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Where does someone find a sauna in our Covid times?

by moneywoes 5y ago

ARandomerDude 5y ago
Texas or Florida.
- itronitron 5y ago
  Seriously, in many part of the world during the summer you can just go outside. Although I wonder what the relative humidity is of a typical sauna and where it falls on the spectrum between Southeastern to Southwestern US.
tsukikage 5y ago
Build one in your back yard. At the end of the day, it's a shed with a bench, a heater and a bunch of rocks. It might be good for your health or it might be woo, but at least you'll have a sauna and that's its own reward.
- NullPrefix 5y ago
  inb4 all the city folk with no back yards.
  - Johnny555 5y ago
    My townhouse neighbor had one built on her back deck - it's small, looks like only a single person can use it at a time, but it fits nicely on her deck, and only needs a 120V outlet. You can also find portable indoor saunas: https://www.amazon.com/portable-saunas-home/s?k=portable+saunas+for+home https://www.amazon.com/portable-saunas-home/s?k=portable+sau...
    - nazgulnarsil 5y ago
      I had no idea these were so cheap. One of these followed by a cool shower sounds amazing. Thanks for linking.
  - cma 5y ago
    Sit in a trashbag (sauna suit).
dragonwriter 5y ago
At home, if one is rich enough.
- tluyben2 5y ago
  As it is not easy to feel the real meaning of comments over the internet: rich enough is very vague, but being rich to do this, in life, means inflexible, whether by circumstance or choice. On HN it is mostly choice: people say only the rich can afford it because they themselces choose to live somewhere where you have to be extremely wealthy to have space. With wfh, you can get nice houses with gardens, or, in some countries huge swats of land with a villa or multiple houses for 3-6 months pay at a faang. I get people don't want that: I thought it was for old folk until I lived in such a place for a 6 month sabbatical. I never left.
- dementik 5y ago
  ..or a Finn. Almost every household in Finland has own sauna.
  - fsloth 5y ago
    As a Finn I can agree with this sentiment. It's a cultural thing. And we are not a filthy rich nation.
  - ng55QPSK 5y ago
    There is this story, that on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the finish athletic team arrived and started to build a sauna, because it was missing.
  - mushishi 5y ago
    Really? I doubt that. Perhaps most buildings, as storey buildings do often have a shared sauna. As an anecdote, I have lived perhaps in 6 rented apartments, and two of them had a sauna, and I don't think I decidedly chose non-sauna option. Here's some article in Finnish about the current trend that new apartments don't necessarily have a sauna: https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9393813 https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9393813 It could be that most households have but also I've seen an article that people use them plainly as storage rooms.
computador 5y ago
As I am sweating while writing this note, may I recommend Dakar/Senegal where you can have free sauna anywhere. If you step outside, you also get a free tanning session.
- ng55QPSK 5y ago
  A reasonable sauna temperature is 80°C, a lot of people prefer the 90..95°C range. I have some doubts you reach this without tricks in Senegal.
  - karottenreibe 5y ago
    I bet a few concave mirrors can get the job done!
lhorie 5y ago
Buy a portable japanese ofuro tub and heater. You can get a reasonable setup for less than $1000 and they are specifically designed to fit in small spaces (like box showers)
ecshafer 5y ago
The gym. My gym's sauna is open, I presume you have a gym with a sauna nearby that you can go to.
AndrewUnmuted 5y ago
I am sure all the gym owners in the US would love to open their saunas up for use. They surely aren't supportive of the current situation during these "Covid times." It only takes our collective will and resolve to allow our businesses to reopen, without restrictions and without guilt, shame, and fear of reprisal.
- Ekaros 5y ago
  Sauna itself with proper temperature 80 Celsius(353K) would likely be one of the most safe places for Covid transformation. On other hand risk around showers and changing rooms are likely quite a lot higher.
- ecshafer 5y ago
  Where are you that the gyms aren't open? I've been going to my Gym's sauna for 4 months now that its been open. I am vaccinated, the masks are optional in the gym, and its a great relaxing experience after work.
seniorsassycat 5y ago
The spas in Seattle are open. Imo they charge a lot for a sauna but it's a nice occasional treat
treme 5y ago
they have dinky portable ones on amazon for few hundred. It's great for sweating out, not sure about how vetted the build material is given that silver colored coating insides of fabric seems to rub off. also, can't remember the source but I believe excessive use (everyday, 30m+) contributes poorly to testicle health, to the point of making you infertile for a while. I imagine optimal sauna usage would involve using an icepack or alike if you did it everyday.

