Reviewing the Higher Dose infrared sauna blanket today, using it for at least 40 minutes in a real world situation. Is it the best portable sauna type? I’ve been in a lot of portable saunas, but none quite like these infrared sauna blankets. These may not be for me, but maybe someone else who’s in the market for one can get something from this user experience. At the end of the day, I would say this sauna blanket does work, just not as well as other stand up saunas or portable sauna tents. You do sweat, and I think it is beneficial over doing nothing, but it is a lot of cleanup too after each use. Keep in mind I am biased against these type infrared sauna blankets for my own personal use, simply because I’ve used so many other saunas that are more comfortable. The idea of wearing long sleeve clothing, socks, etc… for each sauna session, is not something I would be interested in doing. This is assuming I had my choice… if not, any sauna sweating is better than no sauna sweating.
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I probably should have looked at the instructions a little more, but I’m just going to get in.
And I think you’re supposed to put towels down and stuff.
But I want to make sure I get the full experience.
So it doesn’t look like you can actually, if you’re by yourself, you can’t close the foot thing, right?
What are you doing here?
I’m trying to, while I was thinking about closing the foot thing.
You got it.
Like you said.
You want to get a little ab work on him?
Come on, stretch.
Get high naturally.
That’s what we’re going to do.
All right.
That’s what they said.
Okay.
The girl on the box is in her bed.
I have a pillow, but I’m a little worried about sweating on my pillow.
Even with towels or whatnot.
And I don’t exactly know.
I probably should have looked at the brochure and stuff.
Step your arms in there.
Huh?
Step your arms in there.
You just want to see me.
You just want to go all the way down?
There you go.
You just want to call the mafia.
Roll that blanket up underneath me.
Yeah.
Get you some carpet.
Carry me down.
You know, it’s warm already.
Is it?
It is warm.
It is warm.
Why are you looking at me like that?
It is warm.
It’s pretty damn warm.
Because you’re encapsulated in the bag.
What do you think?
Yeah.
I mean, you’re in it.
I don’t know how someone feasibly do this in their bed.
Is it focused?
Yeah.
Really?
Why?
Just curious.
All right.
So how many minutes we got on the clock?
It was already kind of hot for like…
Two minutes now.
…like I’ve been here before.
I feel like I’m going to be sweating in no time.
Is it hot?
I mean, it’s definitely warm because there’s no breathability.
Like, I mean, if somebody wrapped you up in a rubber tarp, you’d feel hot too.
Right?
Yeah.
But I don’t think…
You’re not supposed to keep your arms in here like this, are you?
I don’t know.
You’re the sauna expert.
Well, I don’t…
Yeah, sauna.
Not bags.
So it’s heating up?
Yeah, it’s heating up.
I feel like I’m about to start…
That’s my arm.
Sorry.
That’s my arm.
I feel like I’m about to start sweating like on my forehead.
But I felt really warm from moving around and doing all the stuff that we did with the DIY sauna before we started this.
But my body was still pretty cold.
Seriously?
There we go.
This is why you wanted me to put my arms in the bag.
Oh boy, oh boy.
The YouTube is going to love this.
I’m going to let you approve these comments.
How are you feeling?
Warm.
And like something is touching my pelvis.
How many minutes?
Oh, we’re at three and a half.
I’m about to start sweating.
Are you really?
Yeah.
You want to try this afterwards?
No, I think I’m okay.
You’re okay?
Yeah.
I’ll take your word for it.
It’s an interesting concept.
It’s an interesting concept, that’s for sure.
It is weird.
I’m not really sure what to think.
If, well, I could let it ride for a few more minutes.
Do you want one of those towels under your neck?
No, I’m okay right now.
We’ll get the full experience.
Gotcha.
We’ll see how much sweat is in the bag.
Okay.
Like from, because it’s weird.
In a sauna, you get a sense of the air temperature.
Okay.
Because there’s space around your body.
So in this thing, like my back, my torso, my legs, not on the sides, but on the top and the bottom, they’re completely touching the, you know what I’m saying?
There’s no air temperature in this thing.
Yeah, I’ll just be quiet.
I’m just thinking of smart ass things to say.
Like?
I gotta keep my mouth shut.
No, go ahead.
It’s gonna be a while, so make it entertaining for the folks that…
We should have had a couple beers before we did this.
Why do you keep putting the dang thing right there?
No, it’s good.
I mean, if you want to talk, this is better footage.
No, I think it’s okay.
There’s also a tripod hanging over me.
Can you see the arms on the screen?
No.
You can’t see the tripod legs?
No.
Like how you’re putting them on top of the bag?
No.
Oh, man.
So what do you think?
I mean, I don’t really know what to say.
What do you think people would want to know about this thing?
I mean, I’m obviously restricted.
Yeah, you gotta have, you gotta have space to do it.
I mean, it’s actually just take a little space.
I mean…
Yeah, but I think what people like about it is that when you’re done, you could fold it up and stick it on a shelf.
