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is The next generation sauna, with proper infrared placement for optimized absorption, ergonomic benches, and advanced color therapy.

	Vitra Saunas are built by experts... to perfection

Vitra is designed with soft, luxurious curves that flatters your home and invites you to sink into the relaxing and comfortable benches.

Michael and his team of carpenters stressed even the tiniest details, such that the Vitra saunas would have a beautiful style that is uncommon, even with saunas costing thousands of dollars more.

The first comfortable sauna, engineered ergonomically.

Vertical grain (VG) vs Flat Grain (FG)

Vitra FG models and almost every competing product uses flat grain wood that looks quite beautiful, but lacks the natural strength to hold its shape for many years. If you insist on the highest quality that can last a lifetime, choose only vertical grain. For Vitra Original and Vitra VG models, Michael Ducharme personally selected each of the raw materials, ensuring only the strongest vertical grain hemlock. If you want to save money we offer the beautiful FG and MPG series. All wood, whether FG or VG, is kiln dried to 12% moisture content.


FG flat grain wood	VG vertical grain wood

My statement is this: if you're going to buy an infrared sauna, this is the best damn product on the market.

The manufacturer of this product wanted to make the best Far infrared sauna there is. So they asked our co-founder Michael Ducharme to provide the creative design and the fanatical quality control that he is known for in this industry. Michael personally rejected over 85% of the available raw materials, so that the finished product would meet our high standards. Of course, Michael learned from the best carpentry expert, yours truly!

Building Specifications
The free-standing feature of the sauna means no framing is needed.

Customer Skill Level Required: Low
Assembly Time: Approx. 15minutes. No special tools needed
Mobility: Move and reassemble the sauna on any hard surface.
Location: Indoors. This sauna can be installed on any appropriate hard surface.

Each emitter is produced according to the worldwide standard for producing ceramic far infrared emitters. An electricity-resistant filament is coiled around a high-temperature glass rod, and held in position by a conductive layer of magnesium oxide powder. A rod-shaped ceramic tube covers the aforementioned like a sheath. It is this ceramic that the device will heat up (to approximately 300 degrees celcius) to produce a concentration and intensity of far infrared rays that is sufficient for absorbsion into the human body.

The length of the ceramic is 550 mm and the diameter is 18 mm. Since infrared rays will be produced along the entire circumference of the rod-shaped emitter, it is necessary to mount the ceramic emitter in a reflective casing that will bounce at least 87% of the rays from the rear of the emitter back into the room so that as many rays as possible can be absorbed by the bather. The width of this reflective housing is 116 mm.

	Vitra Infrared Sauna Shipping Details


A: 13" x 72" x 54" 90 Kg / 198.5lbs.	B: 12" x 64" x "54 62 Kg / 136.5lbs.	C: 14" x 32" x 71" 76 Kg / 167.5 lbs.

Vitra saunas are normally in stock and easy to ship immediately in three convenient packages, shown above. The boxes are each packaged securely with styrofoam so they will arrive beautifully under any circumstances. The Vitra sauna ships from Rochester Hills, Michigan. The total weight is 228 Kg / 502 lbs, much heavier than cheaply-made mass-produced units because the Vitra is built from strong materials. Shipping cost is quite reasonable - usually well under $300; much less than the tax you would pay if buying from a retail store.

For more information, a shipping quote, or to place an order, please call us toll free, 24 hours, at 800 641-0173

Visit Vitra's corporate site.

Panel built for inexpensive shipping and easy assembly.

The Vitra series sauna knocks down to nine panels: 3 walls, one door, two windows, one ceiling, one bench and one backrest. Your Vitra will arrive in three securely-packaged cartons. You can easily assemble the nine panels within minutes. Then, simply plug it into a standard wall outlet and enjoy the health benefits!

Vitra MPG Series: mass production grade Vitra Saunas.

The original Vitra and VT series with improved safety-control-switch system cannot be mass produced. FG and MPG series saunas are available in much higher quantities.

Expert Product Reviews

Michael Ducharme, product designer and co-owner:

The next generation of sauna has arrived! Vitra has gone far beyond those boring, claustrophobic, closed in wooden boxes that typified saunas for decades. The Vitra is designed with generous glass, beautiful curves, and comfortable contours.

But the Vitra's advancements are not just cosmetic.

Outstanding Strength. The Vitra is built with strong materials that I selected personally at the request of the manufacturer. I selected ONLY vertical grain hemlock so that it can expand and contract without the warping and cupping that occurs with flat or mixed grained wood used in other brands. As well, I specified the proper thickness for the tongue and groove materials, the bench materials and the frame. This is one of the sturdiest saunas on the market. As for the glass, I was unable to break it with repeated karate kicks! If that weren't enough, I wrapped the glass in just two thin layers of plastic foam, and threw it from the second story onto the factory floor. The factory workers suggested that I see a psychiatrist, but at least we now know the real strength of the Vitra!

Proper Infrared Placement. The Vitra includes five far infrared emitters. In the original model, four of these are 350 watts, and the fifth is 250 watts. VG and FG series use all 300-watt emitters. A major advantage the Vitra has over the competition is the proper placement of these emitters. There are two emitters in the back wall, one for each bather. Nothing new here. But the emitters in the side walls are moved forward, and tilted back at an angle that allows both bathers to receive full benefits from both of the side emitters. Competing models have the side emitters installed flat on the side walls, so the bather on the right only receives the benefit on her back and her right side; the bather on the left only receives the benefit on his back and on his left side. From a manufacturing point of view, it's much easier to install the emitters flat. But if you buy a sauna this way, you are getting robbed of almost half of the available infrared light, and therefore you'll receive only half of the health benefits. I much prefer to inconvenience the manufacturer in favour of more health benefits for you, the end user.

Colour Therapy. The lights inside the Vitra look fantastic, but there are important medical reasons for selecting these specific colours. Our body contains seven major energy centers called chakras, and these are situated along the length of the spinal column. Positively stimulating any chakra yields a plethora of specific health benefits. The colour therapy lights used in the Vitra sauna correspond to the following chakras.

Red - chakras #1,2 (base of spine and sexual center)
Blue - chakra #5 (in the throat, responsible for art, creativity, communication)
Pink - chakra #4 (the heart center, responsible for love and compassion)
Purple - chakra #6 (the third eye, responsible for intuition and higher knowledge)

Note that I have deliberately excluded the third chakra, which controls the mind and the quest for power. Yellow lights are already abundantly reproduced in regular light bulbs found everywhere. This explains why most people's logical mind functions well. The Vitra will boost other systems to produce feelings of balance and complete health.

For more information on the chakras and why they are important, please feel free to call us anytime and ask for me. I am currently authoring a book that focuses almost entirely on the fourth chakra.