Is this $700 sauna blanket a good replacement for actual saunas?

Courtesy Lindsey Snow
I love the skin-glowing, pressure building, and calorie burning “free” workouts of traditional saunas. I’ll stay in 190 degree ones for up to an hour at a time—sometimes twice a day, if I have access to one on vacation.
But I don’t love saunas enough to fork over between $4,000 to $15,000 for a fully installed home one. And I don’t love the limited heat and dryness of budget-friendly infrared ones between $1,000–$3,000 either.
Enter sauna blankets, which many cheeky reviewers lovingly call “sweaty sleeping bags.” I’ve been using the top-rated Bon Charge Infrared Sauna Blanket for the last several months and I gotta say—I like it. Continue reading…