Home Sauna Guide: Infrared vs Traditional (2026)
I've owned three saunas in the last four years — a $700 portable infrared blanket I still use for travel, a $4,500 Sun Home Solstice cabin in my garage, an…

Infrared, traditional, indoor, outdoor — and which of them earns its kilowatt-hours. Each unit lived in our garage or basement for at least sixty days before we wrote a word.
Pillar guide first, then the long-form reviews of the cabinet, the blanket, the mPulse, the research-driven heart-health pillar, and the protocol that ties cold to heat.
I've owned three saunas in the last four years — a $700 portable infrared blanket I still use for travel, a $4,500 Sun Home Solstice cabin in my garage, an…
The Finnish cohort data on regular sauna use, the cardiovascular mechanism behind the 50% mortality findings, and the protocol that actually shows up in the research.
I bought the Higher Dose Infrared Sauna Blanket V4 in September 2025 for $700, mostly because I travel about 30 nights a year and I missed my Sun Home Sols…
The sauna and cold plunge protocol I actually run: how many cycles, how long in each, and the order that works, from 800 tracked contrast sessions.
I paid $4,500 of my own money for the Sun Home Solstice in November 2024. As of this writing, it lives in my garage in Colorado, and I've logged 312 sessio…
I paid $7,500 of my own money for the Sunlighten mPulse Believe (2-person cabin) in November 2025. As of this writing, I've logged 138 sessions in it acros…
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