Okay.
But I don’t see…
I mean, if you look at the box, it shows the girl doing it on the bed.
I mean, yeah, you could stick it on a shelf, but this thing’s gonna be rank.
Yeah, it might be.
Do I look like I’m sweating yet?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, your brow’s sweating.
Okay.
Yeah, I’m getting warm.
But I can’t…
Look how a little sweat there, folks.
I’m definitely getting warm, but I don’t feel…
Your head’s, like, turning color?
Yeah.
My body’s getting warm, but I don’t feel like that intense sweat yet, like you do in a regular sauna.
Like, if we open the bag, do you think I’d be covered in sweat?
I can’t answer that.
Well, you can’t feel it, though, because the bag’s touching you.
I don’t know.
Oh, you can’t feel the sweat.
Not really, because I’m…
I’m…
Like, this whole thing is touching your skin.
You want me to get the GoPro and we put the GoPro on the bag?
I do not.
Thank you, though.
POV sauna bag.
Oh, boy, oh, boy.
Yeah.
This is different.
It’s a different experience.
You think it’ll work as well if I take my arms out?
It’d be nice to at least move around a little bit.
Wouldn’t that retain more heat, though, if your arms are in there?
Yeah, but you can’t expect somebody to sit like this for an hour.
Why?
Why?
With their arms in the bag?
That’s true, I guess.
I wish I had a camera.
I should be wearing a GoPro so people can see your expressions behind this damn camera.
That’s true.
Nothing like having your arms tied behind your back for a half hour.
Get your sweat on.
I don’t know.
I don’t know what the difference in the arms would be.
You feel like you’re getting warm?
Definitely getting warm.
So you’re saying that the sensation is different in this versus the other sauna because you can’t tell if you’re sweating.
Different than all of them.
Yeah, I mean, I feel warm, but it feels like you just have a heating pad on you.
Oh, okay.
But I don’t know.
Like, the only thing that’s really free right now is my hands.
Okay.
So the fabric is flush to the top of my torso and to my back.
Okay.
So I feel like I’m getting a little squishy under my back, but I don’t get the sense that I’m dripping sweat like I would be after 10 minutes in one of the wooden saunas.
Okay.
Or, well, we haven’t shot that part of it yet, but if you were to get into the DIY sauna or if you were to get in one of those tents.
Yeah, I could already tell in that one you’d be sweating bullets.
Yeah.
With DIY.
And then, like, if you unzip the tent, I mean, you can feel when you start to perspire because you feel it drip off of you.
Oh, okay.
So, like, right now, I’m not getting the sense that anything’s dripping off of me except for the back of my hairline and my forehead.
Okay.
So I don’t know if it’s just you can’t feel it because you’re encapsulated.
Interesting.
Or, you know, like, I can feel it on my forehead.
The sweat is moving.
Okay.
But I don’t know.
This is weird to try to describe.
I kind of have…
I want to take my hands out, though.
I’m tired of…
I’m tired of being…
You’re going to mess the whole experience up now.
No, I’m nuts.
Now it’s compromised.
You got to start over.
I have a little sweat.
I don’t think I’m supposed to be so far down in there.
That’s why they have a pillow.
All right.
I feel like…
I feel like…
Why are you doing this?
I feel like I’m in a hospital bed and this is my last confession.
Good angle.
Tell me…
Tell me…
Tell me your last wishes before you kick the bucket.
Well, guys, I have a confession to make.
I pretty much knew going into this bag style thing is probably not for me.
No?
No.
I much prefer…
I mean, there is something to be said about being able to sauna and lay down.
Because even if you are in a long session, you get lightheaded or dehydrated or something like that.
Okay.
You’re more calm.
You’re more balanced.
You don’t…
When you’re laying down.
Mm-hmm.
As if when you’re sitting.
But I definitely like to be able to move around.
Do you feel hotter now that your arms are out of it?
Hotter?
Like, does your body feel…
So you can tell a difference in the temperature of your arms?
Yes.
Like, comparatively?
Yeah.
Arms are definitely cooler and it makes the legs feel warmer at this point.
Oh, I do have some type of a sweat.
You’ve been sweating for a few minutes.
Yeah, but it’s not like an intense sweat.
If you saw me in one of the big ones…
But that’s probably because, like, this is a head-out sauna.
Okay.
So the air temperature around the upper torso isn’t sealed.
You mean a contractor bag?
We need a third cameraman today.
Make it a head-in sauna?
Yeah.
All right.
Put a couple of vents.
Yeah.
You got a straw.
Breathe through that.
So how many minutes has it been so far?
We’ve been rolling for 11.
Okay.
And that’s after the EMF test?
That’s a separate clip?
Correct.
Yep.
Since you’ve been in it.
So I’ve been in here for over 10.
It doesn’t feel like it’s probably going faster for me than it is for you, though.
There’s not a lot.
I mean, I don’t know.
That’s what’s weird.
There’s not a whole lot that you can really do.
