Getting started and your first session
I do not like enclosed spaces and I am a big person — will I fit in an ozone sauna and cope with it?
Our ozone saunas take users up to about 2 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, and the Deluxe is rated to 180 kg (about 397 lb). Your head stays outside the sauna and the doors close around your body, so it is far less enclosing than a full cabinet, and you can open the doors and step out at any moment.
Body size. Our saunas take users up to about 2 m (6 ft 5 in) tall. Rated user weight differs by model — 120 kg for the Standard and 180 kg (about 397 lb) for the Deluxe, with the Red Light figure on its own product page — so check the page for the model your outlet runs, or the one you are buying. Seat levels differ too, and the Deluxe order page describes it as having more room.
Claustrophobia. Your head is outside. The doors close around your body and a towel or collar closes the neck opening, so your face, your eyes and your breathing stay in the open room. You can see the room, talk to whoever is with you, and be seen throughout. That is a materially different experience from a hyperbaric chamber or a full steam room, and it stops far fewer people than they expect.
You are never shut in. To get out, open the doors and step out. To stop the ozone, switch the sauna off at its wall socket once you’re out. There is no one you have to wait for. Knowing that in advance is usually what settles the question for people who dislike enclosed spaces.
The Red Light model. Several of its design features answer these worries directly. The doors shut with a magnetic closure rather than straps and open on ergonomic, slip-resistant handles, so getting in and out is steadier. The privacy panels are translucent, so the sauna is not a dark box. Status indicator lights show when it is ready and when the session is done. A phone and fan holder means your own music and moving air on your face, both of which help more with enclosed spaces than people expect.
Getting in and out. Set the seat height before you sit down. If you are frail, unsteady on your feet or recovering from anything, ask the outlet whether a member of staff will help you in and out, and say so when you book.