Tanning bed lamps are used in every sun bed or suntan lamp in the shops. When you are buying a new or especially a used suntan bed, make a good examination of the lamps. Ensure that they are proper tanning bulbs and meet the FDA guidelines with regard to health and safety. You should also consider how easy it is to get at the bulbs. Make sure that the bulbs are not difficult to change when needed. It is very important, and a lot cheaper, if you can perform such simple maintenance yourself, if you have a home tanning bed.

There are two completely different sorts of bulbs used in low pressure and high pressure beds. Ensure you get the right sun bed bulbs for your sun bed, because you cannot use any bulbs you like. If you are purchasing replacement bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing bed carefully. Ensure that the lamps you are ordering are made for your bed.

High Pressure Tanning Bulbs: high pressure beds have quartz-tube lamps in a multitude of sizes. The gases used in these lamps are pressurized to slightly higher than atmospheric pressure. The bulbs in these beds are located in the hood of the bed, so that you tan only from above. When you have tanned the skin on one side of your body for about 10-12 minutes, you turn over and tan the other side. The flat bed of these tanners is a great deal more comfortable than a regular tanning bed.

One of the biggest advantage of these HP bulbs is the amount of time you need to spend on the tanning bed. Because you tan more quickly, you need to spend less time in the tanning salon, which means it works out cheaper. You can achieve the depth of tan you require in about three weeks of three to five sessions each week. However, with a low pressure bed, it would take you at least a month to achieve the same level of colour. Maintaining your tan is a lot easier too. You only need two or three sessions a month to maintain the colour, as opposed to four times that many visits to a conventional salon bed. Many of these bulbs produce UVA rays only, not UVB rays which are responsible for sunburn.

Conventional Sun Bed Lamps: Conventional, or low pressure beds use long tube lamps that resemble normal fluorescent tubes. The lamps are located in the top and the bottom of the sun bed, which means that all the body areas are tanned at the same time, without needing to change positions during the tanning session.

Conventional beds use UVA and UVB rays in varying mixes. Some use both rays and others emit mostly UVA with some UVB rays. UVA rays are the cause of the (premature) ageing effects on the skin and UVB rays are the burning rays that produce skin burn when you are outside in the sun. It is very important to determine which kind of rays your sun bed’s bulbs emit. You must ensure you replace your existing bulbs with the same new lamps after about 1,000 hours of use.

Something else to think about when selecting the type of bed you use at home or in the salon, is the tanning bed lotion you will use. Different lotions suit different sorts of beds. The owner of your tanning salon will be able to help you select a lotion that will work for the bed you are using and your skin type. No matter what bed you use, you ought to definitely always use a lotion or a cream, because they will moisturise your skin and help you get a Hollywood tan more quickly.

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