Biohacking your Huum Heater

Floor Fan Biohack

The HUUM sauna already makes a standard single level bench feel more like sitting on the 2nd level bench since HUUM heaters go up to 230 while most heaters only go up to 195 degrees. For those that want whole body vasodilation and not just half body where just your head and upper body is being heated up and your feet on the floor and legs aren’t getting hot, having the 16 inch fan blow the floor thermocline's cool air and shoots it up and mixes it with the super hot heat trap at the ceiling where it’s at least 3 feet from where most people sit.

This brings the entire room into homeostasis within a few degrees. We take laser thermometers and before using the fan, the floor temperature and ceiling temperature are very far apart. Also, having the fan should shave about a dollar in electricity costs off each hour session since the super hot ceiling thermocline is pushed down and not trapped anymore.  The higher the ceiling the more expensive the sauna sessions are.

We also talk about the 200 rule - we have the room set at 200 points and see the difference on the hygrometer if the room goes over 200 points when the floor fan is on or if it goes under 200 points. 

Make sure you study the 200 rule. This is the most important technique to understand when biohacking your HUUM sauna. 

Read more about the 200 rule here.

Rocks - Extra Small vs Small

This depends on if you are going to pour water on the rocks and at what temperature you are using the sauna at. Choosing between small and extra small makes a huge difference in the steam it creates and linger time. I personally like a low dryness fraction as it is more comfortable to breathe and doesn’t create the latent heat but some people like a higher latent heat and some like a higher heat co-efficient. You can’t go wrong with either as HUUM rocks are not hydrophilic like the flat rocks that give off the steam that hits you in the face and is uncomfortable, unlike HUUM's dryness fraction if getting the right rocks. If you don’t want to buy 2 sets of rocks and want to know if small or extra small will give you the steam you want, one of our biohackers can go over this.

50% of the people buy one or the other after talking to us. If you buy the wrong ones, you will probably never know if you would have preferred the other size. You will know after we talk if you are planning on pouring water on the rocks. 

We will find out if the smaller rocks give a higher relative humidity or absolute humidity.

Highest Temperature

Most people have only experienced saunas that heat up to 195. I do not recommend most people turning the HUUM up to 230 degrees as this can put the average person into cardiac drift. I strongly recommend a marine grade destratification system. This way it’s less likely to get into cardiac drift since your head won’t be so hot and the sauna room temperature will be more evened out. It’s the best 80 dollars you will ever spend. You can find a used one on Amazon for 50 dollars. Contact us to learn more about this.

SGS Certification 

It does not have a UL certification. It has a SGS certification which is even harder to get. No other sauna heater has this certification. 

Heat Shock Proteins

Having a sauna session at the highest temperatures from the HUUM heater can create major heat shock proteins and lipolysis of the visceral fat (especially if using the fan to bring the ceiling thermocline down). Many people want to lose belly fat (perirenal fat, peritoneal fat, and pelvic fat) and higher temperatures are needed for this. I found it is better to do this when the entire sauna room temperature is around the same thermocline temperature. I urge people to research visceral heaters for those trying to lose belly fat. You cannot use these with steam saunas.

If not using a sauna for detox or abdominal weight loss, you don’t need a visceral heater. 2 heaters makes it intense. 3 heaters makes it super intense. According to salamander studies, when the heater is at 2 inches next to the body, the wavelength is at its peak. If a foot way you are losing around 80% of the rays and just getting latent heat. Many people have combo saunas that traditional and far infrared isolate. The high glass black ceramic gives off the highest far infrared isolate we have found. Just know the session will not be relaxing with a visceral heater. It’s for detox therapy only.

Bench Height

A higher bench can mean the difference of getting into cardiac drift too quick and being able to sustain the session and keep the body 3 degrees higher than normal body temperature for 30 minutes. Most people have to work their way up to longer sessions at higher temperatures. I use 1 Boost oxygen bottle per session but only when I am starting to get into cardiac drift. Breathing in 95% oxygen when not needed is not good. Remember that since the HUUM gets hotter than most heaters, it naturally pushes the thermocline down about a foot. A normal bench height can feel a foot higher if the temperature is turned to its highest.

Whole Body Sauna Therapy

This is something most people never experience. Just get the fan. Having the fan will let your whole body heat up at the same temperature at the same time.  Once you do this, you probably won’t go back to the old way. Whole body vasodilation vs half body vasodilation - Just try it once.

