SUNBEDS
Modern Tanning
vs Old Fashioned
Even in this modern age of electronic technology there are some customers that are still under the misconception that heat is good for the tanning process.
Heat is an unwanted and costly waste product that was produced in abundance when old magnetic ballasts were used to power the sunbed tubes. For many years sunbed manufacturers have spent a great deal of time and energy installing cooling fans and air conditioning systems designed to remove the heat from a sunbed.
Some long-standing customers still wrongly believe that the hotter the sunbed, the better it will tan / make them go red and eventually tan the skin. The reality is that excessive heat generated has an adverse effect on the efficiency and tanning power of a sunbed, and the reddening of the skin is mainly due to the blood rising to the surface to try and cool the body. The skin will go red when we get too close to any heat source like an electric fire, but we don’t get a tan as a result.
The new Electronic technology, used modern domestic and commercial sunbeds, enables optimized tanning performance within the 0.3 safe tanning regulations. As this is more energy efficient, it enables the sunbeds to run cooler with an optimal temperature of around 26 degrees C which increases the overall electrical efficiency. Modern sunbeds are much cheaper to operate due to the lower power consumption and less components required. The new highly efficient – low energy technology is similar to the new LED lighting used in homes, they run on less power which means less heat is omitted, but they are able to increase the output of light, or in the sunbeds case, UV tanning rays.
Many experienced sunbed customers who have embraced this modern technology have welcomed this advance in sunbeds technology and they appreciate the new warm tanning experience and are pleased that you no longer need to sweat to get at tan. More and more tanning customers are very happy with the 0.3 safety regulations and the tanning results that these new tubes are capable of, when used in a modern electronic sunbed.
New Sunbed Tube Legislation – To promote safe tanning
European Legislation is advising an output limit of 0.3W/m2 for all sunbed tubes.
This safe tanning advice is based on scientific advice to the European Member States, the output limit represents the intensity of the midday sun in the summer in the Mediterranean. In other words, this safe limit is intended to match sunbed output to the maximum that human Caucasians have biologically evolved to cope with.
The making available to consumers of a sunbed in the context of providing a service is deemed to be a supply of a product under the “General Product Safety Regulations 2005” (GPSR), and as such the product should be safe. In certain circumstances, it can be an offense to supply a product considered to be dangerous, namely one that is not a safe product. We take this very seriously here at Leisure Time Sunbeds Ltd and so should you!