I’m probably not situated in this thing the right way, though.
I feel like I should be further out so that I have more movement.
You want more of your torso in there?
You want more of your torso in there?
Yeah.
That’s what I’m trying to do.
I want to give it.
I want to, you know, get the maximum heat.
I should probably put my hands back in there.
But man, it feels like you’re in a cadaver bag with your arms in it.
I can imagine.
Huh?
I can imagine.
Yeah.
So what do you think is a reasonable time before, like, at some point, let me, 15, 20 minute mark, we’ve got to open it up and see how much sweat.
Well, how do you usually, usually sweat in a couple minutes, being in the big boys?
Well, yeah, you can see it.
You know.
But I don’t want to open this prematurely and then let the heat out.
I’m with you.
Even though that’s not really how it works.
But still, you know what I mean?
Like, I want to give it the benefit of the doubt.
As it stands right now, I don’t feel like I’m building a, I’m not building a sweat like I would in a normal sauna session.
Okay.
Unless I’m, like, my feet feel completely dry.
So your feet aren’t sweating yet?
Not that I’m aware of.
This is a strange type of assessment.
Are there any recommendations from the instructions?
Like, how long is it in?
Oh, I don’t know.
I put those next to it so we can look at it.
You want to give me one?
Well, just one.
You take that.
Oh, I’ll read this one.
Higher dose.
It says you can place on a massage table or yoga mat.
What happens if you roll off of that thing on a massage table?
I’m telling you, there’s no rolling over in this guy.
This is kind of cool.
Imagine you came home from work.
Yeah, I was just, uh, your spouse was in the bag just reading a book on the bed.
Yeah.
I kind of, I’m definitely biased, though.
against this type of stuff.
Because I’m spoiled, right?
Like, I’ve used every other type of sauna on the market.
The last thing that I want to do, and I was very upfront about that.
The last thing that I want to do is get in some bag.
Oh, here we go.
You should wear comfortable, casual, skin-covering clothes.
We strongly suggest more cotton, breathable clothing.
Skin-covering.
Cotton’s not breathable, but okay.
So I should have worn long sleeves.
Your feet also need to be covered, so socks are required.
What?
This blanket was designed to be experienced with a barrier between your body and the blanket.
Add a towel inside the blanket underneath of your body for additional cushioning and comfort.
What about the heat, though?
The most heat.
I’m not saying to be as covered up as possible and even put a towel in there.
Here.
Alright.
Oh, yeah.
It says right here, this blanket was designed to be…
Do not exceed 50 minutes.
5-0.
Huh.
Do not use…
To begin, start level 4, 5, and 6, and a solo heat crease 7, 8, 9.
Level 9 should only be used if sweating cannot be achieved on lower levels.
Oops.
What do I have it on?
I think that’s 9, right?
What do we just turn it on, plug it in, turn it on max?
Well, I mean, how do you do a fair comparison against other saunas if it’s not maxed out?
How many minutes are we on the clock?
14 and a half.
I just started to sweat a little bit.
Okay.
On my sides of the torso.
So core temperature is starting to raise.
Sounds like it takes about 15 minutes.
Might be a couple minutes quicker if I had my arms back in.
But I wonder if we’re screwing it up by not…
I can’t imagine having socks on or layers of clothing would make the heat more intense, right?
It could.
Really?
Right?
I don’t know.
I mean, it’s just naturally going to raise your temperature if you have more clothing on.
Okay.
Right?
Right?
Right?
I don’t know.
So should I stop it?
Should I put socks on?
It said basically to cover your whole body in clothes.
Like getting there fully clothed.
I should have looked at that before I started.
Seriously?
That’s what it says.
I wonder if it…
I don’t know.
I mean, the box is quite deceiving.
It looks like someone else is sleeping in it.
But…
Yeah.
This is…
I mean, if that’s the case, I mean, this is not something that I would do.
I’m not going to put socks and clothes and stuff and sweat in a bag all the time.
So I’d suspect maybe the people that are getting in this aren’t actually going to sweat their ass off?
I don’t know.
I mean, it’s supposed to be a blanket or an infrared sauna blanket that’s like super portable.
Which it is.
That’s the draw to it, right?
If you’re in a little apartment like the treehouse that I used to live in, you don’t have space for even one of those.
Or…
Roll this out on the floor.
Yeah.
I mean, I guess it is making me sweat.
I just can’t tell to what degree.
You’re pretty wrapped up in there.
I don’t know.
I guess…
I don’t know.
I guess that clothing is just another thermal barrier.
I’m not sure.
I mean, it sounds like it’s more for protection.
Because like…
That’s what I was wondering.
My feet are getting pretty damn hot.
They’re not getting hot as in sweating from a sauna.
They’re getting hot…
Like the heat.
Like a heating pad is too hot.
Because it’s too close to your skin.
Okay.
So I think…
Or I would think, I’m guessing or speculating, that the clothing is probably to insulate that.
Like barrier protection on your skin?
