chair.Pro Far IR SaunaBetter controls - Can set temp between 130 and 150 in increments of 5. Can set time from 5 to 30 min in increments of 5. You can easily set the timer longer while in the sauna. Can switch on the foot warming pad or leave it off.Warms up quickly. I set it at 150 deg and 5 min and at the end of the time I reset the time for 30 min and jump in.The panels do get hot and are not comfortable to continually touch but they are not so hot as to burn you on contact.Incredibly easy to set up. Simply fold open. If you don’t want to leave it out, it folds into a slim package you could put in a closet or under your bed.Has a floor piece.Includes chair.Better control for heating specific parts. If you want your arms warmer you can hold them closer to the 2 side Far IR heaters. Want your back warmer, lean back a little further. This is somewhat restricted by the neck collar which is designed to prevent you from being too far back and getting burned from the rear heater.ConsLegs not as heated as well as arms and torso. I wish they could put 2 smaller heating plates in the front by your legs one on each side of the zipper.More plastic inside. The wire for the footpad and the foot pad itself are plastic and therefore will eventually be corroded by the ozone. However, all of the plates and the wires for the plates are outside. Also, I am guessing it is going to be years before the ozone eats the plastic. I only flow 1/8 liter per min. If this becomes an issue sooner I will update.Can only accommodate a little over 6 feet (My guess would be maybe unto 6’ 3” depending on how much you scrunch.)Overall, I greatly prefer the Far IR sauna and I think it is well worth the little bit extra you pay. However, if you simply cannot afford the extra money then the steam sauna will give you much the same benefits.

This is fantastic. Got it yesterday and set it up and used it today. Takes about 10 minutes to start the steam, but when it does it is better than the steam room at the gym! I am almost too tall for it with the chair sent with it, but fortunately easy fix. Will definitely be using a lot!!

It's a great place to START with the home sauna, BUT - BUT - BUT there is a caveat!I will start first with, I am 5'8" of average build (German/Bohemian decent).PROS:* Light weight and easy to move* Very simple design - PVC plug-in build and instructions are simple* Very simple concept - boiling water = steam* Boils the water pretty quickly - approx. 15 minutes (it's very similar to a rice cooker, just all plastic)CONS:* The cross-bar that has a hinge in it to move up and down when you get in an out and also keeps the front form from flopping down once you are sitting in the sauna - this piece (Labeled "E" in instructions) screws into the PVC with a simple wood screw and since it's PVC, once I used it for the first time, it stripped right out and would no longer hold. So, Gorilla Glue and duct tape until it dried - SO FAR, SO GOOD.* There is a review that mentions sitting on the floor for a full body sweat and covering the outer hole with a towel. Now, PLEASE BE CAREFUL when considering this. Be sure you try out how you would like to sit on the floor of this thing BEFORE you boil the water so that you know how close you are to the steam pipe. The steam pipe is a 45 degree elbow plastic piece that connects to the boiler on the outside of the tent. It is a direct point of boiling steam. It is meant to face downward and sort of allow the steam to circulate from the floor, moving upwards. If you have bare skin anywhere within 6"-8" +, this is DANGEROUS! Ask me why? OK...I will tell you that I burned my b**t like you can never imagine. I'm still not ready to laugh about it yet...Seriously, it was a direct concentration of steam to the skin and in a split-second of contact I was out of the sauna with a 6 week healing haul from a 3rd degree burn the size of approx. 2" in diameter - not a pretty scar. It was the worst burn I've ever had.* The steam pipe inside pointing down, really just floods the floor with water - which is why it is suggested to put a towel on the floor. I also put a small ceramic ramekin underneath to cut down on the water on the floor.* I opted for a plastic shower chair  AquaSense Adjustable Bath and Shower Seat with Non-Slip Seat and Backrest, White  on the lowest leg setting and being 5' 8", it's perfect but anyone taller would need a shorter bench. I wouldn't be able to use a regular chair height as my shoulders would bulge the top of the tent.* Be gentle with the zippers as I can see potential issues in the long-runHowever, over-all with hind-sight 20/20, it's nice to have in my home for this price. A couple of modifications and a fair warning should serve anyone well.