Your Sauna Hat Guide
Your detailed manual on how to wear & care for your natural wool sauna hat
- Important preface -
The Halo sauna hat has been meticulously engineered to be your last sauna hat. To ensure this stays true, follow the care instructions below, and your Halo will take care of you for years to come.
The Halo Wash Process
Here are our tips for washing your Halo to ensure any dirt/sweat over time is removed without damaging the fabric or construction.
1. Cold Wash Only
To prepare for your wash, fill your laundry sink with cold water. Do not use any other water temperature other than cold or very mildly warm water as anything too hot could damage the dye of the wool and potentially cause the colour to bleed. Do not use a washing machine, hand wash only.
2. Wool Detergent Only
To ensure we get an efficient wash that leaves no damaged to your Halo, it's best we use a wool specific detergent as this will extract dirt while maintaining the tight weave of the natural wool felt. Add only a teaspoon of detergent to the prepared cold water, a little here goes a long way. Stay tuned for our Halo wool wash launching soon.
3. Hand Wash Only
Fully submerge your sauna hat into your prepared water and detergent and use only your hand and the fabric of the hat together to move the water and detergent through the fibers of the hat. Being gentle here is the key. ensure the top loop tag is also given some attention. Rise with cold tap water to ensure all detergent is removed before proceeding to step 4.
4. Hang To Dry
Once completed step 3. tip the hat upside down to ensure any water that entered through the top loop hole has been drained. Then, use the top loop to hang the hat up in the shade/mild sun and let it air dry. Do not use a drying machine at all, this will shrink your hat. Once it has dried, your refreshed sauna hat is ready to be worn once again.
Important tips for a long lasting sauna hat
Here are our do's and don'ts for preserving the life of your sauna hat
Do's
We build in our signature hanging loop for a funtional purpose. Hang your hat preferably where it can get some air to ensure the moisture can wick off the felt and be good as new for the next round.
Everything we do at Halo has been done with intention. When you unbox your Halo, you will notice a cylinder that is keeping the hats shape during shipping. Keep this for maintaining the hats shape after it's dried to ensure the felt isn't creased. If your Halo is consistently crushed, overtime the felt will become weak and won't look as good as the day you received it.
We have left a small section on the back of our hang tag for you to fill out your initials, this will prevent any mix up with other Halo users at the sauna.
Don'ts
While it can be tempting to dunk your head under and cool your Halo down further to give you longer sessions, this can be extremely damaging to your hat. The chlorine in ice baths, salt/magnesium pools, and spas with break down the felt and dye in the hat, and as a consequence make the colour bleed from the fabric and loosen the thread of the natural wool. While the hat was designed to function while dry, If you feel it necessary to wet your hat, use normal tap water or filtered water and hang to dry after your session.
While essential oils in the sauna are a great way to elevate your sauna experience, we recommend keep this strictly to Löyly practices as essential oils may stain your Halos natural wool felt.
Lending your Halo hat to others could result in having to buy a new one, since it's likely they won't give it back.
The signature Halo hang tag is a key feature to the functionality and style of our sauna hats. For those who want a streamlined subtile look that can be worn from the sauna to the beach, simply conceal your halo hang tag between the two layers of natural wool felt. When your Halo has done it's job and needs some time to dry, pull your hang tag back through the hole and hook it up before your next round.
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