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Can SunTouch WarmWire Make You Feel Younger?

When do you feel at your least energetic and least youthful? The experts at SunTouch WarmWire are willing to wager that it is the wintertime. Sure, you can blame it on the winter flu you caught at the office, on shorter daylight hours, or on the punishing cold, but the real trouble could be inside. Winter is the time when many of us feel older than our years because winter is the season when we push our heating systems into use. Unless your home is equipped with SunTouch WarmWire radiant floor heat, your heating system may be bringing much more than just warmth into your house.

Most heating systems – including wood heat, furnace forced air systems, and radiator and baseboard systems – may make you feel older than your years because they:

1) Dry you out. Wood heat, furnace forced air systems, and radiator and baseboard systems all work by heating the air in your home. In heating the air, though, they also leach it of precious moisture. The result? Dried-out sinuses, flyaway hair, brittle nails, and tight skin that looks older than its years. Radiant heat, on the other hand, heats the objects in your room and does not dry out the air.

2) Contribute to colds and flu. Forced air systems blow around the germs and bacteria in your home, so that you may have a better chance of catching that cold or flu that has been going around. By subjecting you to cold and hot blasts rather than steady heat, many traditional heating systems wear down your immune system, making your body more prone to illness, in some cases. Radiant heating does not wear you down or expose you to bacteria or germs.

3) Interfere with your sleep. Most traditional heating systems create some noise when they work. Since they dry out the air and heat imperfectly – causing hot spots as well as cold drafts – you may have a hard time creating the right conditions for a good night’s sleep. Lack of rest can make you feel tired and far less productive. It can even make you feel weak and achy. Floor heating, on the other hand, provides even heat all the time as well as completely silent technology, allowing you to get the rest you need.

4) Work against your body’s natural peak performance state. Most heating systems work by heating the air, which rises towards the ceiling. This means that your feet stay cooler while your head stays warmer – exactly the conditions, experts note, to make you feel drowsy, unproductive and unfocused. Radiant floor heat, on the other hand, works in an ergonomic way, keeping your feet warmer and your head cooler. You enjoy greater comfort and more energy.