The health benefits of regular sauna use are well known. However, saunas are not always easily accessible, and home saunas can be expensive and take up a lot of space. An example is a sauna blanket. While you may be familiar with other types of portable saunas, a sauna blanket is perhaps the most compact option: When not in use, it can be easily folded and stored in a closet, under a bed, or behind a couch. It’s also less awkward than sitting in a sauna tent with your head out, and it’s an affordable way to add sauna time to your wellness routine. However, when it comes to making a purchase that’s so important to your health, it can be difficult to know what to look for in a sauna blanket or which online companies to trust.
Luckily, Lauren Berlingeri and Katie Kaps, co-founders and co-CEOs of HigherDOSE, were on hand to offer their insights into what goes into choosing a sauna blanket and what sets the HigherDOSE Infrared Sauna Blanket apart from the competition. HigherDOSE was founded in 2016 as a retail infrared sauna company, but has since transitioned to a direct-to-consumer model, including sauna blankets. The company initially began selling sauna blankets at off-site events because they were easy to transport, but customer interest in at-home sauna blankets prompted the addition of sauna blankets to HigherDOSE’s online offering. Here’s what Berlingeri and Kaps have to say about choosing the right sauna blanket.
Olivia O’Bryon: What should buyers look for when choosing a quality sauna blanket? Why are these features so important?
HigherDOSE: When buying a sauna blanket, both technology and design are important. We’ve spent years perfecting the infrared technology in our unit, which mimics the sun’s healing energy to raise your core temperature and increase blood flow and circulation. The HigherDOSE blanket’s temperature range is 68 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit, but you can completely adjust the temperature with the handheld controller, which is programmed for 60 minutes but can be turned off at any time.
You will get hot and sweaty in there, so it is important that there is plenty of space. Comfort is key to creating a zen feeling. Over the years, as we have continued to improve our equipment, we have replaced the Velcro with industrial zippers, creating a more spacious environment, easier exit, and increased comfort for those with weakened immune systems. You should also make sure that the blanket you buy is easy to use and clean (so that you don’t have to jump in it often!).
The HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket is designed to be comfortable, surprisingly spacious and easy to use anywhere.
HD: The HigherDOSE Infrared Sauna Blanket has been the most popular home infrared device on the market for years. Our best-selling portable device is perfect for exercising in your living room or for on-the-go workouts. It combines innovative design and natural technologies including infrared heat, charcoal, clay and crystal therapy to help you get high on your own time.
The deep-penetrating heat of infrared light promotes complete detoxification of the body, improved circulation, reduced inflammation and healing from the inside out. Technology is key, but other layers give our blanket additional benefits. An amethyst and tourmaline crystal layer enhances the benefits of infrared light and naturally produces negative ions to combat free radicals. A carbon layer binds to pollutants, helping to remove impurities and deepen detoxification. A clay layer releases negative ions (think antioxidants in the air) and balances heat. And medical-grade magnetic strips ground you and improve circulation. Ready to turn up the heat? The innovative design of the HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket features low EMF (electromagnetic fields) and ELF (extremely low frequency) currents, so you can safely reap the benefits of these powerful technologies. It’s the best investment in your health you’ll ever make.
The HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket is an effective way to get your body sweating: it heats up quickly and can be set to eight different heat levels to suit any need, from light sweating to more intense sweating.
HD: Be careful with blankets with high electromagnetic fields (EMF) and carefully examine the material of the device body. It will be hot out there, so you want to make sure all the materials around you are as safe as possible! Our device is the only low electromagnetic field (EMF) sauna blanket on the market with ultra-low frequency (ELF) currents, setting the standard for healthy and safe infrared sauna use at home anywhere. We have also recently upgraded the device body with high-quality vegan leather material that is safe for you and the environment, while maintaining waterproofness and high heat resistance, making it resistant to melting.
HD: The V4 Infrared Sauna Blanket detoxifies, relaxes the mind, improves mood, brightens skin, and stimulates the brain to produce a host of feel-good chemicals (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins). After just one session, you’ll feel blissful, euphoric, and wonderful—as if you’d just spent a day in nature.
However, the long-term health benefits are also significant. Infrared therapy stimulates healing at the cellular level. Far infrared is the safest part of the sun’s energy. These powerful rays penetrate deep into the skin to promote detoxification, relaxation, calorie burning, pain relief, faster recovery from exercise, rejuvenation, skin cleansing, cellular health, and improved circulation. We believe that infrared is the ultimate health secret that should be incorporated into any lifestyle. We are addicted, and so are you.