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Linen or Cotton for a Sauna Towel?
The short version Cotton terry is a better bath towel. Linen is a better sauna towel. Those are different jobs and the difference is drying time. What a sauna does...
Linen or Cotton for a Sauna Towel?
The short version Cotton terry is a better bath towel. Linen is a better sauna towel. Those are different jobs and the difference is drying time. What a sauna does...
What to Put on a Sauna Bench
The problem Wood on the top bench of a working sauna runs 160 to 175°F at seat level. Bare skin against that is unpleasant in a way you will remember,...
What to Put on a Sauna Bench
The problem Wood on the top bench of a working sauna runs 160 to 175°F at seat level. Bare skin against that is unpleasant in a way you will remember,...
How to Throw Löyly
What it is Löyly is the steam that comes off the stones when you pour water on them, and in Finnish it is a specific word. There is an ordinary...
How to Throw Löyly
What it is Löyly is the steam that comes off the stones when you pour water on them, and in Finnish it is a specific word. There is an ordinary...
Why Sauna Buckets Have Plastic Liners
It is not about safety The usual assumption is that the plastic is there to stop the wood rotting, or because wood cannot hold water. Neither is really it. Wooden...
Why Sauna Buckets Have Plastic Liners
It is not about safety The usual assumption is that the plastic is there to stop the wood rotting, or because wood cannot hold water. Neither is really it. Wooden...
What Is a Rain Ladle?
The short answer A normal sauna ladle is a cup on a stick. You fill it, you tip it, and the water lands on the stones in roughly one place....
What Is a Rain Ladle?
The short answer A normal sauna ladle is a cup on a stick. You fill it, you tip it, and the water lands on the stones in roughly one place....
Top Bench or Bottom? How to Sit in a Sauna
The benches The top bench is the hot one, and it is where the steam from a pour lands first and hardest. It is for the middle of a session,...
Top Bench or Bottom? How to Sit in a Sauna
The benches The top bench is the hot one, and it is where the steam from a pour lands first and hardest. It is for the middle of a session,...