Thinking About Buying a Home Sauna?
Read This First.
Our support inbox is the most honest research on this product. The same handful of questions arrives every week, in roughly the same order, from people who have already read four other sauna sites and want a reason to stop reading. These are those five questions, answered in the order they stall a sale, plus the one everybody asks last.
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.
It lives in the room you already have
“No electrician? Come on.”
It runs off the outlet that is already in the room
Every built-in sauna you have priced needed a 240V line, a licensed electrician and sometimes a permit, so the doubt is reasonable. Infrared simply draws less. The Solara plugs into a standard 110V household outlet on an 8 foot cord, 1600W, with nothing added to your panel.
The other half of that message is usually running cost, and the arithmetic is worth showing. At 1600W, forty minutes of full power, a twenty minute heat-up plus a twenty minute session, is 1.07 kWh. At the US average of about 18.4 cents per kWh that is roughly twenty cents, and it does not draw full power once it is up to temperature. So call it under about twenty cents a session at the national average rate, even on the pessimistic version of the maths.
- →No 240V line. Standard 110V outlet, 8 foot cord.
- →No electrician, no permit. Nothing is added to your panel.
- →Nothing hard-wired. Unplug it and it comes apart by hand into the same flat panels it arrived as, no tools.
“Can I put it in the garage? The balcony? Outside?”
A spare room, a studio, a one-bedroom or a finished garage
Yes to a spare room, a bedroom, a home gym, a basement, or an insulated and finished garage. Yes as well to a corner of a living room, a studio or a one-bedroom, which is where a lot of these end up. It needs a flat wall, a standard outlet and 35 by 37 inches of floor, and that is the whole requirement.
No to a balcony, an uninsulated attic, or anywhere outdoors or exposed to weather. The Solara is an indoor sauna and we would rather say so than sell you the wrong one. If the sauna you want lives outside, the Forge is the one built for it.
It takes 35 by 37 inches of floor and stands 63 inches tall, and it ships flat in two boxes that come through a standard doorway. Measure the doorway and the turn, then take two inches off. Nothing is attached to the house, so there is nothing for a landlord to approve, and it comes apart the way it went together when you move.
- →Indoor rooms only. Not built for balconies or anywhere exposed to weather.
- →Nothing attached to the house. No landlord approval to chase.
- →It moves with you. Apart the same way it went together.
“How hot does it actually get, and how long do I wait?”
Up to 158°F, and it gets there in under twenty minutes
Adjustable from 77 to 158°F, with a 0 to 90 minute timer. It heats while you get changed, which is the difference between a sauna you use and one you plan to use.
Near, mid and far infrared, medical-grade 660nm and 850nm red light in the same session, and built-in chromotherapy with ten colours.
Heat rises, so in an oversized cabin the infrared floats to the ceiling. In a cabin this size it stays on you. The footprint is the reason it performs, not a compromise on the way to something bigger.
On EMF, we would rather give you the number than a badge. Holding a meter against the heater panel, which is the strongest point in the cabin rather than the bench, reads 0.1 mG, against the 200 mG public reference level most safety guidance follows. That is our own measurement, not a laboratory certification, and it is a separate thing from the Intertek materials testing.
- →77 to 158°F. Set it where you want it.
- →Near, mid and far infrared. Plus 660nm and 850nm red light, same session.
- →Chromotherapy, ten colours. Built into the cabin.
- →0.1 mG at the heater panel. Our own meter reading, not a lab certification.
“Am I actually going to fit in it?”
One adult, upright, without feeling closed in
There is interior room to sit upright at 6’8". One owner put it better than we can: At 6’1" and 180lbs I fit very well and do not feel closed in.
It is worth being straight about who it is not for. This is the 1-Person. If two adults want to sit in it together, that is the Solara 2-Person at £3,410 against £4,168.
- →Sit upright at 6’8". Interior room, not exterior height.
- →172 lb assembled. It slides on a flat floor.
- →One person, no tools. About thirty minutes to build.
“When does it get here, and who carries it in?”
One flat crate on the driveway, then two panels at a time inside
Standard delivery is free and curbside. Orders take about 5 to 7 business days to process before they ship, then an estimated 7 to 12 days in transit. The freight carrier calls to schedule once it is on the way. It arrives flat in two boxes.
