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Steamist Steam Generators:
The Steamist Generator is one of my top most compared generators. Most people get the SM Series although Total Sense™ model offers a lot more features as far as luxury is concerned. Many people want to program a certain temperature or have the aromatherapy feature.
What stood out most in the Steamist generators is that the temperature is even in its duty cycle although it was much wetter than the Mr. Steam which also has a single pressurized tank system. Many steam rooms will feel suffocating until the room is at the desired temperature. The Steamist has a a dual sensors in each generator that monitors any quick increase in temperature over what the thermometer is set at. You don't get roasted from too hot of steam. The "way" that the steam comes out of there steam head comes out gives it the signature they are known for. Just like Amerec has a signature dry steam at low fluence that takes longer to bring the room to 100% humidity. The Steamist models takes much quicker but works differently. Different brands will all get to the same humidity level but the time it takes and what the humidity to temperature ratio is actually is another way for me to tell which brand of generator is in a steam room. I can go in almost any gym or spa and almost 90% of the time I can tell which generator they are using without seeing it. With this brand, it is good or those who want the duty cycles or don't have the budget for a constant steam type or one of the high end non pressure cooker steam generators. This is not a dry steam type. I will say it is better than Kohler brand which barely made it in my tier system.
Steamist also makes one of the best steam heads I've found. They have a 4 direction steam so that it doesn't just blow the steam in one direction. You feel the steam on your legs and upper body more evenly.
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I urge everyone who has hard water or the tank is not surgical steel and heating elements are not surgical steel to get an inline water filter and a water softener. With non pressurized types, there is no need for a filter or water softener as when water in a non pressure cooker type is boiling it is not under pressure so it doesn't stick to the surgical steel elements like stainless steel. If anyone has the opportunity to get a surgical steel tank, that will save a lot of headaches and not having to add mineral solution to the tank and elements every 90 days to clean all the crusty stuff off. Most people have a water hardness of 6 to 7 gpg. Below 4 gpg is soft. Above 10 is hard. See pictures above of inside a used tank.
For those that cannot afford a Mr. Steam who want a duty cycle type (non continuous steam/constant) usually end up getting a Steamist based on all the people I talk to. It is much more affordable than the Mr. Steam. Both of these types that I have reviewed have a wet muggy steam unlike Thermasol and the non pressurized models. I personally do not like to have to feel like I have to throw ice water on the sensor to kick back the steam every time. If the steam has more than a 6 degree variance in steam from what I set it at... then I expect that I will have to wait for steam and have to spend longer to get my core temperature up during those long waits.
The questions and answers video was done in a room with Steamist. I will have my written review of Elite steam and Steamist once I have all my videos up. If you have any comparison questions on these 2 brands make contact. I have compared their steam quality with Mr. Steam and Kohler. This is a single tank pressurized generator. This is not a continuous steam like Thermasol.
Mr. Steam compare to Steamist (I have compared Elite Steam also):
So, I get called asking what I think of Steamist and how it compares to Mr. Steam which is way more expensive. Well, they are very similar in that they are a single tank pressure cooker but the steam quality is totally different. I talk a lot of my site the differences between low psi and high pressure release valves and how some put out 2 or 2.5 gallons of water per 30 minute session and others only use 1.5 gallons. The higher pressure the steam and the higher quality the valves, the less water that comes out in the steam (condensate which makes the steam fall to the ground and stick to the walls and ceiling more). Both of these brands are not continuous steam and they have much longer duty cycles compared to the dual tank models. Most people that have been in gyms that you have to wait and there is very little steam might know what it feels like to be in a long duty cycle.
Steamist is much cheaper but not as cheap as Elite steam. For those on very strict budgets that just want to have steam or may be selling their home and want to put something really affordable and not planning on using it may want to invest in a more affordable generator. Please watch my reviews on Steamist. I did about 20 videos (see some above) in a steam room with Steamist. I do not edit any videos and show the steam quality as it is. Make sure you research this type of steam unless you are on a super tight budget and can't afford a continuous type or one that makes drier steam.