And then it probably…
If you do start sweating, it probably holds the sweat, right?
Yeah.
Keep the bag…
Correct.
A little cleaner.
That doesn’t really help us tell how much I can sweat in here.
Right.
So it’s kind of…
A little back asperse of the…
For what we’re trying to see.
So if I was in that thing, in the DIY sauna, you would be able to instantly tell when I started sweating and you would see the sweat dripping off of me and stuff.
So we’re just having a hard time.
So we’re just having a hard time.
I mean, I don’t see how you can tell anything from out there.
Nothing.
You’re just looking at me zipped up.
Right.
Same thing.
So how are we doing on time?
We’re at 17 minutes.
17.
I say at 20, we open the bag and see…
Okay.
…what she looks like.
Because it’s not unreasonable to take a…
To take a fresh air break in a…
Like a normal sauna at about 15, 20 minute mark.
Okay.
After you’re…
You’re in.
Or, you know, like open the door, get a breath of fresh air, whatever.
Something like that.
Nothing fun yet?
Yeah.
I’ve been looking forward to this.
Is it getting hot?
Huh?
Like, are you hot?
Yeah.
My lower half is pretty dang hot.
But again, it’s like…
I mean, it feels like the heating pad has been on too long.
Okay.
It doesn’t feel like…
That’s what it is.
It’s like a giant heating pad.
That’s what I was wondering.
It’s exactly what it feels like.
Yeah.
I didn’t get that…
I didn’t connect the dots before.
Like a heating blanket?
Like a vinyl heating blanket?
Kind of, yeah.
Because it’s like…
You know how you…
You know, you have a heating pad on your shoulder or something that’s in…
injured or whatever.
And then eventually, like this area just gets really, really, really warm to the core.
Okay.
That’s what it feels like.
I mean, I’m starting…
I can feel it right in here.
I’m starting to sweat.
Mm-hmm.
Like underneath my arms, on the sides of my torso.
But that’s because it’s the only place that it can drip down.
I’m following you.
Because you’re in contact with it otherwise?
Yeah.
Yes.
Can you…
In the camera, in the lens, can you see this right here?
Yeah.
So, that’s one of the things that I was…
That you asked me.
Is are you…
Are you going to go to Harbor Freight and get a tarp?
But one of the things that I was thinking about, and I was like, there’s no way I would use this in the bed, Is that even if I could contain the sweat in the bag, like my arms are a little wet, Anything that I touch…
Yeah, your bed’s going to be rank.
Yeah.
I thought that was a little strange.
But it’s…
This is exactly what it says.
This feels like a giant heating pad.
But I mean, you can clearly tell that my…
Core temperature is raised, but it’s not…
I mean, we’re not…
Your forehead’s sweating.
But the forehead’s out.
Oh, yeah.
Interesting.
Oh, you know, we’re in AC climate here.
Super hot in the bag.
I don’t know.
It’s not a…
It’s not a sensation that I’m really used to.
Most of my stuff is head in, or…
Like in those tents, you can feel the temperature build inside the tent.
Okay.
Is it 20 minutes now?
20?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Jesus.
Yeah.
I mean…
It’s like a light…
It’s a light sweat.
You smell anything?
No.
The bag has some moisture on it.
Yeah.
It’s a light sweat.
It’s not like a…
This is weird.
This flap.
I’m gonna break this thing.
Yeah.
I mean, there’s some.
What if you looked at a regular sauna?
Oh, did I not do that right?
Oh, those go over your shoulders?
What are these flaps?
Maybe I didn’t do it right.
Is it supposed to be sealed?
At the top?
I didn’t even notice that.
I didn’t even notice that.
Oh.
I wonder.
Did I mess it up?
But…
I do this all the time.
It’s not unreasonable that somebody else…
Is gonna struggle with…
Zipping.
Zipping.
This.
Wanna help?
Two-person sauna.
Huh?
You go to yoga today?
What’s that?
Did you go to yoga today?
Oh, yeah, baby.
Get your flexibility in?
Yeah.
I missed that completely.
The flaps?
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
So…
Is that?
But there’s no Velcro.
I should have read that.
You meant to go under?
Move your left arm.
Put your arms in.
Here we go.
There’s nothing to hold it.
Yeah, but I wouldn’t be able to do that to myself anyway.
No.
That’s the best.
Hamlet’s got out and do this side.
Great.
This is awesome.
Yeah, there’s no way you’re gonna be able to do that yourself.
Any different?
I’m zipped up in a bag.
Carry me out the door.
Where are you taking me?
The dumpster?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I feel a little bit more like it…
There’s a slight difference in the top of the shoulders and the neck.
It’s probably just holding in the heat a little better.
Yeah.
With those flaps around.
I mean, it’s not a…
It’s very minor.
But…
In the pictures, it doesn’t show any of that.
Pictures people up in their torso.
Like, the chick has it, like, under her armpits, even.
Oh?
Mm-hmm.
I don’t know.
