Affinity 800

The Affinity 800 is the bed to ask for when you want the session itself to be the point, not just the result. Fifty-one Ultra Performance body lamps at 160 watts each, four high-pressure facial lamps and a set of shoulder and neck tanners add up to roughly 17,000 watts across a twelve-minute session: full Super Bed output, with coverage that runs all the way up through the neck.

Where the Affinity separates itself is everything built around the light. Body and facial misting runs during the session, and it does two things at once. It keeps you cool, and it keeps your skin hydrated, and hydrated skin holds a tan noticeably longer than dry skin does. Aromatherapy is piped in alongside it, and an LED light show runs through the canopy, so twelve minutes feel closer to a spa treatment than a tanning session. On-board air conditioning handles the heat, and the lounge is ergonomically contoured rather than flat.

None of that is decoration on top of a weak bed. The shoulder and neck tanners close the same coverage gap the Prestige addresses, the four facials are high pressure, and 17,000 watts is genuinely strong. You get the result and the experience in the same twelve minutes.

This is the bed most people move to once they have tried the rest, and the one they ask for when they want the visit to feel like something. The Affinity 800 is at both City Tropics locations, North Arlington and Nutley.

Choose the Affinity 800 if you want full Super Bed strength and you want the session to be genuinely enjoyable: misting, aromatherapy, conditioned air and a light show, in a contoured lounge rather than a flat bed.

It is a particularly good choice if your skin runs dry or you have trouble holding colour between visits, because the in-session misting leaves your skin hydrated instead of parched, and hydrated skin keeps a tan longer.

If you want maximum strength and the longest-lasting colour and you do not care about the extras, the Open Sun 1050 is the stronger bed.