Where does someone find a sauna in our Covid times?

ARandomerDude 5y ago

Texas or Florida.

itronitron 5y ago
Seriously, in many part of the world during the summer you can just go outside. Although I wonder what the relative humidity is of a typical sauna and where it falls on the spectrum between Southeastern to Southwestern US.

tsukikage 5y ago

Build one in your back yard. At the end of the day, it's a shed with a bench, a heater and a bunch of rocks. It might be good for your health or it might be woo, but at least you'll have a sauna and that's its own reward.

NullPrefix 5y ago
inb4 all the city folk with no back yards.
- Johnny555 5y ago
  My townhouse neighbor had one built on her back deck - it's small, looks like only a single person can use it at a time, but it fits nicely on her deck, and only needs a 120V outlet. You can also find portable indoor saunas: https://www.amazon.com/portable-saunas-home/s?k=portable+saunas+for+home https://www.amazon.com/portable-saunas-home/s?k=portable+sau...
  - nazgulnarsil 5y ago
    I had no idea these were so cheap. One of these followed by a cool shower sounds amazing. Thanks for linking.
- cma 5y ago
  Sit in a trashbag (sauna suit).

dragonwriter 5y ago

At home, if one is rich enough.

tluyben2 5y ago
As it is not easy to feel the real meaning of comments over the internet: rich enough is very vague, but being rich to do this, in life, means inflexible, whether by circumstance or choice. On HN it is mostly choice: people say only the rich can afford it because they themselces choose to live somewhere where you have to be extremely wealthy to have space. With wfh, you can get nice houses with gardens, or, in some countries huge swats of land with a villa or multiple houses for 3-6 months pay at a faang. I get people don't want that: I thought it was for old folk until I lived in such a place for a 6 month sabbatical. I never left.
dementik 5y ago
..or a Finn. Almost every household in Finland has own sauna.
- fsloth 5y ago
  As a Finn I can agree with this sentiment. It's a cultural thing. And we are not a filthy rich nation.
- ng55QPSK 5y ago
  There is this story, that on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the finish athletic team arrived and started to build a sauna, because it was missing.
- mushishi 5y ago
  Really? I doubt that. Perhaps most buildings, as storey buildings do often have a shared sauna. As an anecdote, I have lived perhaps in 6 rented apartments, and two of them had a sauna, and I don't think I decidedly chose non-sauna option. Here's some article in Finnish about the current trend that new apartments don't necessarily have a sauna: https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9393813 https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9393813 It could be that most households have but also I've seen an article that people use them plainly as storage rooms.

computador 5y ago

As I am sweating while writing this note, may I recommend Dakar/Senegal where you can have free sauna anywhere. If you step outside, you also get a free tanning session.

ng55QPSK 5y ago
A reasonable sauna temperature is 80°C, a lot of people prefer the 90..95°C range. I have some doubts you reach this without tricks in Senegal.
- karottenreibe 5y ago
  I bet a few concave mirrors can get the job done!

lhorie 5y ago

Buy a portable japanese ofuro tub and heater. You can get a reasonable setup for less than $1000 and they are specifically designed to fit in small spaces (like box showers)

ecshafer 5y ago

The gym. My gym's sauna is open, I presume you have a gym with a sauna nearby that you can go to.

AndrewUnmuted 5y ago

I am sure all the gym owners in the US would love to open their saunas up for use. They surely aren't supportive of the current situation during these "Covid times." It only takes our collective will and resolve to allow our businesses to reopen, without restrictions and without guilt, shame, and fear of reprisal.

Ekaros 5y ago
Sauna itself with proper temperature 80 Celsius(353K) would likely be one of the most safe places for Covid transformation. On other hand risk around showers and changing rooms are likely quite a lot higher.
ecshafer 5y ago
Where are you that the gyms aren't open? I've been going to my Gym's sauna for 4 months now that its been open. I am vaccinated, the masks are optional in the gym, and its a great relaxing experience after work.

seniorsassycat 5y ago

The spas in Seattle are open. Imo they charge a lot for a sauna but it's a nice occasional treat

treme 5y ago

they have dinky portable ones on amazon for few hundred. It's great for sweating out, not sure about how vetted the build material is given that silver colored coating insides of fabric seems to rub off. also, can't remember the source but I believe excessive use (everyday, 30m+) contributes poorly to testicle health, to the point of making you infertile for a while. I imagine optimal sauna usage would involve using an icepack or alike if you did it everyday.