With so many sauna blankets on the market these days, it can be tough to tell them apart.
We can, though. And it’s not just a feeling or opinion.
In this roundup, we’ll share five numbers that make the HeatPod the #1 sauna blanket in Australia in 2024.
We’ll also share two other things we bet you didn’t think about when considering your sauna blanket purchase.
And finally, we’ll end with a comprehensive comparison of how the leading sauna blanket brands in Australia stack up against each other and the HeatPod.
1. Hottest: 85°C
We made the HeatPod the hottest sauna blanket on the market that we know of, with temperature settings going all the way up to 185°F (85°C).
We made the HeatPod as hot as we safely could because, according to our product team’s research, the biggest complaint amongst users across all price points is that their blanket doesn’t get hot enough for them, especially as they get used to frequent sauna sessions and their body adapts to the heat stress.
This may especially affect men, who tend to be physically larger with a higher skin surface area that allows for more efficient heat exchange, which may cause them to get used to higher temperatures more easily. But we’ve also seen and heard similar feedback from many female users.
The option of a higher maximum temperature also helps the HeatPod to heat up faster so you don’t have to wait as long for it to be ready, especially in colder weather.
2. Finest: 1°C
What’s the point of buying a personal sauna if you can’t get the temperature exactly how you want it?
Baseline heat tolerance varies from person to person.
So, like a bespoke Savile Row suit or a pair of Momotaro jeans, we want you to have a sauna experience that fits you just right.
Most sauna blankets, including those from premium brands, offer only ~7-9 temperature setting options. (See the comparison chart below for full details.)
But the HeatPod comes with fine precision controls, so you can set just the right temperature and session length for you – adjustable to within 1°C and 1 minute.
This also allows you to gradually increase your session intensity and duration as you go along, as experts recommend (also known as “passive heat training”), so you can maximize the health benefits.
3. Safest: 0µT
The biggest concern users have about sauna blankets is probably EMF exposure.
All electrical devices, like laptops and mobile phones, emit EMFs or electromagnetic fields, and these levels of exposure to EMFs (below the 100µT/1000mG range) are generally considered safe.
However, many of our customers have particular health concerns and so prefer to avoid EMFs as much as possible.
As such, we designed the HeatPod with extremely robust EMF mitigation, including zero-EMF heating coils.
Robust EMF mitigation for EMF readings of 0µT across the body of the HeatPod Sauna Blanket.
We achieve this by wrapping additional layers of EMF-blocking Faraday shielding around the carbon fiber infrared coils that power the HeatPod. This is in contrast to sauna blankets with no shielding, or only enough shielding to partially lower EMF emissions from the heating coils.
The HeatPod’s robust EMF protections have earned it the title of “Best Zero-EMF Sauna Blanket” in many roundups and reviews.
You can find out more about EMFs and the HeatPod in our FAQ on the topic here.
4. Best pre-purchase: $0 and 30 days
When you invest in a higher-ticket item, you want to vet your purchase carefully.
Most premium sauna blanket brands offer a 30-day return period – but consumers should be aware of the fine print.
Our major competitors all either make the customer pay for return shipping, which can be hefty given that sauna blankets are relatively large and substantial; charge significant restocking fees; or do not accept returns unless the blanket is in an unused or pristine condition – which can make it tricky for you to really test it out, since that inevitably involves sweating into it!
To our knowledge, we are the only premium brand to stand by our product with a truly free 30-day at-home trial and truly free returns (see the table below for a more detailed comparison).
As far as we know, we are also the only major brand in Australia to offer a Buy Now Pay Later option, in partnership with Afterpay. This allows you to safely spread out your purchase over four interest-free installments.
5. Best after-sales support: 3.4 hours
Our impeccable service doesn’t end when you make your purchase decision.
Once your HeatPod arrives at your doorstep – in just 1-5 business days – it’s protected from the start with an automatically registered 1.5-year warranty. We also commit to prompt, good-faith after-sales service even after the warranty period ends.
As a smaller business, we truly value every single customer, and our Customer Service team works hard to make sure we take care of every single one.
We currently respond to customer queries within just 3.4 hours on average – down from 7.03 hours a year ago. And our average time to full resolution (i.e. the issue is fully resolved to your satisfaction) is just 30.2 hours – down from 38.3 hours a year ago.
Of course, some issues take longer to work out than others, and some months are busier. But the point is that we won’t leave you hanging, and if you’re not having a good time with our product, we’re committed to treating you fairly and making it right.
+1. Luxe-est: Hand feel and build quality
It can be hard to see the difference in a photo or video, but not all sauna blankets are created equal in their stitching, construction, and materials choices.
Many low-priced or generic-brand sauna blankets are made with cheaper and flimsier materials to cut down on costs – and reviewers who’ve tested multiple blankets can clearly see and feel the difference in person.
A surprising number of reviewers – including editors at Marie Claire, Vice, Rolling Stone, Women’s Health and dozens of other users – have gone out of their way to compliment the HeatPod’s build quality and choice of materials.
They especially enjoy its thick, plush, butter-soft vegan leather – which is SGS-tested, skin-safe, sweat-resistant, and made using a water-based production process that’s better for you and for the environment than traditional solvent-based vegan leathers.
We’ve never considered constructing the HeatPod in cheaper materials, as we believe that things like weight, texture and hand feel are an important part of the product experience – especially with an item that you’re using and interacting with up close, multiple times a week.
That’s why we’re very proud to share that the HeatPod has been named the “Best Luxury Sauna Blanket” on the market by multiple reviewers.
+2. Comfiest: Literally from head to toe
You’ll be laying in your blanket for up to an hour at a time, and we want you to be comfortable throughout. So we’ve ensured you have ample legroom by making the HeatPod one of most spacious sauna blankets on the market, at 75” (190cm) long and 35.5” (90.2cm) wide.
At the same time, the lack of crystals, stones, charcoal, magnets, and other extraneous additions in the HeatPod keeps things streamlined. This is why reviewers have noted that it’s actually more compact and less bulky than other options – even those with similar or even smaller dimensions.
We also offer a pure cotton towel insert so you can enjoy the HeatPod in the nude instead of sweating into your clothes.
And a pillow and footrest in the same skin-safe, wipe-clean vegan leather as the HeatPod, so you don’t need to sweat into your own pillows.
As for the footrest, you might not think you need one – and neither did we at first. But our product team’s user surveys and interviews revealed that the most common niggling pebble-in-your-shoe problem people faced while using their sauna blankets was that the weight of the blanket would press down on the tops of their feet and crush their toes, much like a weighted blanket would.
So we created a footrest that can be placed in an upright ‘D’ position at the base of the blanket, to help take the weight off your toes. The footrest can also be popped under the ankles or knees to elevate the feet or place the spine in a comfortable neutral position.
Another little detail is the use of a zipper instead of the velcro flaps used on many cheaper models. Zippers cost a little more than velcro, but we feel they lock in the heat better, and they don’t pick up hair, lint and other fluff like velcro does.
The best deal in town:
With its top-notch specs, thoughtful features, meticulous attention to detail, and stellar after-sales support, we firmly believe HeatPod is the best sauna blanket you can buy in Australia in 2024 – beating out not just cheaper blankets but also similarly-priced and even more expensive options:
Competitor details based on information from the brand’s official website at the time of writing.
So if you plan to invest in a sauna blanket this year, we hope you’ll consider the HeatPod, instead of other options that cost more, don’t get as hot, don’t let you customize the temperature, have less robust EMF shielding, don’t give you a proper 30-day trial, etc etc.
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