Curbside means the boxes come off the truck and stop at the kerb, and they are heavy enough to be a two-person lift from there. If there is nobody to help, that is exactly what the two upgrades are for. Room of Choice at £374 brings it into the room you pick, unpacks it, places it and takes the packaging away. White Glove at £568 does all of that and assembles it, so it is ready the same day. Both include up to 30 minutes of delivery time.
- →Standard, free. Curbside, two flat boxes, a two-person lift.
- →Room of Choice, £374. Inside, unpacked, placed, packaging gone.
- →White Glove, £568. All of that plus full assembly.
“Any chance of a discount?”
against , so off, with free shipping to the mainland USA. Fall Sale pricing, while it lasts.
The second discount is the one people miss. The Solara is HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed with a Letter of Medical Necessity, if you qualify. Eligibility is determined by a licensed provider through TrueMed under IRS Section 213(d), not by us. The money leaving your account was never taxed, so what you save is your own marginal rate rather than a number we set. If you do not qualify, the sale price still stands.
One tree is planted with every Solara sold.
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
“Why not just build one?”
| 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 |
The same number and the same people answer after you buy as before. Setup questions, a warranty claim, an error code on the panel, or how hot to run it in the first week. Roughly a quarter of what the team answers every day is from owners, so none of it is a new conversation for us.
If none of these five was your question, tell us the real one and a person will answer it. No script and no upsell. support@saunabox.com
Twenty minutes, most evenings.
The first week is usually the novelty week. People run it hot, sit in it too long, tell everyone, and then it settles. What it settles into is the part worth buying: twenty minutes somewhere between 130 and 150, most evenings, at the end of the day.
What owners come back and tell us is small and consistent. Sleep that lands earlier. Legs that are less sore after a hard session. A warm room to sit in when the day has been long, twenty feet from where they already are.
Everything above this line is volts and inches, because those are the questions people ask first. But the reason to own one is the habit, not the spec sheet. A cabin you walk past every day gets used. That is the whole argument.
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, while it lasts.
Buying for two?Solara 2-Person · £3,410Seats two adults, and you can stand up inside. Seven ultra-low EMF panels, up to 158°F. Needs a 20A NEMA 5-20 outlet.
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 a licensed provider through TrueMed under IRS Section 213(d), 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.
Thinking About Buying a Home Sauna? Read This First.
Our support inbox is the most honest research on this product. The same five questions arrive every week, in roughly the same order, from people who have already read four other sauna sites. These are those questions, answered in the order they stall a sale.
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.
It lives in the room you already have
“No electrician? Come on.”
It runs off the outlet that is already in the room
Every built-in sauna you have priced needed a 240V line, a licensed electrician and sometimes a permit, so the doubt is reasonable. Infrared simply draws less. The Solara plugs into a standard 110V household outlet on an 8 foot cord, 1600W, with nothing added to your panel.
The other half of that message is usually running cost, and the arithmetic is worth showing. At 1600W, forty minutes of full power, a twenty minute heat-up plus a twenty minute session, is 1.07 kWh. At the US average of about 18.4 cents per kWh that is roughly twenty cents, and it does not draw full power once it is up to temperature. So call it under about twenty cents a session at the national average rate, even on the pessimistic version of the maths.
- →No 240V line. Standard 110V outlet, 8 foot cord.
- →No electrician, no permit. Nothing is added to your panel.
- →Nothing hard-wired. Unplug it and it comes apart by hand into the same flat panels it arrived as, no tools.
“Can I put it in the garage? The balcony? Outside?”
A spare room, a studio, a one-bedroom or a finished garage
Yes to a spare room, a bedroom, a home gym, a basement, or an insulated and finished garage. Yes as well to a corner of a living room, a studio or a one-bedroom, which is where a lot of these end up. It needs a flat wall, a standard outlet and 35 by 37 inches of floor, and that is the whole requirement.
No to a balcony, an uninsulated attic, or anywhere outdoors or exposed to weather. The Solara is an indoor sauna and we would rather say so than sell you the wrong one. If the sauna you want lives outside, the Forge is the one built for it.
It takes 35 by 37 inches of floor and stands 63 inches tall, and it ships flat in two boxes that come through a standard doorway. Measure the doorway and the turn, then take two inches off. Nothing is attached to the house, so there is nothing for a landlord to approve, and it comes apart the way it went together when you move.
