Poplar

Poplar is the most expensive wood to buy of all the woods that saunas are made from. We use poplar for one important reason: it is and always has been the wood of choice for health clinics world-wide. Even the most discriminating clinics, such as Dr. William Rae’s Environmental Health Center in Dallas, Texas only use saunas made from Poplar wood. Only Poplar has allowed some of the very sickest people to detoxify.

The internet is filled with sauna companies marketing their heaters, but what heater is the one right choice? As you might expect from seeing so many different options available, there is no one right choice, but there are good reasons to avoid some heaters and the saunas that use them.

Safety certifications are one of most important yet most overlooked and least understood aspects of buying a sauna today. And, unfortunately, its not just the customers that do not understand it well, but also even many of the manufacturers!

All infrared saunas are delivered as a set of panels, typically: 4 walls, a roof, and a floor, with a couple smaller panels making up the bench. Different companies use different methods to attach the panels together: there are latches (used by High Tech Health in Thermal Life saunas), magnets, and “hooks” or "keys" (used by High Tech Health in Transcend saunas). This may seem like all there is to the decision, but there are other factors contributing to how easy a sauna is to assemble or disassemble (should you want to move it). While it may seem that saunas do not differ much when it comes to assembly, the fact is that the process to assemble a sauna can be quick and painless, or a rather frustrating experience.

We see ourselves as a 'detoxification company' rather than a 'sauna company'. Probably because of this we are the only company selling infrared saunas that places importance on the environment. It is the indiscriminant contamination of our environment that has produced a world where everyone needs to be serious about detoxification and we feel that to be serious about detoxifying people means we need to be serious about doing our share for the environment.

Lighting can seem like such a small detail when it comes to buying a sauna, but we are serious about our products and even this detail has been thought out.

Every company will tell you their sauna comes with a warranty that lasts a certain period of time. Unfortunately, that is usually all they say. That is not enough information to compare warranties. For instance, no matter how long their warranty is, every warranty we know of excludes use in a public location, such as a doctor’s office or clinic. High Tech Health’s sauna warranties have no such limitation. Perhaps they offer a very long warranty instead, but if they have such high confidence in their product, why does their warranty require the product not be used a lot? We think we know why.

A great many sauna companies make false claims about their company history. A popular one seems to be to “embellish” how long their company has been in business. While you could look online at records of incorporation to see if a company is telling the truth, a great many people won’t go to that effort, especially if a sales person seems trustworthy. Its important that you consider everything with a healthy does of skepticism.

Like most products today, High Tech Health saunas are produced internationally. They are designed in the United States. We get wood from Europe. We get electronics and wood finish from Korea. We use heaters made in North America. Virtually all saunas are assembled in Chinese factories today.