What We Do Between Every Session
The least glamorous part of running a float centre, and the part we would most want you to know about.
Wellness education
Why 93 Degrees
One number explains most of what makes a float tank different from a bath.
The water and air inside our tanks sit at around 93°F. That is not an arbitrary comfort setting — it is roughly the temperature of skin.
What matching skin temperature does
At that point the sensation of water against your body fades into the background. So does the line where the water meets the air. You stop being able to locate your own edges, which is the part people find hard to describe afterwards.
Why a warm bath does not do this
A hot bath is a constant, noticeable sensation. You never forget you are in it. Skin-temperature water removes the signal altogether, which is a different thing entirely.
It is one of three ingredients
Temperature, salt density and the absence of light and sound. Remove any one and you have something pleasant. Together they produce the effect people actually come for.
A historical footnote
The original 1957 research at the OKC VA hospital put the figure at 94.1°F and called the resulting state isothermicity. Seventy years on, the number has barely moved.
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