A sauna is not expensive.
Building one is.
A home sauna used to mean a contractor, a dedicated room and a five-figure invoice. That is the number most people still have in their head, and it is the reason they never get one. Fall Sale pricing is the smaller half of the story. Here are the six numbers that actually decide whether a sauna is expensive.
What owners come back for is smaller than the marketing on most of these. Twenty minutes at the end of the day, sleep that lands earlier, legs that are less sore after a hard session, and a warm room to sit in when the day has been long. That is the whole promise.
buys a solid wood cabin, not a fabric tent.
Same room, same money bracket. Solid hemlock on the left, fabric over a frame on the right
The Solara is 100% Canadian Hemlock, 35 by 37 by 63 inches, with room to sit upright at 6’8", and 172 lb assembled. Near, mid and far infrared to 158°F, 660nm and 850nm red light in the same session, chromotherapy lighting built into the cabin, and ultra-low EMF panels certified by Intertek to IEC 62233.
That list is the part worth checking against anything else near this price. Most of what sits at is a fabric enclosure, or a far-infrared-only cabin with the red light sold separately.
Not an upgrade, not an accessory. The 660nm and 850nm panel and the colour lighting are part of the cabin, which is the difference between a sauna and a sauna plus several hundred dollars of panels.
Full spectrum infrared, 660nm and 850nm red light, chromotherapy
Most buyers pay for this with pre-tax money.
The Solara is HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed with a Letter of Medical Necessity, if you qualify. The money leaving your account was never taxed, so what you save is your own marginal rate rather than a discount we set on top of the sale price. If TrueMed does not approve you, nothing is charged to the HSA and the sale price still stands.
- →Answer a short questionnaire at checkout. TrueMed handles the letter, not you.
- →Pay from your HSA or FSA card the same way you would at a pharmacy.
- →Eligibility depends on you, not on us. If you do not qualify, the sale price still stands.
“Hits 150 in under 20 minutes. At 6’1" and 180lbs I fit very well and do not feel closed in.”
The sauna is the cheap part of a built sauna.
The whole assembly, one take, no tools
A traditional install needs a 240V line, a licensed electrician, sometimes a permit, and a room you are willing to give up permanently. The Solara needs a flat wall and a standard 110V outlet. One person can put it together in about thirty minutes.
- →No electrician. It runs on the outlet already in the room.
- →No 240V line. Nothing in your panel changes.
- →No drilling, no renovation, no permit. Nothing is attached to the house.
- →No dedicated room. It takes up less floor than an armchair and it moves when you do.
Four panels, a roof and a bench. If you would rather not, white glove delivery puts it in the room of your choice and assembles it for you.
Four sessions a week for three years is $4.17 a sweat.
208 sessions a year at four a week
That is four sessions a week. At two a week it is $8.33, and the electricity below is on top.
About $0.25 to $0.75 of electricity a session. At four sessions a week that is roughly $4 to $13 a month. It runs on the 110V outlet already in the room, on a standard household circuit.
Four sessions a week is 208 a year, 624 over three years. At the sale price that is $4.17 each, and the sauna does not stop working in year four. A single drop-in sauna session near most cities costs more than that, and it involves leaving the house.
The sauna twenty feet from your bed is the one that gets used.
A bedroom, a garage or a spare room, on the outlet already there
The most common reason people talk themselves out of a sauna is the fear it becomes an expensive ornament. Fair worry. What actually predicts whether one gets used is how easy it is to reach and how fast it heats, not motivation.
The Solara reaches 158°F and lives in a bedroom, a garage or a spare room, on the outlet that is already there. The other saving is quieter. A sauna twenty feet from your bed gets used. One across town gets used in January.
Nothing is attached to the wall or the house, so there is nothing for a landlord to approve. It comes apart the way it went together, so it moves to the next place with you.
- →How easy it is to reach. Twenty feet beats twenty minutes in the car, every night in February.
- →How fast it heats. 158°F on the outlet already in the room, with nothing to book.
- →Whether you walk past it. Sauna blankets are the category people abandon. A cabin you walk past every day is not.
Still too much? There is a version of this at £295.
The Solara is the one this page is about. If a wooden cabin is more than you want to commit to, the sale covers the rest of the range too. Same brand, same testing, same warranty desk.
