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I have no first hand experience with infrared (IR) heaters in glass heaters. Since my expertise and bias lies with the Europe glass heaters, take the following with a grain of salt.

In an IR bathroom, an infrared radiator is used to send heat directly to the skin of the bather in the form of radiated heat (infrared electromagnetic radiation, essentially the same kind of radiated heat we get from the sun or a hot light bulb). This radiation is invisible to the naked eye. It is also entirely harmless - as a matter of fact, just about everything radiates infrared waves, in more or less intense ways.

When infrared rays hit your skin, they transfer heat energy to it. Your skin temperature goes up and you react by starting to sweat.

By comparison, the traditional European heaters use a combination of radiation, conduction and convection to transfer energy to the bather's body (from the heater's stones and the room's walls, from the steam or vapour and from the airflow, respectively).

Locally administered infrared is used as treatment for some skin diseases and tissue traumas with varying success. The most successful use so far seems to be the application of infrared rays to help ease the joint pain and stiffness of arthritis patients. Here infrared has several benefits over conductive heat transfer (hot wrap etc). Infrared radiation penetrates the skin while it is being absorbed. In effect, it heats the skin and muscle tissue from the inside. This is very much a benefit for arthritis patients, whose pain is often much localized.

Although infrared rays are the same kind of electromagnetic waves as light, microwave, UV or x-rays, you have very little to fear. Unless you are given painfully strong levels of radiated heat, your skin is entirely ok with it. Remember that the heat we feel from the sun is infrared radiation and we're ok with that as well.

Currently all our glass heater are infrared radiation and here we believe our products will be one of best choices for your health. If you would like to get detail, please do not hesitate to contact me!