Bath thermometer: features of choice

When equipping your bath or sauna, do not forget about such seemingly trifles as a thermometer. It is very important, because the temperature in the steam room must be controlled so that the bath procedures bring maximum benefit and pleasure. Our tips site will tell you about the features of choosing a thermometer for a bath.

For a hot steam room, an ordinary outdoor thermometer is not suitable! Firstly, it is not designed for such extreme conditions, and secondly, it does not have a high enough temperature scale, because there is no +120 ° C outside, but everything can be in the steam room. Therefore, you need to choose exclusively special models designed for the conditions of the bath and sauna.

All bath and sauna thermometers are divided into three types:

1. Capillary, they are also liquid. A very popular and inexpensive option. A glass flask contains colored alcohol or another liquid with similar properties. The models are quite accurate, fluctuations of 1-2 ° C are not critical for the steam room.

Important! It is not recommended to use mercury thermometers in the steam room! If the glass bulb bursts under the influence of too high a temperature, you will have to take urgent measures to remove the mercury and avoid harmful effects on the body..

2. Mechanical, they are also turnouts. Such models are also very simple, inexpensive and reliable enough. The temperature is indicated by an oscillating arrow on a frame with a scale.
3. Electronic. A more modern and “advanced” version of the thermometer for a bath or sauna. An expensive but more accurate instrument. The advantage is not only accuracy, but also the ability to install a digital display in the relaxation room to monitor how the temperature rises in the steam room. The only negative is that you need to change the batteries, on which electronic bath thermometers most often work.

Important! Traditionally, the scale of pointer and capillary bath thermometers starts at 0 ° C and ends at +120 ° C.

Thermometers with a moisture meter are very convenient for baths and saunas. The portal wrote in detail about what a hygrometer is and how it happens. Such devices can be mechanical or electronic, they allow you to monitor not only the temperature in the steam room, but also the humidity, which is a very important indicator of the comfort of everyone who uses the bath..

Important! Pointer and liquid thermometers are installed directly in the steam room. Experts advise choosing a place on the wall at a height of about 1.5 meters, that is, at eye height. Do not install a thermometer near the door of a steam room or a stove – it will show the temperature either too low or too high.

The body of a mechanical and liquid thermometer for a bath is made of wood, which cannot be burned on. As for the design of the models, there are a variety of options, including very original ones. Therefore, choosing a thermometer for the interior of the bath is not difficult..

Among the manufacturers of thermometers for baths and saunas, we note the Finnish companies Harvia, Rento, Sawo and Caritti. Among the domestic producers are Bannye Shtuchki, Teplodar and Feringer. The price of a thermometer for a steam room can range from 100 to 1000 rubles.