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  1. valtteri

    Mid and stove as a sauna tent?

    I think us Finns have the most saunas per capita. Wikipedia says that we have over three million saunas in Finland. Our total population is just over five million. :) The tent sauna concept is pretty familiar to a lot of people here. Many people jerry rig something up during summer at beach...
  2. valtteri

    Mid and stove as a sauna tent?

    Damnit, that’s a legit point you got there! Seriously, this is what I’m going to try first next summer. Get the stove red hot and then drizzle water on it. Might warp the stove but hey, it’s all in the name of science! Haha!
  3. valtteri

    Mid and stove as a sauna tent?

    Throwing water on the hot stones increases humidity for a while, creates a feeling of heat and just plain ol’ feels good. When the water has evaporated, the air is again drier. I think a Turkish sauna is more like a steam room with a constant high humidity level and lower temp. The traditional...
  4. valtteri

    Mid and stove as a sauna tent?

    I have a Sawtooth and a 18” Lite Outdoors cylinder stove. Being Finnish, saunas are in my DNA and I have been wondering about the same thing. I am planning on trying this out next summer. I think the main issue will be to get enough stones around the stove and getting them hot enough. These...
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