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Infrared cabins for apartments

In a Kilimani or Westlands apartment there is rarely three-phase power, a spare drain or four square metres going free. An infrared cabin needs none of them.

Indicative band: 180 – 300 thousand KES, supplied and installed in Kenya.

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Infrared cabins for apartments

What it is and is not

Infrared heats you rather than the room: 45-60 °C, 1.5 to 2.5 kW from an ordinary socket, ready in twelve to fifteen minutes. There is no water on stones and no löyly, and we do not sell it as a Finnish sauna.

What it gives you is a room you can actually have in a flat: no supply application, no flue, no waterproofing, no drain, and it moves when you do.

Altitude does not matter here

Unlike a convection sauna, an infrared cabin heats you directly rather than heating air, so Nairobi's altitude has almost no effect on its performance. It is the one product in our range that behaves identically at the coast and in the highlands.

Where it goes

The end of a bedroom, a wide corridor, or a covered balcony with a sheltered socket. A flat floor, ten centimetres of clearance behind for the cable, and a circuit of its own.

In short

  • Ordinary 240 V socket, 1.5–2.5 kW, ready in 12–15 minutes
  • No drain, no flue, no waterproofing, no supply upgrade
  • Unaffected by altitude — identical performance in Nairobi and Mombasa
  • Flat-packed, assembled in an afternoon, moves when you do
Questions

Infrared cabins in Kenya

Is infrared as good as a real sauna?

It is a different thing. If you have the power and the space, build the cabin. If not, an infrared you use beats a sauna you cannot install.

Can it go on a balcony?

Covered, with a sheltered socket, yes. Open to dust and rain, no.

What does a session cost?

About 1.3 kWh for forty minutes. Closer to a kettle than an air conditioner.

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