Infrared heaters are heaters that heat up objects rather than the air around them. The end result is that you are warmer faster.
Infrared heaters use infrared light as a method of heating. The reason is that light travels in wavelengths. The sun emits infrared light as well as ultraviolet light. Both of these sources produce heat or are in essence actual heat. Infrared light accounts for nearly half of the heat emitted by the sun. Infrared heaters produce the same kind of light.
The principle behind this heating mechanism is that by the use of infrared wavelengths, they travel or beam through objects warming them much faster than a traditional heater. The reason is that a traditional heater merely heats the air around objects rather than the object itself.
The body’s temperature at any given time is usually around 98.6. Naturally, when the temperature of the air around the body does not sustain the body’s temperature, the body starts shivering in an effort to create more heat from within.
Also, colder air means dryer air because of less moisture. Less moisture in the air means less moisture on the skin allowing heat to leave the body. Colder air therefore causes the body to cool off more quickly. This is why people feel hotter in humid weather–their body heat cannot be released from the body properly. Your body, in cold temperatures, has to heat itself.
It is not the traditional heater that actually heats up the body. There is a certain source of convection of heat from the air to the skin, but the process is slow as the heat penetrates layer by layer and into the muscles. The heat within the body dissipates rather quickly to efficiently heat in this method. Infrared wavelengths penetrate organic substances, such as your body, providing a more effective heat source.
Instead of feeling intense heat on the outside of your body slowly working its way in with a traditional heater, you feel comfortable on the surface of your body while feeling warm deep inside your body with infrared heaters.
Most people know that hot air rises, but not so with infrared heaters. The reason is that the infrared light waves travel and reflect off of surfaces, including moisture within the air, keeping a consistent “feel” throughout the room. In the case of using a traditional heater, the hot air rises to the ceiling causing cold air to circulate downwards.
In addition, heat quickly dissipates from the house. The traditional heater keeps heating up the air, it rises, simultaneously causing cold air to circulate to the floor, and the heated air at ceiling-level quickly leaves the house.
Infrared light, because it is like visible light, bounces off objects in a similar manner. Infrared light disperses from its source emanating and reflecting off of inorganic substances, e.g. the ceiling of your house, bouncing the light waves within the house. This is why traditional heaters are not efficient at heating the home and why infrared heaters are. This is also why infrared heaters are more economical than traditional heaters.
Instead of opting for traditional heaters, consider infrared heaters. They heat more effectively. They allow you to feel more comfortable. They are more efficient as well as economical.
