Journal

A pale wood infrared cabin in a sunlit domestic room

Infrared or traditional: which one suits your h...

Infrared runs to 140F, traditional to 194F, and the difference decides where it goes, what it costs to run and how long you sit. The honest comparison.

Infrared or traditional: which one suits your h...

Infrared runs to 140F, traditional to 194F, and the difference decides where it goes, what it costs to run and how long you sit. The honest comparison.

A chiller unit beside a cold plunge tub

How cold, how long, and what size chiller

The temperature band the trials actually used, how long a session needs to be, and how to size a chiller so it is not running flat out and still losing.

How cold, how long, and what size chiller

The temperature band the trials actually used, how long a session needs to be, and how to size a chiller so it is not running flat out and still losing.

A cold plunge tub outdoors on a winter morning

The first two minutes in cold water

What actually happens in the first fifteen seconds, where the evidence honestly sits, and how to find out whether the habit sticks before you buy a chiller.

The first two minutes in cold water

What actually happens in the first fifteen seconds, where the evidence honestly sits, and how to find out whether the habit sticks before you buy a chiller.

Woman stretched out along the bench of a barrel sauna, ladling water onto the heater, with a lake view through the window

How many people is a barrel sauna really for?

Four people are labelled on the box. Four people get in. Two of them are touching, one is holding a drink above their head, and somebody says the thing everybody...

How many people is a barrel sauna really for?

Four people are labelled on the box. Four people get in. Two of them are touching, one is holding a drink above their head, and somebody says the thing everybody...

Why people who buy a sauna end up using it every day

Why people who buy a sauna end up using it ever...

It is seven in the evening in November. It has been dark since five. You cross the yard in a towel and flip-flops, open a wooden door, and the air...

Why people who buy a sauna end up using it ever...

It is seven in the evening in November. It has been dark since five. You cross the yard in a towel and flip-flops, open a wooden door, and the air...