Wrong - if it was, you would be literally boiled alive.
"A sauna is a room made from softwood and incorporates a heater ? e ither electric or wood-burning ? that is capable of reaching 190? ? Fahrenheit and up. An average healthy individual can tolerate that kind of heat because it is a dry environment with extremely low humidity."
From a manufacturers web site, one of many Water equals health, including when it is in the form of a cloud of steam enveloping the body. In far off days this secret was discovered by the Ancient Greeks, Romans and all those Middle Eastern peoples who made the Turkish bath a philosophy of life. In contrast to the sauna, the humidity reaches 100% and the temperature never exceeds 48°C
wrong. Have you actually HAD a sauna?
Children, children! Notice the F's and C's! There is more than one way of defining temperature!
Yes and I was talking about a steam bath/Turkish bath, please do read before responding.
As I was saying that a sauna is also a steam bath when you put the water in.
But not as humid as a steam bath, I was directing my reply to the guy that said 100% was not what a Turkish bath was as it would "boil you alive" I frequently use both.
presence of steam - visible steam - i.e. water vapour tells me that the sauna is 100% humidity.
A hygrometer would tell you different
I forgot to add this from another manufacturors web site, Sauna = Dry and Wet Heat
Saunas provide dry and wet heat. They are built entirely of wood and are heated by a wood or electric stove. Generally the sauna stove heats rocks, which help to radiate a dry heat throughout the room. When water is sprinkled over the rocks, a small amount of steam is generated and released into the room creating a wet heat. The optimal sauna temperature varies by individual and is considerably hotter than a steam room. A sauna temperature ranges from 160-200 degrees Fahrenheit. Although some steam is generated in a sauna, over all the humidity level in a sauna is considered low (ranging from 5-30 percent).
Well 100% humidity and anything over about 50C is lethal fairly quickly.
Which is why steam rooms are limited to 48C as described in my original manufacturers definition presumably.
your sauna bath isnlt a bath anymore than my cooker is which runs at 200C or more.
Yeah I noticed the f*ckers and c*nts discussing this. :)
Odd.
So?
So?
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread as it inspired me to have my first sauna since Sep 2013. It was fantastic and I will be having many more, especially when we get free Sat 0900-1700 electricity.
Or any planet.
Why the f*ck do people enjoy that?
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