Interesting, I may try my Opus in the Sauna..... Usually about 100 Celcius...I usually do about 10 to 20 minutes... so Should see some effect
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Originally Posted by Salgueiros
I do sauna frequently and usually take the PRS-300 with me and never had any problem, besides the page turns becoming slow, and a occasional thin layer of moisture forming over the screen. I do sauna some two times a week. After the sauna, the temperature drops rapidly, and the page turn speed returns quickly to normal.
I noticed, not surprisingly, that the metal parts of the PRS-300 got very hot very rapidly, and, even if it didn't do any noticeable damage to the device i thought i should mitigate it, so i started using a wet (not dripping, though) microfibre swimming towel as a base for the back of my reader (these towels absorb a big amount of water without loosing water when handled) and it prevents very well the heat buildup. In this case, page turn speed does not drop, since the heat is very well transferred by the metal to the water contained in the towel. The maximum time i have spent inside the sauna with the reader without any break is 30 minutes.
I do wet sauna (löyly), which i think is more aggressive to the reader, but occasionally do dry too. Dry sauna is not as quick to cause slowness in the reader as the wet. Water increases the difficulty in dissipating heat so maybe that is the reason.
I would not recommend using plastic bags, since the bag acts as a mini-greenhouse and might cause the temperature inside the bag to raise quicker, and also droplets from condensation aggregate in the walls of the plastic bag and might form a huge drop that can infiltrate in your device.
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