Our Heaters

• Patented State-of-the-art M-type Far Infrared Heaters
• Proven to be more effective and durable than any other infrared heaters by customers
• Large reflecting panels to distribute far infrared heat to entire room
• The only far infrared heaters on the market that are UL-approved 

Health Mate saunas use a ceramic heater core coated with incoloy, a metal alloy effective in high temperature applications. The incoloy coating distributes the heat evenly throughout the heater, ensuring a consistent far infrared wavelength. The heater housing, in conjunction with the heater, maximizes far infrared generation toward the front of the sauna while minimizing any energy loss through the back of the sauna.

Here is a little math to prove our claim about our new M-Type heaters.

First, the above picture shows that a wavelength above 5.6 microns is far infrared. Near or middle infrared (below 5.6 microns) is not effective on the human body, so it is important that an infrared heater emits far infrared evenly.
Our new M-Type heaters have a minumum wavelength of 6 to 7 microns.

Here is how we got that number.

• Infrared Heat Calculation Method:
  IE(Infrared Emission) = 5269/ (HEATER FACE TEMP + 460)
• In this industry standard calculation, 5269 and 460 are constant numbers, so only “HEATER FACE TEMP” can be variable.
• M-Type Heater Ave Surface Temperature: 370.88 º F
• M-Type Heater IE(Infrared Emission):
  IE(Infrared Emission) = 5269/ (HEATER FACE TEMP + 460)
  5269/(370.88 + 460) = 6.34
• In order for an infrared heater to emit Far Infrared(IE value of 5.6 or more), HEATER FACE TEMP should be 480.89 º F or lower.
• Our test results, conducted by our R&D department, show that the average heater surface temperature of our heaters is 370.88 º F, and the minimum IE value is 6.34, which means they truly emit far infrared.

M-Type Heater Infrared Emission Image

It is crucial for a heater to evenly emit far infrared heat. The image below shows how our heaters emit far infrared heat evenly.

In the image above, numbers on the left side show temperatures with colors and the image on the right side shows infrared emission. As explained in M-Type Heater Test Result section, heater surface temperatures should be 480.89 º F or lower to emit far infrared. So green or blue is OK, but yellow or red emits middle or near infrared. As you see in this picture, our heater shows mostly even blue colors throughout the heater, which means it truly emits far infrared.

Some sellers claim that their infrared heaters emit 9 to 14 microns with false or no scientific evidence. Be cautious about this kind of fraudulent information. In order to emit 9 microns, the heater surface temperature should be 100 º F or less. That's slightly higher than our skin temperature! It is obvious that you can't sweat with those heaters. Either their claims about wavelenghts is fraudulent or you can't sweat enough in their saunas. At Health Mate, we don't make such fraudulent claims just to sell the units. That's one of the reasons why Health Mate has been trusted and loved by customers for 30 years.