It’s like, propped up reading a book or…
I don’t know what she’s doing.
But you definitely could not do that one person.
There’s no way.
The flaps?
No.
No.
You’d have to just do it how I had it.
Yeah.
Even…
I’m not a huge fan of having the hands in.
Or the arms in.
It’s just you’re very…
You’re totally restricted.
I don’t know if they recommend that, either.
But definitely heat you up quicker, right?
But think a little bit faster, right?
I don’t know.
So, I’m starting to feel…
My core temperature is starting to feel hotter now.
I feel a slight increase in heart rate.
A slight increase in breathing.
I’m starting to breathe faster.
Okay.
I noticed a little mouth breathing.
That’s usually when the heat is kicking in.
Your heart rate’s going up a little bit?
A little bit, yeah.
I’m not wearing the monitor, but…
I can tell.
Yeah.
I mean, I guess this would give you…
This would give you infrared…
Is this infrared heat?
Supposed to be.
Infrared’s on a blanket.
What would be the difference in an infrared versus if this was just a giant…
Thermal blanket.
Vinyl thermal blanket.
Or vinyl like…
What do they call them?
Well, it depends on what’s in the bag.
Right.
I have no idea what’s in this bag.
Okay.
There’s not like a zipper to open it up.
What would make an infrared versus just heating elements in there?
What would make it?
Mm-hmm.
Well, you’d have…
I mean, it would be a different…
Like if it was just electric heating elements, like an electric blanket?
Yeah.
Well, that’s usually just heating elements as in a coil cord or something draped or sewn throughout the blanket.
How could you make infrared like this?
You can put little…
You can put little emitters scattered throughout the fabric.
Kind of like…
I don’t know if…
Well, I can’t see it.
Cut it open.
Huh?
Cut it open.
This?
Yeah.
Seems 500 bucks.
You know somebody who can stitch it back?
That’s true.
I mean…
This might be a good fit for some people, but it’s probably not something that I’m going to use again.
I’m just doing it to see what it’s like, if it works, if it’s worthwhile.
I mean, yeah, I’m getting a sweat experience.
I’m starting to get pretty hot.
That’s because I’m trapped in a damn bag.
They tell it’s going to burn calories by being in it.
Yeah, we’re getting in that stage right now.
Okay.
I can feel it.
I’m like top of zone two, early stages of zone three right now.
Okay.
Yeah.
Heart rate is increased enough to where I’m starting to physically feel the chest movement a little bit.
Gotcha.
I notice…
Not the beginning stages of gasping for breath, but you know like when you’re…
When you’re starting to tap into the next zone, you start breathing through your mouth a little.
Mm-hmm.
I’m right there.
Okay.
And I definitely want to pull my arms out.
Okay.
Like I have the desire.
I really don’t like my arms in here.
But it’s also the heat.
Like I’m almost ready for a break.
This could be why you’re supposed to wear clothes.
Okay.
Like on my tailbone.
It feels weird.
No, it’s just hot.
Oh, okay.
Like too hot to the touch.
You know, to the point where I can see why you put a towel down and stuff.
Which I could do that.
Should I lay a towel down?
You can whenever you want to take a break, I guess.
What’s the time on it?
27?
Yeah.
Okay.
I’ll wait.
I’ll try to wait till…
I mean, I’m starting to sweat sweat.
I think.
Yeah.
HD tip.
Think pajama bottoms or sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt.
There’s no way I’m going to do that.
Like sweatpants.
Sweat clothes.
Like on a normal…
Oh, I’m sweating now.
Yeah?
Yeah, look.
Okay.
That’s different.
That’s a difference.
The bag’s wet.
Yeah.
I’m starting to sweat now.
Okay.
So what would that take?
25?
We’re at 28.
Definitely.
But I’ve got to put something under my tailbone.
It’s too hot.
Okay.
That’s probably what that…
Yeah.
Man.
Get that shit on the carpet.
Got to have something on the…
Something smells.
Smells.
Yeah.
I feel like it’s the material.
It’s probably meat.
Sweat.
You want a towel on top of you?
Uh…
I’ll see how I do.
Just gotta…
I’m gonna practice getting this thing.
Stuff.
I wonder who the hell came up with this idea.
I want to cut it open.
What?
I want to cut it open.
Fine.
Cut it open.
I don’t care.
You know…
I’m gonna tuck those things in again.
No.
Because I gotta be able to do it myself.
Impossible.
Maybe one side.
Huh?
I mean…
I mean…
The other thing is…
I want to try to make it as real as possible.
I can already hear…
You know…
The people who watch…
These reviews.
Or whatever.
There’s usually two or three camps of people.
Okay.
Some people are like…
You know…
They like it when you give them a real world perspective.
Yeah.
Sure.
And then others are like…
Oh…
He’s just making it seem bad because he doesn’t like it.
But a lot of stuff comes into play.
Like if you’re a smaller person…
This is probably better for you.
Than it is for me.
Right?
Yeah.
