Infrared heating is a direct form of energy transfer that does not rely upon conduction through a medium such as air. By virtue of its shorter wave length, infrared is able to penetrate and heat solid objects and bodies directly, much like the sun's rays. This makes heating with infrared faster, more effective and more efficient than heating with conventional heaters.

Infrared technology has a variety of uses in modern society, including area heating and heat therapy.  There are three primary types of infrared, defined by wavelength: near-, mid-, and far-infrared. The CZ Infrared™ Heater uses far infrared, or thermal infrared wavelengths to produce heat.  Far infrared is the wavelength range which provides the most therapeutic effects for the body.

Far infrared has a similar resonance with water so the water molecules in the body and in the air absorb the far infrared waves directly and transform the radiant energy into thermal energy or heat.

Conventional heaters work indirectly by warming the air in a room which in turn warms the people and the objects in it. This type of convection heat not only wastes energy by having to warm the air first before the heat is felt, but  you also don’t feel the benefits of the heater as soon as it is turned on. It might take quite a few minutes for a room to heat up before you feel warmth.

Infrared heat on the other hand, is a radiant heat which heats you and the objects in the room directly at the speed of light and is not dependent on heating the air first in order for you to feel warmth.  You feel the warmth almost instantly once the heater is turned on.  This principle makes infrared heaters far more efficient than conventional heaters.

To further understand the difference between convection heat and infrared (radiant) heat, consider if you are standing in a room in front of a window and the sun comes out from behind a cloud and shines into the window. Even though the air temperature in the room has not changed, you immediately feel the warmth of the sun as its radiant heat penetrates your body faster than what the ambient air is able to heat you. Except that in the case of the CZ Infrared™ heater, the far infrared wavelength is such that it has no harmful affects on the body. In fact, far infrared has many therapeutic effects on the body. In this regard, not all infrared heaters are created equal. Some may give off infrared waves but may be of a wavelength that can be harmful to the body, much like the sun, where some of its radiation is harmful. Only a certain wavelength range is therapeutic, and this is exactly the wavelength that is generated by the CZ Infrared™ heater.

Another unique property of infrared heat that makes it so efficient and effective is that the heat is distributed evenly throughout the space and from floor to ceiling. The infrared waves heat the water molecules in the air directly and quickly, and because water molecules are more dense than air, the heat stays more evenly distributed throughout the room. Also, water and objects retain heat longer than air, so the heat is not lost as quickly through poor insulation, windows, doors and cracks. Dry heated air produced by conventional heaters rises to the ceiling, leaving the air cooler closer to the floor and does not disperse evenly, leaving cold pockets. The heated air is quickly dissipated through widows, doors, cracks and gaps, so a conventional heater has to work much harder to keep the room at a constant temperature than an infrared heater, making conventional heating methods less efficient and less effective.

The CZ Infrared™ heater does not destroy the humidity in the air, it preserves it and utilizes it for more effective heating. Conventional heaters typically dry out the air making it dry and staticy, which can irritate the skin and respiratory passages making one more susceptible to colds and flus. Also, because infrared heat does not need to reach extremely high combustible temperatures in order to heat effectively, it does not burn up the oxygen in the room like most conventional heaters do.  Lower oxygen concentration can make one feel tired, lethargic, and more susceptible to illness.

Dollar for dollar, the CZ Infrared™ Therapeutic Quartz Infrared Portable Heater can heat a larger area, faster, more evenly, more efficiently and more effectively than any other 1500 watt portable heater on the market, while providing you with therapeutic, cozy, comfortable heat.