5 best infrared sauna blankets for at-home self-care

This sauna blanket comes with Velcro fastenings, so, once you’re in it, you feel snug and comfortable. It has eight different heat levels (five made us sweat a little bit, eight felt sweltering); a hand-held controller, so you can adjust the temperature without having to get out of the blanket; and a timer – it’ll switch off automatically after an hour if you fall asleep (which we did, every time).

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While at a lower price point than the others tested, this blanket performed really well, with temperatures available ranging from 35C to 85C, which are evenly distributed throughout the blanket.

It heats up quickly and performs well overall but the feature that differentiates this is how quickly it folds away, making it the perfect buy if you need to stash yours under the bed or in a cupboard and don’t want to wrestle with a cumbersome blanket when it comes to packing it up.

With a dial that can take the temperature from 25C to 80C, in small increments, this one is great if you are sensitive to heat and want to be able to change the level of warmth while inside the blanket.

We liked the control it offered when hitting higher temperatures, experimenting with the warmer, more sweat-inducing ones, then cooling it by 5C when it felt a bit much. In other respects, it is similar to the Higher Dose model (£839, Higherdose.com), in that it fastens with Velcro and has an external body comprised of vegan leather.

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Boasting 96 jade and tourmaline stones in the lining – which evenly distribute infrared heat – and with a Faraday shield, Heat Healer has made a blanket that is perfect for anyone after a holistic treatment that feels as close to lying in a hot sauna as possible.

The stones are flat and run down the blanket evenly, so you don’t need to worry about them being uncomfortable to lie on. This is also the longest model we tested, so, if you’re tall, we’d opt for this one.

Sun Home specialises in making saunas and cold plunges, with the brand’s devotees citing the meticulous attention to detail as a point of difference between the company’s sauna blankets and others.

The control panel offers temperatures from 35C to 75C, and the timer ranges from 30-60 minutes, with the blanket taking around 15 minutes to heat up. It’s worth noting this control is one of the easiest to use in terms of switching it on and changing the temperature or duration of heat once inside. A simple up and down dial attached to a cord makes using it a breeze while comfortably inside the blanket.