Hot Stone Heaters and Hot Stone Kit

Small Hot Stone Heater - 30cm

Made from top quality stainless steel with shiny, circular design and glass lid.

Designed to offer the best in temperature control with a wide heatig source giving consistent heat and precision thermostat to set and control temperature.

Diameter: 30cm
Height: 25cm

Price: £108.50

Large Hot Stone Heater - 36cm

Made from top quality stainless steel with shiny, circular design and glass lid.

Designed to offer the best in temperature control with a wide heatig source giving consistent heat and precision thermostat to set and control temperature.

Diameter: 36cm
Height: 25cm

Price: £138.50

54 Piece Basalt Stone Set

Natural volcanic basalt stones with their velvety smooth surface, ideal for hot stone therapy.

The set comprises of 54 basalt stones, hand selected and finished, with large, small and toe stones.

12 x 8cm to 10cm
18 x 6cm to 8cm
16 x 4cm to 5cm
8 x Toe Stones

Price: £128.45

The Affinity Stone Heating Unit

Reviewed by John-Paul Anderson, Tutor of Hot Stone Massage for Bodycare holistic massage services

First impressions were "doesn't this look great!"
This stainless steel unit that on first glance, appears very chic and modern. Nice curves and a very shallow basin promoting high visibility into the unit, along with easy access to the stones.

Setting up Affinity
The unit comes out the box in 5 parts, the heating unit, removable basin, glass lid, power lead, GB plug adaptor.

Firstly we poured 4 pints of water into the heating unit, which came close to filling up to where the manufacturer's water line indicator level is. Following this we then placed the removable basin into the unit, sitting on top of the water.

The next step was to pour another 4 pints of water inside the removable basin, so we could then place our stones into the heater like so:

Firstly we spiraled all 52 stones into the unit which looked ok, but then we decided to do it our way like so:

- 2 sacral stones, 2 large contour stones & 1 medium stone, on one half of the removable basin
- 10 large stones in a net and 12 medium stones in a net on the other half of the removable basin.

Affinity's ability to accommodate the user's preferred layout of stones was most welcomed.

Heating the Stones
We initially set the temperature dial to number 6 and monitored its temperature change every 5 minutes to see how quickly it would heat our stones, starting in cold water at approx 16 degrees Celsius.

To our surprise the unit reached a working temperature in 30 minutes.

The number 6 setting was too hot for what we consider safe practice, so we adjusted the dial back to between 5 and 5 an a half, and left the unit for 1 hour.

To our delight the temperature fell to within our personal range for stone work. So we decided to monitor the temperature variations on that setting over the next 4 hours.

Once again Affinity proved itself by maintaining the water temperature between approx 46.9 & 50.7 degrees Celsius, well within the guidelines of a 10 degree Celsius variation, as mentioned in the manufacturer's manual, and again within our preferred range of use.

Summary
The Affinity is a very attractive and easy to use piece of equipment. It performs well, and once a working water temperature is established it requires very little attention via the user to maintain this. The Affinity has great access and visibility into the unit, which can allow for a variety of methods for laying stones out by the user. Priced slightly higher than other units on the market I believe it has earned this right through apparent design, build quality and functionality.

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