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Surprise 100c sauna (hackertalks.com)

submitted 1 week ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/sauna@suppo.fi

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In my community, I'm basically the only one who uses the sauna. However, today, somebody else was using the sauna, or at least it looks like they used it. The bucket had water in it, and the temperature had been raised to 100 c. Normally I only do 80° c, but I thought f*** it, if they can do it I'll give it a shot.

Man, that is a wildly different experience! I could only last 13 minutes, not my usual 20. My toes and my ears were burning towards the end, which I normally don't get ever on 80°. Toward the end I was slapping my knees in my back like a crazy person just to keep the minutes going.

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[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

100c is too much on nearly every sauna. However, if you track your "performance" in sauna with a timer you're doing something wrong. The whole idea is to go by feel and enjoy, not count seconds. If sauna is hotter than you prefer or if the ventilation is lacking or whatever it's just fine to pop in for a while, cool off at shower/outside/in a lake and take a second round. And a third and fourth and so on. Or just a short visit to get a sweat on and hop in a shower if you just need a quick cleaning. Whatever happens to suit you at the time, but keeping time and having 'strict' minimum time is not a part of sauna experience.