Heat Co-efficients

This requires a 2nd fan (you don’t need a 12 or 16 inch fan for this like the floor fan). This is for people that are pouring water on the rocks. You will not get a heat co-efficient if you use this type of fan in a completely dry sauna. When you have the fan blowing on you it creates a wind chill factor and actually cools you down. But, when there is steam in the sauna from pouring water on the rocks, having a fan blowing on your creates a heat co-efficient (opposite of a wind chill factor) and I usually put the fan on whatever is bothering me. I usually put the fan right behind my back. There needs to be some space so I put it behind an S shaped back rest.

10th Day

If doing the highest heat session from a HUUM sauna, I only do this once every 10 days for complete cardiac drift. I go lower on the other days. You don’t want to become heat-adaptive. If doing this too long it won’t be a stressor and the heat shock protein benefit will diminish.

Super Biohack

Costs 9 dollars if you have a deep freezer - I have a deep freezer and store 9 gallons of water in there. They call it the "poor man’s cold plunge." Once I finish my sauna session, I go in the tub. It feels like sitting in a giant glass of ice water. You don’t need to buy a fancy cold plunge with filtration systems and chillers. Just change out the gallons twice a day. I take the 9 gallons out and put 9 in. I have 18 gallons so 9 are always freezing. The tub stays very cold all day and once you put fresh gallons in then it gets super cold. You may need to work your way up to 9 gallons so it’s not super cold.

EWOT

For those that don’t want to spend 8 dollars on a bottle of Boost oxygen each session, you may want to get a 4 foot Ewot bag and fill it up with oxygen (I get about 50% off on oxygen concentrators and sell them at cost for people doing this). Having this can help increase my session time increase 10 to 20 more minutes without getting into cardiac drift. At normal sauna temperatures it's not really needed a most people can handle a long enough session but when the HUUM is cranked up to the highest level, you will see what I’m talking about once you try just one bottle of Boost. Amazon sells them the cheapest when you buy a 6 pack.

Sweat Lodge Experience

For those that have been in a sweat lodge and know what pouring rocks on super hot rocks is like, you need the most hydrophobic rocks you can get and HUUM rocks are not like the flat rocks. Choosing between the extra small and regular rocks is personal decision that needs to be made. Some people want to feel the heat wave for a few seconds before Brownian motion takes over and some people want to feel the lingering steam but with a lighter steam. It is totally a personal preference.

Know the 200 Rule for Traditional Saunas

The 200 rule is just a guideline for the optimal and most comfortable sauna experience. This is when the temperature and also the humidity percentage combined don’t exceed 200. If the temperature is at 170F, the humidity in the sauna should not exceed 30%. You can get a good humidity meter for 9 dollars on Amazon. You don’t need anything more fancy than this one. 

If the room goes over 200 you lose that feel good experience. It is not enjoyable to be in a room over 200 combined percentage.  So many people buy the wrong size rocks if planning on pouring water on the HUUM sauna. Also, the higher the temperature the HUUM is at when the water is poured on the rocks the higher the dryness fraction and less condensate and humidity. So, if pouring water on a standard heater (not a HUUM BRAND), the humidity in the sauna is way higher based on pouring 1/3 of a cup of water on the rocks. So, if you pour the same amount of water at 230 degrees vs 195 degrees, pouring water on the rocks at the highest setting on a HUUM is exponentially more comfortable than any other brand that does not have this SGS certification to go to extreme temperatures. I have even experienced snow. If you are using the HUUM heater at the highest level and using it in the winter and open the sauna door and the freezing air comes in, since the dryness fraction at the hottest temperature makes the steam gassy, the steam will turn into ice or snow before it becomes condensate again. This stops the theory of Brownian motion. (It is OK. Most people in high school had no reason to remember what Brownian motion is but to pass their physics test.  Note that the 200 score should be based where the hygrometer is. The ceiling will naturally be over 200 since heater rises and steam rises. I base this number on the thermocline in the sauna around my shoulder level.

