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I built a super cheap "traditional" dry sauna. It's basically an electric burner, a pot to increase surface area and humidity, a 25 foot roll of thermal foil, a

I built a super cheap "traditional" dry sauna. It's basically an electric burner, a pot to increase surface area and humidity, a 25 foot roll of thermal foil, and a sleeping bag as the ceiling. I disassembled the burner, removed all the plastic pieces, and short circuited the safety cutoff. It's jank AF, but in the end less than 100$. AFAIK there aren't any dry saunas under $1000 - the heater alone is ~$200. Mine is also portable, so it's in the garage in summer and in the laundry room in winter. There are portable infrared saunas for ~$100, but most studies are on the "dry" type. I rubber band a block of ice to my phone and do my reading/social media in there, so the time cost is reduced. https://i.imgur.com/Lml7Vms.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Lml7Vms.jpg About 1 year in and I haven't burned down the house... yet.

koolba 5y ago
So you pull that tube over yourself and then cover the top with the sleeping bag? No worries about air circulation or passing out? Is it pitch black in there?
- dharmaturtle 5y ago
  > So you pull that tube over yourself and then cover the top with the sleeping bag? Yep. Ghetto AF. That's why the chair is there to elevate the sleeping bag - otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach the sleeping bag from inside the tube. > No worries about air circulation or passing out? Circulation is fine. It's far from airtight - air creeps in from the bottom through the cracks, and I can always just open a small hole in the "ceiling" if needed. Never done it though cause it doesn't get stuffy. Haven't passed out, though that would be seriously dangerous since the heating element is exposed and I'd likely be burned. > Is it pitch black in there? Yes, so that's why there's a nightlight on an extension cable in the pic. Also a flashlight on my phone.
- patentatt 5y ago
  Seems like more of an oven than a sauna.

koolba 5y ago

So you pull that tube over yourself and then cover the top with the sleeping bag? No worries about air circulation or passing out? Is it pitch black in there?

dharmaturtle 5y ago
> So you pull that tube over yourself and then cover the top with the sleeping bag? Yep. Ghetto AF. That's why the chair is there to elevate the sleeping bag - otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach the sleeping bag from inside the tube. > No worries about air circulation or passing out? Circulation is fine. It's far from airtight - air creeps in from the bottom through the cracks, and I can always just open a small hole in the "ceiling" if needed. Never done it though cause it doesn't get stuffy. Haven't passed out, though that would be seriously dangerous since the heating element is exposed and I'd likely be burned. > Is it pitch black in there? Yes, so that's why there's a nightlight on an extension cable in the pic. Also a flashlight on my phone.
patentatt 5y ago
Seems like more of an oven than a sauna.