Every one runs off a standard household outlet
Solara against a built-in install.
| A traditional build | The Solara |
|---|---|
| 240V line and a licensed electrician | Standard 110V outlet, 8 ft cord |
| A room given up permanently | 35 x 37 in of floor, and it moves |
| Weeks of scheduling and a permit | Thirty minutes, one person, no tools |
| Red light and lighting quoted separately | 660nm and 850nm red light and chromotherapy in the cabin |
| Materials you cannot see a report for | Intertek tested, free of toxic heavy metals and phthalates |
| Paid with post-tax money | HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed, if you qualify |
and free shipping.
Fall Sale pricing puts the Solara at against , with free shipping to the mainland USA. One tree is planted with every Solara sold.
Curbside delivery is free. If you would rather not carry it, room of choice is £374 and white glove, which includes assembly, is £568.
Shop the Solara —Fall Sale pricing
Before you ask.
No. The Solara runs on a standard 110V household outlet with an 8 foot cord. No 240V line, no electrician, no permit.
Choose TrueMed at checkout and answer a short health questionnaire. If you qualify, TrueMed issues a Letter of Medical Necessity and you pay with your HSA or FSA card. Eligibility is determined by TrueMed, not by us.
About thirty minutes for one person, with no tools. It arrives flat in two boxes. White glove delivery is available if you would rather it were done for you.
It ships flat, so the panels come through a standard doorway. Assembled it is 35 inches wide, 37 deep and 63 tall. Measure the doorway on the way to the room, not the room.
Returns are accepted in the U.S. within 30 days of purchase. The unit must be unused, in the same condition you received it and in its original packaging. Return shipping is the customer’s, and you can take a refund minus postage or store credit instead.
Standard delivery is free and curbside. It arrives flat in two boxes that come through a standard doorway. Room of choice, £374, adds delivery to the room you pick, unpacking, placement and trash removal. White glove, £568, adds full assembly so it is ready the same day. Both include up to 30 minutes of delivery time.
It weighs 172 lb assembled, so it is not a one-person lift once built, though it slides on a flat floor. It ships flat in two boxes. Standard delivery is free and curbside. Room of choice, £374, brings it inside to the room you pick. White glove, £568, brings it inside and assembles it.
The cabin, full spectrum infrared panels, the 660nm and 850nm red light panel, chromotherapy lighting, digital controls, Bluetooth audio and a 2-Year Warranty. Delivery upgrades and accessories are optional.
Yes. The Pulse PRO is with infrared and red light, and the SmartSteam Pro is £295. Both fold or pack away between sessions.
4.6 out of 5 from 155 reviews
895 clinicians share SaunaBox on FrontrowMD without compensation.
A sauna is not expensive. Building one is.
A home sauna used to mean a contractor, a dedicated room and a five-figure invoice. That is the number most people still have in their head. Fall Sale pricing is the smaller half of the story.
What owners come back for is smaller than the marketing on most of these. Twenty minutes at the end of the day, sleep that lands earlier, legs that are less sore after a hard session, and a warm room to sit in when the day has been long.
buys a solid wood cabin, not a fabric tent.
Solid hemlock on the left, fabric over a frame on the right
Near, mid and far infrared to 158°F, 660nm and 850nm red light in the same session, chromotherapy built into the cabin, and ultra-low EMF panels certified by Intertek. Most of what sits at this price is a fabric enclosure, or a far-infrared-only cabin with the red light sold separately.
Not an upgrade, not an accessory. They are part of the cabin.
Infrared, red light, chromotherapy
Most buyers pay for this with pre-tax money.
The Solara is HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed with a Letter of Medical Necessity, if you qualify. The money leaving your account was never taxed, so what you save is your own marginal rate rather than a discount we set. If TrueMed does not approve you, nothing is charged to the HSA and the sale price still stands.
- →A short questionnaire at checkout. TrueMed handles the letter.
- →Pay from your HSA or FSA card as you would at a pharmacy.
- →If you do not qualify, the sale price still stands.
The sauna is the cheap part of a built sauna.
The whole assembly, one take, no tools
A traditional install needs a 240V line, a licensed electrician, sometimes a permit, and a room you are willing to give up permanently. The Solara needs a flat wall and a standard 110V outlet. One person can put it together in about thirty minutes.
- →No electrician. It runs on the outlet already in the room.
- →No 240V line. Nothing in your panel changes.
- →No drilling, renovation or permit. Nothing is attached to the house.
- →No dedicated room. Less floor than an armchair, and it moves when you do.
