I see a lot of people at my gym bringing their phones into the sauna.

[kyrax12]

So I would go into the sauna room in my gym after every workout and I always see people on their iphone/Android phones in there.

Just curious, because wouldn't the heat and the humidity be detrimental to the phone in the long run?

Anyone here have any input on this?

Too afraid to bring my phone in the sauna heh.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

No idea but I've been doing it for years.

 

[mikeymikec]

iPhones have moisture sensors in which, if tripped, voids the warranty (as I understand it, no direct experience of this).

 

[Crono]

Phones are designed to operate within a certain temperature range and moisture level. High humidity and the type of temperature reached in a sauna (phones can take higher temps than humans can, by the way) probably won't kill your phone within it's lifetime.

If you can avoid using it around excess moisture, sure, that's a good idea in general, but I'd be more worried about accidentally dropping the phone than humidity exposure.

 

[Crono]

iPhones have moisture sensors in which, if tripped, voids the warranty (as I understand it, no direct experience of this).

Those might require submersion, otherwise everyone who uses iPhones in steamed up bathrooms would be killing their warranties.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Saunas are pretty dry though. It promotes sweating because you're hot, but the air inside is relatively dry. I'd be worried if people carried them into a steam room like a Turkish bath.

 

[kasakka]

Never seen that before. Sounds like some people are way too attached to their phones. Just take a shower, have a sauna, take another shower and get back to your locker to check if somebody contacted you.

 

[AViking]

Different kinds of saunas. A dry sauna is probably not a problem at all.

With that said I have never seen anyone bring them into the sauna. That would be incredibly weird. You have a bunch of naked guys sweating their ass off and playing angry birds. I'd find a new gym lol.

 

[Conscript]

A sauna I really don't see any issue, they're by definition incredibly dry, and the heat should not be an issue. I used to bring a newspaper in with me, but one day it dawned on me I could just read the news off my phone, not to mention I could better monitor my time in their.



Now a steam room on the other hand...

 

[chin311]

I had a customer who attributed his phone breaking for this very reason. He said the home button on his 4S started to act up and then shortly after the charging port stopped working. Apple told him it was from moisture....

 

[Tom]

http://www.psfk.com/2013/04/phone-condoms-water-protection.html

 

[mikeymikec]

Never seen that before. Sounds like some people are way too attached to their phones.

+1

Sometimes my wife's phone goes ding while she's in the bath, and she's asking me to check it to see what was said on FB. No dear, you can go without for what, twenty minutes?

 

[QueBert]

Not a phone but I'd leave it in the locker and take my Bluetooth headphones into the Sauna and listen to music. 20 minutes at a pop 4 days a week for about 3 months. It was probably not the greatest thing in the world to do, but my headphones are still working a year later.

 

[notposting]

Not a phone but I'd leave it in the locker and take my Bluetooth headphones into the Sauna and listen to music. 20 minutes at a pop 4 days a week for about 3 months. It was probably not the greatest thing in the world to do, but my headphones are still working a year later.

Q clad in headphones...and nothing else.



"Can you find my antenna?"

D:

 

[paperwastage]

Not a phone but I'd leave it in the locker and take my Bluetooth headphones into the Sauna and listen to music. 20 minutes at a pop 4 days a week for about 3 months. It was probably not the greatest thing in the world to do, but my headphones are still working a year later.

yep.... or you could use this device too (BT + FM radio + put your mp3 on microSD on that dongle, and screen to read txt messages/email/facebook integration?)... so even if you wander far from your phone, you can still listen to FM radio/mp3

http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-Androi...Headset-Earphones-Earpieces-Wireless/en/p/MW1

 

[Oyeve]

An iphone 4 of mine has been in my bathroom for 3 years and still works. Seen hundreds if not thousands of hot showers.

 

[crosshairs]

http://www.psfk.com/2013/04/phone-condoms-water-protection.html

Who the heck would buy 3 plastic bags for $18.50......

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Different kinds of saunas. A dry sauna is probably not a problem at all.

With that said I have never seen anyone bring them into the sauna. That would be incredibly weird. You have a bunch of naked guys sweating their ass off and playing angry birds. I'd find a new gym lol.

A lot of saunas at gyms here are co-ed with clothes.

 

[Oyeve]

Who the heck would buy 3 plastic bags for $18.50......

99cent costo ziplocks work better.

 

[Koing]

I've never seen anyone do this.

Koing