Today the alternatives in home saunas. The alternatives are almost infinite the only real restrictions are your own mind and the capitol to realize what you wish for. The original saunas were minimal pits dug into the side of a incline, the hole was heated up with a wood fire after the appropriate temperature was achieved the smoke was emptied and the sauna ritual commenced.

Even today a wood burning fire is still usually utilized in a conventional sauna though today electricity is widely used, propane is also widely used to heat up the Finnish sauna. Electricity is used to heat up rocks that transfer the heat in the air, the current electric operated furnace is a far infrared sauna heater this type of heater makes use of radiant warmth from the far end of the spectrum this infred heat will not heat up the atmosphere it warms your body directly. The best part of infrared warmth is it only needs a very short warm up and is more efficient.

The 4 most common kinds of sauna heaters are:
1. Wood burning heaters
2. Electric Heaters
3. Far Infrared Electric Sauna heaters
4. Natural Gas and propane sauna heaters

It is easier than ever now to have a personal home sauna most major makers sell pre built sauna kits that can be with no trouble be put together by many home owners one thing concerning one of these of sauna kits over a built in one is that it can be broken down and be stowed away if it is nor used.

In a Russian sauna the amount of humidity is maintained by the operator utilizing a ladle and applying water on the heated rocks the h20 quickly becomes steam increasing the humidity level making it a steam sauna. Using an Infrared sauna heater does not require the use of h20 it is a non humid heat and by and large operates at a lower temperature than a Russian sauna.