Four panels, a roof and a bench. If you would rather not, white glove delivery puts it in the room of your choice and assembles it for you.
Four a week for three years is $4.17 a sweat.
208 sessions a year at four a week
That is four sessions a week. At two a week it is $8.33, and the electricity below is on top.
About $0.25 to $0.75 of electricity a session. At four sessions a week that is roughly $4 to $13 a month. It runs on the 110V outlet already in the room, on a standard household circuit.
A single drop-in sauna session near most cities costs more than that, and it involves leaving the house. The other saving is quieter: a sauna twenty feet from your bed gets used.
The sauna twenty feet from your bed is the one that gets used.
A bedroom, a garage or a spare room, on the outlet already there
The most common reason people talk themselves out of a sauna is the fear it becomes an expensive ornament. What predicts whether one gets used is how easy it is to reach and how fast it heats, not motivation.
The Solara reaches 158°F and lives in a bedroom, a garage or a spare room, on the outlet already there. The other saving is quieter. A sauna twenty feet from your bed gets used. One across town gets used in January.
Nothing is attached to the wall or the house, so there is nothing for a landlord to approve. It comes apart the way it went together, so it moves to the next place with you.
- →How easy it is to reach. Twenty feet beats twenty minutes in the car.
- →How fast it heats. 158°F on the outlet already in the room.
- →Whether you walk past it. Sauna blankets are the category people abandon. A cabin you walk past every day is not.
Still too much? There is a version of this at £295.
Solid Canadian Hemlock, full spectrum infrared to 158°F, 660nm and 850nm red light and chromotherapy in the cabin. 35 x 37 x 63 in, sit upright at 6’8", 172 lb assembled. Near, mid and far infrared, 1600W, adjustable 77 to 158°F.
Or one of the smaller ways in
Steam heat for £295.
Infrared and red light, folds away.
Solara against a built-in install.
| A traditional build | The Solara |
|---|---|
| 240V line and a licensed electrician | Standard 110V outlet, 8 ft cord |
| A room given up permanently | 35 x 37 in of floor, and it moves |
| Weeks of scheduling and a permit | Thirty minutes, one person, no tools |
| Red light and lighting quoted separately | 660nm and 850nm red light and chromotherapy in the cabin |
| Materials you cannot see a report for | Intertek tested, free of toxic heavy metals and phthalates |
| Paid with post-tax money | HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed, if you qualify |
and free shipping.
Fall Sale pricing puts the Solara at against , with free shipping to the mainland USA. One tree is planted with every Solara sold.
Curbside delivery is free. If you would rather not carry it, room of choice is £374 and white glove, which includes assembly, is £568.
Free shipping
HSA / FSA
Ultra-low EMF
1 tree plantedFall Sale pricing
895 clinicians share SaunaBox on FrontrowMD without compensation.
Before you ask.
No. A standard 110V household outlet with an 8 foot cord. No 240V line, no electrician, no permit.
Choose TrueMed at checkout and answer a short questionnaire. If you qualify, TrueMed issues a Letter of Medical Necessity and you pay with your HSA or FSA card.
About thirty minutes for one person, no tools. White glove delivery is available if you would rather it were done for you.
It ships flat, so the panels come through a standard doorway. Assembled it is 35 wide, 37 deep, 63 tall, in inches.
Returns are accepted in the U.S. within 30 days of purchase. The unit must be unused, in the same condition you received it and in its original packaging. Return shipping is the customer’s, and you can take a refund minus postage or store credit instead.
Standard delivery is free and curbside. It arrives flat in two boxes that come through a standard doorway. Room of choice, £374, adds delivery to the room you pick, unpacking, placement and trash removal. White glove, £568, adds full assembly so it is ready the same day. Both include up to 30 minutes of delivery time.
It weighs 172 lb assembled, so it is not a one-person lift once built, though it slides on a flat floor. It ships flat in two boxes. Standard delivery is free and curbside. Room of choice, £374, brings it inside to the room you pick. White glove, £568, brings it inside and assembles it.
The cabin, infrared panels, the 660nm and 850nm red light panel, chromotherapy lighting, digital controls, Bluetooth audio and a 2-Year Warranty.
Yes. The Pulse PRO is with infrared and red light, and the SmartSteam Pro is £295. Both fold or pack away between sessions.
4.6 out of 5 from 155 reviews
895 clinicians share SaunaBox on FrontrowMD without compensation.