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There are a number of tanning bed bulbs in every tan bed on the market. When you are getting a new, or especially a used or older suntan bed, make a good examination of the bulbs. Ensure that they are proper tanning lamps and meet the FDA guidelines with regard to health and safety. You should also estimate how difficult it is to get at the lamps. Make sure that the lamps are easy to change when the time comes. It is quite important, and a lot cheaper, if you can perform such simple maintenance yourself, if you buy a home sun bed.

There are two very different, non-interchangeable kinds of lamps used in low pressure and high pressure beds. You need to make sure you buy the right tanning bed lamps for your sun bed, because you cannot use just any lamp you like. If you are purchasing replacement bulbs on the Internet, check the make and model of your existing bed very carefully, because you have to make sure that the lamps you are buying are suitable for your bed.

High Pressure Sunbed Bulbs: high pressure beds use quartz lamps in various sizes. The gases used in these bulbs are pressurized to slightly higher than atmospheric pressure. The lamps in these beds are located in the hood of the bed, so that you tan from above only. 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 devices is much more comfortable than a conventional tanning bed.

One of the biggest benefit of these HP bulbs is the amount of time you need to spend on the tanning bed. Because you tan faster, you need to spend less time in the tanning salon, which means it works out cheaper. You can achieve the depth of tan you want 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 acquire the same depth of colour. Maintaining your tan is much easier too. You only need two or three sessions each 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 Tanning Bed Bulbs: Conventional, or low pressure sunbeds use long tube lamps that look like regular fluorescent tubes. The lamps are situated above and below the tanning bed, which means that all the body parts are browned at the same time, without having to roll over during the tanning session.

Low pressure 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 cause skin burn when you are outside in the sun. It is very important to discover which kind of rays your sun bed's bulbs emit. You must ensure you replace your existing bulbs with bulbs of the same specifications 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 be best for the bed you are using and your skin type. No matter what bed you use, you ought to certainly always use a lotion or a cream, because they will nourish your skin and help you get a Hollywood tan more quickly.