Consumers don’t realize all the different customizations, features, and options at one’s disposal when selecting an infrared sauna for their home. There are an almost endless number of ways saunas can be designed to suit a space, preferences, or needs of the individual.
More sauna buyers are personalizing their purchases through end-to-end customizations. There’s naturally the more basic options of choosing the size and whether it should accommodate one person or multiple people, where you want it installed, whether it will be in a corner, etc. There’s also a matter of choosing the type of wood you want, such as a Canadian red cedar or a hemlock. There’s also plenty of other ways to upgrade your sauna. Here are just a few of them.
Reading lights
These are special lights in your sauna that can help you with reading a book in peace and quiet. If you intend to incorporate elements of reading and visual learning in with your experience, features like these go a long way in creating the right atmosphere.
Color therapy lighting
Chromotherapy, or color therapy lighting, can help set the atmosphere in your sauna. You can automate the lighting so that it adjusts subtly according to temperature or some infrared sauna homeowners may choose to use a remote to control it.
Smartphone input
Do you want to listen to a podcast or some music while you hang out in your sauna? Now you can. Select from your own playlist and add to the ambiance, or put on your best mindfulness podcast and drift away.
Wide lounge benches
If you’re building a larger style infrared sauna, you may choose to include long, wide benches. These are perfect to lounge on or alternatively, you can invite your friends over to enjoy the beautiful sauna with you.
Accessory shelves
Inside your infrared sauna, you may choose to have some shelves on which to put items or products you bring in with you. These can be used purely for decorative purposes or to hold beverages as well.
Backrests
Saunas typically will have stationary backrests but you can also have movable backrests. This allows you to sit where you want to sit, recline, and adjust position depending on what’s comfortable.
Cabinetry
Cabinetry created from beautiful woods and stunningly designed can make a furniture-friendly infrared sauna. Though these are rare, some infrared saunas for homes still make use of some cabinetry in and surrounding it.
Air ionizers
Battery powered air ionizers are known to remove bacteria and odors from the air, helping you keep the sauna smelling fresh and clean.
Internal lighting
You can choose a number of ways to light the inside of your infrared sauna. After all, this is what sets the tone for what will transpire in the sauna. You may want a variety of different lighting options, such as chromotherapy which is the use of color therapy lighting. This can incorporated into the infrared sauna design.
Easy electrical connections
You may want some added electrical connections in your sauna, for a wide variety of reasons. For features like these, there may be some prerequisites as it evidently relies on access to an electrical connection to begin with. Depending on a sauna’s location, you may or may not be able to facilitate this.
Decorative doors and handles
The actual aesthetic of your infrared sauna can be changed slightly to accommodate unique door and handle designs as well as other flourishes here and there to truly make your sauna ultimate to you!
Ultra-low EMF carbon fiber panel heaters
This is another way to help provide and maintain heat in an infrared sauna environment. Though not necessary to the full sauna experience, some users enjoy the panel heaters for the added sauna heat they provide.