Infrared saunas typically reach temperatures of about 140-155°F, which may not be as effective as higher temperature dry saunas for inducing physiological responses.

“Infrared, you know, infrared sauna is only getting to about 140, 150, right? So, there's a few of them that get to 155.”

“The other popular sauna option is infrared saunas. Because they heat up faster and generate less steam and condensation, they're way lower maintenance than dry or wet sauna, which makes them very popular with spas and wellness centers. But the problem is they can't get you much above 150° F, which doesn't match the existing studies on sauna benefits.”

“so if you're in a infrared sauna that only gets to 140 degrees Fahrenheit you probably would have to stay on a much longer to get the same benefit”

“If you're looking at there haven't, in fact, there's like one study like the title of something like infrared saunas or something like does not mimic cardiovascular effects of exercise or something like that.”

“So in other words the dose is the same. Obviously the temperature difference is pretty vast depending on the study. The hot sauna could be, you know, 160 or it could be 175 or 180 and the infrared is like 140 or something like that, right?”

“All the infrared ones don't get that hot, actually. And so... [Dr. Patrick]: Yeah, no infrared definitely was like 140? [Dr. Mason]: They don't. One forty to 160 I think...”

“you're not going to get the same effect in 20 minutes in 145 degre sauna in terms of the heart rate and the cardiovascular adaptations as you're going to get an 180 degree Fahrenheit SAA right so uh you might have to stay in there twice as long you might have to stay in there 45 minutes to an hour”

“Um, unlike the data I started out with telling you about how hot saunas do mimic moderate intensity cardiovascular exercise, for the same amount of time, infrared saunas do not do that.”

“If you stay in an infrared sauna for 20 minutes, it's not going to be much of anything. uh with respect to increasing cardiac output and all these things I talked about. If you stay in there for 40 minutes, you're going to get you're going to get”