- →Indoor rooms only. Not built for balconies or anywhere exposed to weather.
- →Nothing attached to the house. No landlord approval to chase.
- →It moves with you. Apart the same way it went together.
“How hot does it actually get, and how long do I wait?”
Up to 158°F in under twenty minutes
Adjustable from 77 to 158°F, with a 0 to 90 minute timer. It heats while you get changed, which is the difference between a sauna you use and one you plan to use.
Near, mid and far infrared, medical-grade 660nm and 850nm red light in the same session, and built-in chromotherapy with ten colours.
Heat rises, so in an oversized cabin the infrared floats to the ceiling. In a cabin this size it stays on you. The footprint is the reason it performs, not a compromise on the way to something bigger.
On EMF, we would rather give you the number than a badge. A meter held against the heater panel, the strongest point in the cabin rather than the bench, reads 0.1 mG, against the 200 mG public reference level most safety guidance follows. That is our own measurement, not a laboratory certification, and separate from the Intertek materials testing.
- →77 to 158°F. Set it where you want it.
- →Near, mid and far infrared. Plus 660nm and 850nm red light, same session.
- →Chromotherapy, ten colours. Built into the cabin.
- →0.1 mG at the heater panel. Our own meter reading, not a lab certification.
“Am I actually going to fit in it?”
One adult, upright, without feeling closed in
There is interior room to sit upright at 6’8". One owner put it better than we can: At 6’1" and 180lbs I fit very well and do not feel closed in.
It is worth being straight about who it is not for. This is the 1-Person. If two adults want to sit in it together, that is the Solara 2-Person at £3,410 against £4,168.
- →Sit upright at 6’8". Interior room, not exterior height.
- →172 lb assembled. It slides on a flat floor.
- →One person, no tools. About thirty minutes to build.
“When does it get here, and who carries it in?”
One flat crate, then panels through the doorway
Standard delivery is free and curbside. Orders take about 5 to 7 business days to process before they ship, then an estimated 7 to 12 days in transit. The freight carrier calls to schedule once it is on the way. It arrives flat in two boxes.
Curbside means the boxes come off the truck and stop at the kerb, and they are heavy enough to be a two-person lift from there. If there is nobody to help, that is exactly what the two upgrades are for. Room of Choice at £374 brings it into the room you pick, unpacks it, places it and takes the packaging away. White Glove at £568 does all of that and assembles it, so it is ready the same day. Both include up to 30 minutes of delivery time.
- →Standard, free. Curbside, two flat boxes, a two-person lift.
- →Room of Choice, £374. Inside, unpacked, placed, packaging gone.
- →White Glove, £568. All of that plus full assembly.
“Any chance of a discount?”
against , so off, with free shipping to the mainland USA. Fall Sale pricing, while it lasts.
The second discount is the one people miss. The Solara is HSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed with a Letter of Medical Necessity, if you qualify. Eligibility is determined by a licensed provider through TrueMed under IRS Section 213(d), not by us. The money leaving your account was never taxed, so what you save is your own marginal rate. If you do not qualify, the sale price still stands.
One tree is planted with every Solara sold.
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.
“Why not just build one?”
| 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 |
Twenty minutes, most evenings.
The first week is usually the novelty week. People run it hot, sit in it too long, tell everyone, and then it settles. What it settles into is the part worth buying: twenty minutes somewhere between 130 and 150, most evenings.
What owners come back and tell us is small and consistent. Sleep that lands earlier. Legs that are less sore after a hard session. A warm room to sit in when the day has been long.
Everything above this line is volts and inches, because those are the questions people ask first. The reason to own one is the habit, not the spec sheet.
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, while it lasts.
Buying for two?Solara 2-Person · £3,410Seats two adults, and you can stand up inside. Seven ultra-low EMF panels, up to 158°F. Needs a 20A NEMA 5-20 outlet.
The same number and the same people answer after you buy as before. Setup questions, a warranty claim, an error code on the panel, or how hot to run it in the first week. Roughly a quarter of what the team answers every day is from owners, so none of it is a new conversation for us.
If none of these five was your question, tell us the real one and a person will answer it. support@saunabox.com
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.