Buying A Used Tanning Bed
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The article "Buying A Used Tanning Bed" talks about fitness, it was written by Peter Garant.
Buying a used tanning bed would be like buying any other product
or appliance that has been used before, such as a used car or a
used stair lift. One definite adavntage is obviously the lesser
cost of the used item. But there are pitfalls whenever you chose
to purchase a second hand product.
For example, when you buy a
used stair lift, you may discover that the lift mechanism
creates a disturbing and oimnous sound. And when you buy a used
car, you may learn that tehre are parts that you need to
replace. Thus, when you buy a second hand tanning bed, what
would you end up with?
To aviod unprecedented problems, you must buy second hand
tanning beds the way you would buy a used car. You must know the
model, the year it was manufactured, and the featuers.
Though
tanning beds are fairly recent technological products, the older
models are consideerd less safe than the new ones.
This is
because of the lamps in older models of tanning beds emit
the type A ultraviolet radiation (UV-A). This type of radiation
has been known to cause skin cancer and other similar diseases.
Thus, the new models have lamps that produce only type B
ultraviolet radiation (UV-B).
This type of radiation is not
entirely safe, but it is not the primary cuase of skin cancer.
Check the features of the used tanning bed.
Do these still work
properly?
A malfunctinoing feature is not a good sign. You may
ask a specific question, such as "Can the lamps and acrylic
sheets be removed and changed easily? " If the owner confesses
that he's selling the tanning bed cause the bulb is difficult
to replace, then start making a graceful exit.
That could mean
UV ray helath risk.
Another thing that you should learn is the reason why the
tanning bed is being sold by its owner. If the reason is a timer
that has stopped working, or a bulb that does not turn on, move
on and consider a second tanning bed. If the reason is that the
owner is bnakrupt or moving to a second country, then the tanning
bed could be working fine. Now all you need to see is the
warranty.
Companies that sell tanning beds offer two kidns of warranty.
The first is for a limited amount of time (about a year), but it
has greater coverage. The sceond is a limited warranty, but it
is for a lifetime. This means that a tanning bed would always
have a warranty, even if it is alreday used.
If the owner tells
you that the warranty for the tanning bed has expired, the
product is most porbably defective.
Some users of tanning beds claim that the prcie of new tanning
beds is not much higher than that of second hand ones. The price
depends on the barnd and model.
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