eli5: what’s the difference between a sauna and just wearing an insulated coat and trousers for a the same amount of time?
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One of those things is a lot sweatier and less temperature-controlled than the other, and leaves you with more laundry
A sauna is a special room with an oven that heats stones and the other is an outfit to wear. Hope that clears things up for you
My insulated coat and trousers do not have an internal temperature of around 70-90 Celcius when I put them on.
They will never reach a temperature above your body temperature, which is typically an internal temperature close to 38C and a bit lower skin temperature. The higher recorded body temperature is 46C because high temperature kills you and fevers typically max out at 41-42C. The only way you can get warmer is if you have an even warmer heat source and in that case, the clothes result in you heating up slower. If you walk into a sauna with an insulated coat on you will heat up slower.
The clothes will also become sweaty and unfordable to wear. In a sauna, you are naked or barely have any clothes on so you can just take a shower.
So there is a huge difference in the temperature and experience, a sauna is nice to be but indicated clothes in a warm environment are not.
My sauna at level 9 runs at 194°F. You cannot produce 194°F with the heaviest down coat and trousers because the clothes are not a heat source, they’re an insulation, the hottest they can make you is whatever your internal body temperature is. The sauna on the other hand has a temperature controlled heat source heating rocks to exactly 194°F
You can’t get hotter than your body temperature by wearing clothes. A sauna can be much hotter. With dry heat it can go beyond to above 200F.
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