Durasage Infrared IR Far Portable Indoor Personal Spa Sauna with Heating Foot Pad and Chair, X-Large, Silver

I wish I had the room for a full size sauna, but until then this unit is perfect. It sets up quickly and breaks down tightly to where I can store it behind a file cabinet in my home office. So convenient and gets the job done!

I have wanted to own a sauna for years, but finding the space for one in my home was a real problem. Not to mention the price of several thousand dollars. This portable unit does the job for me. I pre-heat it for 20-30 minutes, while I'm exercising, then I pop into the sauna, with a good mystery novel to read. I am 5 feet 6 inches tall, and slender, and the size is just right, the chair is comfortable. This unit might not work for a large person. I find that it produces just the right heat. The heat is deceptive. For the first 10 minutes I feel like it's not hot enough, then I begin sweating profusely. It's the penetrating effect of the infared heat. Not as stressful as a Finnish style sauna. Plus, my face is not in the heat. Traditional saunas irritated my eyes and nose, so this is much more comfortable. I stay in for about 30 minutes, then shower. After 6 weeks of this on a daily basis, my skin is radiant, less wrinkles, and hopefully I have lowered my load of toxins. Very relaxing too.

I just received it yesterday and used it twice so far (my husband used it too). I will say this: you WILL SWEAT!! I am not a sweaty person by nature and within a short period of time, I was literally as soaked as if I had just stepped out of the tub. I read a ton of reviews for this product prior to purchasing and many of the reviews suggested heating it up for 10-30 minutes prior to getting in. I used it twice yesterday and the first time I did let it heat up first and the second time, I did not. There was no difference in its efficacy for producing a sweat. It took about 7 minutes of being in it to feel a few droplets of sweat under my breasts (this was true of preheating and not preheating). By the 15 minute mark I was drenched. By 30 minutes my towel was so wet it was unusable. So if you're looking to sweat, this will help that!A few things to keep in mind:• The technology of this product is to heat the body, not the air. So it won't necessarily require the full 150 degree setting. If a lower setting produces sweat, use it!! There is no prize in being uncomfortable.• This is not like a hot box or steam sauna where the air is so hot your body has to sweat. This heats up your core so that your body does it on its own (very important if your reasons for use are for deep detoxification). That having been said, if your body isn't naturally detoxifying well on its own, it may take a few uses before you really get that deep sweat. Be patient, grasshopper.• Do not wear clothing while using the sauna. The infrared works by heating the skin. Clothing lessens the efficacy.• You MUST hydrate well before and after use. This is the singular most important part of using this sauna. I drank 3 16oz bottles of water prior to my first use and then rehydrated with a 32oz bottle of Powerade and 2 water bottles after. Now Powerade isn't the healthiest of choices, however it'll do in a pinch as you have to replenish those electrolytes lost. (Pinterest has a ton of DIY electrolyte drink recipes).• Take it slow. If at any point in time you start feeling woozy or dizzy or get a headache, get out! Again, this is not like a steam bath or hot box. The air around you isn't causing the heat you feel. Your core is hot. You need to cool off or it can harm you!• Take the time to let your body cool down naturally before showering. This stresses the white blood cells even more to work which aids in healing. Then take a lukewarm shower: not hot and not cold. You don't want to shock your system.The biggest "cons" that I've found with this product thus far is the stool is horribly uncomfortable. It left marks on my legs even using a towel. Also the backing kept slipping down the second time I used the sauna because I didn't use the stool. I'm going to get some Velcro tape to secure it better. Other than that this is an affordable and effective product for what I've seen so far.I usually won't review something so quickly after receiving it but I wanted to because I noticed one EXTREMELY significant change in myself immediately following using it. I was able to poop! I suffer from chronic constipation and yesterday I was able to "go" several times. I thought that it could've been all of the water that I was drinking (although drinking copious amounts of water usually doesn't work for me to get relief) or that I was just lucky that day. However my husband who is extremely "regular" (same time every morning) found himself very gassy shortly after use of the sauna and he also had two BM's last night. He normally won't have BM's at night unless he has eaten something that didn't agree with him. That wasn't the case last night so I am pretty convinced that there was some serious detoxification occuring with the use of the sauna. That alone will have me using this on a nearly daily basis.I will update this review if needed. However for the money, it's well worth it.

I'm not sure how this sauna has so many positive reviews. I was thankfully able to return mine for a full refund, after using it for a couple of weeks was a complete joke.First off, this sauna doesn't get nearly hot enough to make you sweat like you need to. With it on the hottest setting, I would regularly sit in the sauna, not even breaking a sweat for the first 20+ minutes I was in there. I'm not sure if I got a defective unit or what, but the lack of heat was astounding for a "sauna".Secondly, this sauna is so incredibly small, that I would say anyone over 5'10" or 200 lbs is going to have a very, very tough time fitting into it. I've owned a portable Infrared sauna before, and the one I had was significantly bigger than this one. This may be good for an average sized Chinese person, but a 6'2", 175 lb American male, it was comically small and cramped.The chair that comes with the unit is so low to the ground, it's almost laughable. I might as well have been sitting on the floor.Everything on this unit is so cheaply (poorly) made. I paid nearly 200 bucks for it, but I'd imagine it costs no more than $10 to make, if that.Like I said before, I'm grateful I was able to get a full refund, because this thing is about as useless as any health tool I've ever purchased.

I didn't know what to think about this purchase. I was skeptical. I bought it to use to heat up before using my FasciaBlaster by Ashley Black. Wow. It was AMAZING! Let it heat up for 10 minutes before getting in. and wow it was BETTER than a real sauna at the gym. I'm not a fan of a hot face, so this was perfect. Plus I could be on my phone the entire time. I'm 5'3" and 205lbs. The chair felt sturdy and it was all SO easy to set up! And it folds up nice and compact too.