Like it’s easier to get in and out of and stuff.
Yeah.
Like in this picture here…
It shows the chick…
Fold it all in.
So this picture…
It shows her like…
Way, way in.
Almost like a therapeutic state versus…
You know…
In the sauna versus…
Chillin’.
When did it stop?
Just now.
Yeah.
Just hit it again.
Okay.
Good?
Yep.
It cuts the frame at 28 minutes.
Okay.
It’s 4K so they’re really big files.
And it automatically splits the…
Files.
It doesn’t get too big.
So it corrupt the…
Disc.
Okay.
Or the flash.
Or card.
Whatever.
So I think we caught this on the other one.
But…
In that picture…
The chick has those top flaps.
In.
Oh.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In her head.
Versus the other picture…
It kind of shows them just using it on the bed.
Like watching the computer.
Right.
So I noticed a difference with the towel.
In what way?
Like my legs and torso and upper back is more comfortable now.
Okay.
Because the surface…
That’s what it is.
The surface temperature of the bag is too hot for skin-to-skin contact.
Okay.
Because my feet are still on fire.
Okay.
Whereas where the towel…
Because the towel didn’t go all the way down.
So I get it now.
The clothes and the towels…
It stops the skin-to-skin contact.
Which is kind of what they said, right?
We just didn’t…
I didn’t pay attention to it.
I would say this is not for everybody.
I wouldn’t want to get in that thing.
Well, not in that one because I sweat in the dang thing.
No, but in general.
Oh.
I’m not a claustrophobic person.
You mean because of that?
I don’t know.
I guess I would just be more apt to get into an open-air sauna.
Yeah.
If you’re going to sweat, like drip it off versus…
I mean, you’re definitely contained in it there.
Yeah.
Well, that’s kind of what I wanted to see.
Like, what do you do when this is over?
Hmm.
I guess if you have towels in it, that absorbs most of the stuff.
And if you’re wearing sweatpants and stuff.
But you still have to wipe it down and things, I would imagine.
Do not fold the blanket for at least 30 minutes after use.
And it’s definitely hotter with your arms in and everything tucked up around here.
Okay.
Probably for two reasons.
It’s a little bit more sealed up when you do that.
And you’ve got more heater coverage.
Like this 20% of your body that’s exposed right now is in AC.
Tucked down.
Yeah.
So if you’ve got 95%, everything but your head, 93%.
But it feels weird after a while to have your arms pinned down to your side, kind of.
It’s hot on the outside, too.
It is?
Mm-hmm.
I can’t tell because it’s so warm in there.
Definitely underneath it, even more so.
Really?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
Like, it’s warm.
Really?
Like, warm, warm.
Well, you just put your arm between the blanket and the…
Yeah, you got an infrared thermometer here?
Um, somewhere.
I don’t remember where.
Holy shit, that’s hot.
Really?
Yeah.
That’s what my feet feel like right now.
My feet are on fire.
Holy shit.
I’m curious how hot it is.
Warm.
Is it easier enough for you to find in there or is it a pain?
If it’s not right on top of the…
If it’s not right on top of the shelf to the left of the desk, I don’t know where it is.
That’s your air quality, I think.
Humidity meter.
It’s got a temperature gate.
Oh, that’s…
Yeah.
Never mind.
It does air temp, not what you’re looking for.
Is it in one of these drawers?
No.
There’s just cables and hard drives in there.
Okay.
I’m not sure where it is.
It’s in a yellow case somewhere.
Any of the drawers in the stock table?
Side table.
The side table.
That’s to the left of your desk?
You can look in there.
No, the thermometer?
Yeah.
No, it’s going to be in one of the yellow cases with some more stuff.
I don’t know where it is.
Yeah.
That would be interesting to me to see how hot that thing is.
I feel like, you know, other people have done…
Not that I’ve really seen, but I’ve clicked around a little bit.
I think there’s like a review video or a couple of things of this thing on YouTube.
Mm-hmm.
I feel like they’re just painting this…
They’re kind of doing like, not a fake review, but I feel like they’re doing…
They’re painting a picture that this is like a sauna experience.
And it’s not really…
Well, I’m not even in the thing and it looks like a pain in the ass.
Yeah, it’s not about it being a pain.
Like, the goal is not to paint it in a bad light.
If this is your only option, you know, it’s probably better than doing nothing.
It does get you sweating.
What are you doing?
I’m just…
I feel like it’s almost radiating as much heat out as it is in.
Oh, probably.
Yeah, it depends on what’s in here.
But if there’s no backing on the outside…
Right.
To, uh…
I mean, it’s hot.
Really?
It is hot, hot.
Like, some sections, as I get up close to your torso…
I mean, I only want to leave my hand in there for a few seconds.
Yeah.
I can see it.
Huh.
I’m pretty…
I’m surprised about that.
So what else do you think…
What could we do to add insight or value or something for people that are interested in this?
Because…
You know, it’s interesting.