If you have a 7 foot ceiling that is optimal. With a 7.5 foot ceiling, you can have a higher humidity level since the temperature is lower towards the shoulder level. When you get your sauna you will develop a preference. This is not something most people know about unless they are even aware of it or have been told about this. Those that have larger KW heaters like the Hive 15 or Hive 18 and are cranking their sauna up on high and pouring too much water on it, this will surpass 200 and it does NOT feel good. It’s kinda like being in the steam room and someone just poured ice water on the thermostat and then puts a cold rag over it and the steam room gets so hot that you need to get out. People at my gym get get upset and won’t tolerate that when some idiot that just joined comes in and does that. A ceiling that is higher will have a larger ceiling to floor temperature difference.

Drinking Water in a HUUM Sauna

I always drink before and right after. What’s the point of trying to create an artificial fever if you are trying to cool yourself down by drinking water. I let my core get into a 3 degree vasodilation. Drinking water just makes me more hydrophobic and not sweat as much. I want to get rid of toxins like heavy metal toxins and any organic chemicals in my body. I am not drinking water to cool myself down in the sauna. I take a 5 minute break when I need to and see so many people bringing water bottles in the sauna. If they were informed they would never do that. I believe a great sauna session should be borderline uncomfortable. Many people who come into saunas can’t handle any stressors to the body and are not disciplined. 

Infused Rocks

This is something that once you do it, you never go back to a non-infused stone setup. This is done using the piezoelectric effect. I always put white quartz on the top layer of rocks. When it’s infused by a radionic machine, many people can feel the difference than just having stones in their sauna that haven’t been infused. We have about 600 videos on our YouTube channel of going up to strangers with our infused stones. If you want to see my channel let me know. 

The pulse oximeter DOES NOT show how well the person's body transfers oxygen. The body can be at 99.99% on the meter but this is NOT a sign of the usable state of the oxygen. Having high oxygen in the blood is not the same as saturating the body's cells with oxygen.

Peak capacity is when the level is 100 to 110mm of pressure that pushes 02 to the blood from the lungs. Note: those that are over 60 years old do not have pressures in the lung (110mm) like those that are much younger. In order for the pressure in the body to meet the requirements so it is not inadequate in carrying oxygenated blood to the hypoxic tissues that need oxygen the most, sometimes heating the core temperature 3 degrees higher.

Note: Those with sludge blood who are doing Ewot with the sauna will often saturate their bodies with oxygen and the oxygen will be absorbed into the blood but still won't be transported to the cells. This is why heating the entire body up 3 degrees is so important. Doing Ewot at normal body temperature is probably almost as bad as having sludge blood and an acidic body. Those with inflammation and blockages in their body will find it much harder to use oxygen with their sauna also unless it is done right. The oxygen will just be bypassed and not absorbed into the body. When the oxygen is not being burned as fuel is when the body can get harmed and over oxygenated. The fan will bring the room temperature in equilibrium so that the legs are heated up to absorb oxygen better than when cooler.

Staying in TOO long - WARNING FOR PEOPLE USING OXYGEN BOTTLES IN THE SAUNA

Staying in too long can drain more and do heavier lipolysis and the body can't filter all the toxins coming out. Also, staying in too long and not taking the right "anti-oxidants" or not enough or the wrong type that can't counter act the oxidation from excess oxygen that is not being burned, this also can be a problem for most people. I urge people to get answers to questions before starting Ewot sauna therapy. Getting just the right amount of oxygen and not over doing my session is always my goal. I don't want to stay in the infrared sauna if I can't produce enough bile to emulsify the waste.

I know so much about this and I can customize a biohacking experience based on each persons’ body ecology. I do not charge for this. I love sharing what I know. Everyone at my gym knows me this. Everyone is quiet at the gym sauna until I come in. When I bring my fan in the sauna people stare. People have never seen anyone do this before. Some people leave and go get the manager. I can always tell when someone is going to tell on me as they quickly leave right when I turn it on. I wrap up my fan in my towel and go in the shower. I can’t stand a snitch.

Fiber Optic Lights

If you have these in your sauna and plan on turning the heater up to the highest temperature, make sure your lights can handle it. Regular lights will not work at this temperature. Contact us if you have any lighting questions. Many people install these before getting their HUUM heater only to realize they have to remove it after installing it. This can work with heaters that go up to 195 but not 230.

Keeping costs down

An hour long sauna session (including the preheating time uses about 9 to 13 kilowatt hours in electricity - keeping the ceiling lower and using a floor fan brings the cost down. Also, having more rocks to hold more latent heat brings it down even lower. 10 boxes of rocks holds way more latent heat than just 4 boxes.

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