Stop Shivering in Your Bathroom
Let’s be honest: there is nothing worse than stepping out of a shower into a freezing cold bathroom. If you’re trying to warm up a dressing area quickly, trying to heat the air just doesn’t work. Air is terrible at holding onto heat. That’s why we use shortwave infrared (SWIR). Instead of wasting time warming up the room, it goes straight for the target. You. How the heat actually works We build these using high-wattage quartz tubes. Most heaters take forever to get going, but these hit their peak temperature almost the second you flip the switch. It’s instant. You don’t have to wait around for the room to “warm up”—you feel the heat on your skin immediately. The tricky part: Mirrors and Moisture Putting these lamps into a mirror unit isn’t as simple as just plugging them in. If the heat goes the wrong way, the glass can crack or the frame can warp. To stop that, we use parabolic reflectors. They act like a lens, focusing the heat beam exactly where it needs to go and keeping the housing cool. Then there’s the humidity. Bathrooms are damp. When a scorching hot lamp hits cold, wet air, cheap tubes usually snap or burn out. We use high-purity quartz because it can handle that thermal shock without giving up. A few things to keep in mind for installation You can run these on a standard 220V-240V circuit, but be careful. These things pull a lot of power. If you’re installing a big array of lamps, make sure your wiring and breakers can actually handle the load, otherwise you’ll be tripping your power every time you want to get warm. One last tip: because the heat is so concentrated, it can feel a bit too intense if you’re standing right under it. To avoid those “hot spots” and get a nice, even glow across the whole area, we suggest mounting them about 2.1 meters up.