20 guides · heat, cold & this climate
Everything we have learned building saunas and ice baths on an island that is thirty degrees in the shade. Written by the people who build them, not by a marketing agency.
Buying (2) · Care (1) · Cold (5) · Commercial (1) · Contrast Therapy (3) · Design (1) · Heaters (1) · Materials (1) · Practice (1) · Recovery (1) · Technical (2) · Wellness Zones (1)
Build7 min
Six to ten weeks for a cabin sauna, two to four for a chilled plunge, and a list of the things that actually stretch the calendar: heater stock in Java, the last kilometre of track, and the wet season.
Power8 min
A chiller sips 500 W all afternoon; a heater gulps 8 kW for an hour. That asymmetry decides which one solar carries easily, which needs the grid or a battery, and what the system costs.
Cold4 min
Who is installing ice baths in Lombok — surf retreats in Kuta, pool-deck villas, Mataram gyms, the Gilis — and the…
Cold8 min
Ice bath temperature isn't a race to the lowest number. The 8–12°C working range, a 15°C beginner entry, and why below…
Technical8 min
Sauna electrical requirements in Lombok: PLN supply tiers, single vs three-phase, cable sizing, RCD earthing, and why 6…
Wellness Zones8 min
Wellness zone design is a circulation problem: the order of hot room, plunge and rest, the distances between them,…
Buying7 min
Sauna cost Lombok, honestly broken down: heater, electrical upgrade, foundation, drainage, glass and freight, all…
Contrast Therapy8 min
Sauna vs ice bath isn't a competition — it's a sequence. See what heat does, what cold actually does, and how Lombok…
Design7 min
A sauna with a view means more heater capacity, toughened glass and a real maintenance routine. The honest engineering…
Technical8 min
Sauna ventilation for the tropics: mechanical vs gravity airflow, inlet and outlet placement, air-change targets, and…
Cold7 min
An ice bath chiller rated for Europe runs far harder in Lombok's heat. The real sizing math — heat load, HP per litre,…
Cold8 min
Cold plunge water treatment matters even though the water is cold. Filtration, ozone, UV, chlorine at 10°C, turnover…
Contrast Therapy7 min
A contrast therapy protocol is just heat, cold, rest, and rounds. Real beginner, intermediate, and advanced cycles,…
Recovery7 min
A sauna for surfers, done honestly: what heat and cold are reported to help, why rehydration comes first, and how camps…
Buying8 min
Infrared vs traditional sauna, compared honestly: how each heats you, what each draws from Lombok's weak grid, and…
Heaters8 min
Electric vs wood-fired sauna heater compared: grid load, control, löyly character, monsoon fuel logistics, and flue…
Care9 min
Sauna maintenance on the Lombok coast: fight salt and humidity separately — A4 fixings, cladding oil, stone swaps,…
Contrast Therapy7 min
The Nordic cycle assumes cold outdoor air for its rest phase. At 30°C and 85% humidity in Lombok that fails, so we…
Commercial8 min
A framework for hotel and surf-resort sauna ROI in Lombok: capex, running cost, staffing, the after-surf peak and a…
Cold6 min
Ice bath vs cold shower isn't close once you factor in surface area, and in Lombok, where tap water runs 27°C, a cold…
Practice7 min
Sauna safety in plain terms: how long to stay in, hydration, alcohol, who should see a doctor first, and the warning…
Materials8 min
Best wood for sauna in the tropics: western red cedar inside, bengkirai outside, why pine fails, and the…
Next step
Send a photo of the spot and rough dimensions. You get a layout, a heat-load calculation and a fixed price — usually within two working days.