To me, it almost seems like they would have some type of external thermal blanket around it.
Not thermal as far as electric, but just holding in heat.
Oh.
I mean, around the whole thing.
Yeah, almost like if this was an interior piece to it.
Like another layer.
Yeah.
Because one, you’re losing a lot of heat.
And then you too?
Like, I wear sweatpants and sweatshirt and stuff.
Well, I mean, that, yeah, that would only increase it, I would think.
Yeah.
But, I mean, it’s losing a lot of heat on the outside.
Yeah.
Well, I am sweating now.
Okay.
How long are we on the clock?
How long are we on the clock?
Uh…
35 minutes.
We had 28 plus…
Six.
Okay.
So we’re 35 total.
I’ve opened the bag twice.
I don’t think opening the bag, though, really releases…
Like, that’s not its mechanism of heat.
Okay.
It’s kind of like the other infrared saunas.
You can open the door and you don’t lose all the heat.
But it does cool you down because the room is AC.
I’m just thinking this through.
No, what I was saying is…
Because I’m in here.
What else can we do to try to help people or provide value?
I don’t want to just be all negative about this just because it’s not for me.
What other tips?
I guess user tips.
They want you to wear clothing from toe to…
That’s true.
Right?
Head to toe, basically.
Yeah.
They want you to be wrapped in your own clothes.
Yeah.
And that is kind of my fault on one hand, but I wanted to see what it was like.
Mm-hmm.
Just, like, raw.
How hot it would get.
It says not to use on a memory foam bed.
I think it’s because of the heat.
I can see that.
Yeah, it’s too hot for that.
Yeah.
If you won’t hold your arm underneath the bag, then the foam would be…
That’s interesting to me.
Yeah.
So it’s a good idea to put a blanket under it on the carpet like I did?
Yeah, I would think so.
Something to insulate a little bit.
Does it say anything about keeping the arms out?
Because in some of the photos, like on the box, the arms are out?
I mean, just on a cursory read, I didn’t catch it, but I can’t say it was super detailed.
I totally get the socks and the sweatpants now, or at least towels on the bottom to keep the surface temperature of the skin-to-skin contact from feeling too hot.
My feet are too hot.
Now let me ask you a question.
What’s the material massage tables made out of?
Massage?
Mm-hmm.
It’s usually vinyl or leather.
Vinyl-covered foam?
Oh, yeah.
So how would that be different than a foam mattress?
Open cell, closed cell, maybe?
Okay.
I don’t know.
They’re recommending on a massage table or yoga mat.
Hmm.
Yoga mat’s probably fine.
It’s just like a woven vinyl, right?
I guess I don’t run too much of that.
I mean, on a hardwood floor or something, but I’d probably still put down towels or a blanket in case, like, I open this thing up and you got sweat on my arms, but not everybody’s that paranoid.
Also, is there a, can you think of a way to condense this?
Because, like, if I put up this 35-minute clip, some people will watch it, but other people aren’t.
So in two minutes or less, how could we summarize what’s happened with this bag?
Like, from your perspective?
I mean, I don’t.
Wear clothes.
Wear clothes.
I guess decide on if you want to be, if you want to be completely tucked in, you got to have someone to help you do the flaps.
Right.
Otherwise, you could kind of fish your arms in there.
I mean, I guess I could have gotten this, like, I could have put my water and stuff next to me and try to drink and all that.
I’m just kind of still trying to take it all in.
Okay.
I am sweating now.
Like, you do get a sweat experience, but it takes a half an hour.
Okay.
Definitely takes a half an hour.
Heart rate’s still the same.
Heart rate’s probably middle of zone three.
Lower zone three.
Okay.
Yeah, you still have more conversation.
Yeah.
Yeah, actually.
Maybe low, low.
Maybe high, high zone two.
Okay.
Yeah, that’s true.
Breathing’s not that heavy.
Just feel the heat.
It says preheating takes approximately 10 minutes prior to the session.
Oh. How long did it take for our EMF test? Just a few minutes? Six, right?
We’re probably close to 10. Okay.
It says place a towel inside the blanket for an additional barrier.
How are we doing on time? We’re close to- We preheated the blanket for 10 minutes. The session should be no more than 45 to 50 minutes.
Blanket will automatically power off after 60 minutes. Okay. That’s like most of the saunas.
Okay. We’re at 39 minutes.
Okay.
Yeah, I think I’m wrong. I’m wrong on my zones. I should be wearing the monitor.
It’s just the heat. Okay.
Okay. It’s making me feel like that because the breath…
I’m not gasping for air or anything. I’m not even really breathing that heavy. Just mouth breathing.
When I’m in the… Did I show you that video? I haven’t released it yet on YouTube, but did I show you the video about the weight loss in the sauna?
You were telling me about it. And if you do the session right and your body’s preheated, how much…
Like your maintenance rate in the sauna wearing the monitor and the amount of calories burned is more than you’d think.
Huh.
I was shocked.
Is that right?
Yeah. If you keep it hot hot, you can stay in upper zone two and mid zone three.
What I mean? You’re starting to huff and puff a little.
Okay.
But you can control it a little bit if you open the door.
Okay.
So you just… It’s kind of like… And you know, like you told me to do on the bike.
Endurance. Keep it zone two, not touch zone three.
All right.
And then just try and do what you can to tweak it to stay right in that area.
Okay.
You can do it.
Control breathing?
Yeah, you can do it in the sauna.
So you can do like an hour and 20 minute session and you’re burning hundreds of calories.
Okay.
And you’re just cycling through.
Huh.
If you get too high, like if you’re in… If you start tapping upper zone three, just open the door, take a break, step out.
Okay.
Get back in.
Bring it back down.
Yeah.
I’m getting bored.
Is it good enough?
Good.
Over 40 minutes.
Yeah.
I mean, I’m sweating.
It’s all right.
I knew I wasn’t really going to like it, but…
Anything else?
Nothing I can think of.
Okay.
I’m done.
I’ve had enough of this thing.
You’re shorts look wet.
Yeah.
A little bit.
A little bit.
On the bottom.
The top’s not so much.
Yeah.
I mean, definitely have…
That’s why I didn’t want to use a towel because you can’t really see anything.
Okay.
Oh man, that’s hot under my feet.
It’s sweating.
Huh?
Yeah, that’s what I was feeling on the outside.
Yeah.
All right.
So that’s what it looks like.
And then what?
You just wipe it down?
It says there’s…
It recommends a vinegar solution if you really want to.
It has a couple of recommendations.
Just going to be sweat all over this thing.
Man.
I don’t think I’m going to be doing…
I don’t really want to do this review.
I don’t want to publish this.
I’m not going to be doing these people any favors.
You know what I mean?
This is not a…
Wasn’t that what you did?
I mean, you’re trying to realistically use the product?
Yeah.
I mean, that’s why I bought it.
Companies will send you stuff.
But then they have an expectation that you’re going to review the pods.
Right.
So I stopped doing that.
Well, you got it and you switched your ass off.
I don’t know that I would have done that.
Yeah.
Well, you got to be open-minded.
You got to like…
You got to stay open-minded enough to say, “Hey, maybe this thing works good.” Well, that’s…
You said it better than…
You articulated it better than I did, but that was my intent of saying that.
I mean, there’s no way in hell I’m going to do this all the time.
Do they have a guarantee on if you don’t like it?
I don’t know.
I’m sure they do.
Do you buy it directly from the company?
Yeah.
Almost everybody has a guarantee.
What I used to do is reach out to companies and say, “Hey, I review saunas or whatever.
I’m interested in checking yours out or blah, blah, blah.” But this kind of stuff and one of the other portable ones, I didn’t do that at all.
I just ordered it and swiped the card.
They don’t even know who I am.
Right.
Which is better because then no one’s emailing me saying, “Hey, can you please talk to us about your experience before you publish any videos?” Blah, blah, blah.
There are ads about.
I sent you the ad I saw about this, right?
What did you say?
I said, “I think I sent you the ad I saw about these.” And you said you had already bought one.
Dude, this is hot.
That’s what I mean.
Feel the outside of the bag.
Like really hot.
That’s what I’m talking about.
Holy crap.
That’s why my feet were burning.
Yeah, that’s why I wanted the thermometer.
I wasn’t kidding.
So you definitely got a little VOCs from that.
But the outside looks like leather vinyl.
Yeah.
So I definitely sweat, but I don’t think it’s the level of sweat that you get from in there.
But I could be wrong.
I don’t know.
It’s hard to tell because some of it’s in here because it was laying on this.
So you’re already kind of pat dry.
Oh, okay.
You get out.
That’s not normal.
I don’t know.
All right.
Anything else we can portray to folks?
Because we probably won’t be using this again.
Maybe we could do a giveaway.
Use one time.
You guys want a sauna blanket for free?
Oh, boy.
Oh, boy.
Dread it out pretty good there.
Yeah, it’s not bad.
It’s not bad.
And you said don’t fold it up?
That’s what it said, I guess, to air it out.
Oh, and probably the heat.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
All right.
I think, would you say you saw ads for this?
It was like 500 bucks.
I don’t remember.
I think it was Facebook ads.
Are there multiple companies that make these?
Or they’re just wondering?
Yeah.
Well, that’s a cheap.
I have a cheap Amazon one here that I just ordered the other day to try to compare this to.
Because I was like, oh, how do we know it’s worth spending 500 bucks?
Right.
And you get one for 150.
But I don’t, I mean, I don’t think I’m going to bother.
I’ll just send it back.
It’s not really, it seems like a waste of time.
It’s like some cheap.
If it’s cheaper than what I just used.
And it’s like rubber vinyl.
Yeah, it smells like rubber.
I don’t know.
I’m getting tired of, tired of reviewing these things.
Okay.
All right.
You all set?
Signing off.
Bye.