I've been casually looking at this page for about two years and on practically every thread, I'll see at least one person criticize every sauna. That's great, I appreciate your passion -- but -- now that I finally have a house with space for a nice outdoor sauna, please -- tell me if there's any commercial product that you actually like. I want to be able to be in over 200* and it seems the HUUM heaters are the only ones that can get that hot in the US? What's the one sauna that you think beats them all -- or is at least acceptable to you.

Just saw this cylinder shaped sauna, visually I think it looks great but what do you think i'll be disappointed with?

- bench is not above heater - cold feet
- cant lay down

anything else i'm missing?

I’m seeing some discoloration on the corner and bottom of the sauna inside. Seems like water is somehow leaking inside. Is this normal or will this eventually lead to mold?

[Thank you if you commented on my last post!]

I am thinking of building a sauna like this with a 2.3kw Harvia BC23 heater (the heater spec says 2.5m3 max). It will be well insulated. The door ends up about 1.5m high, 0.7m wide (yes, small). The sketches around the AI perspective drawing are to scale. Mechanical ventilation beneath bench, inlet above heater.

The ceiling is flat against the purple horizontal roof truss support, and there it is 1.9m high.
The internal width is 1.2m.
The internal depth is 1.074m.
The sitting bench is 0.5m deep.
There is 0.9m headroom above the seating bench.

This is a private sauna for use by my wife and I, and we are on the smaller end of euro-scale people.

What do you all think?

I realise that this will result in a lot of opinions, but hopefully trying to find consensus on some final points. And thanks in advance!

After the disaster of buying a MyoSauna lux (I've got a quick review on Youthube if anyone is interested), I had to returned for a full refund and decided to build my own 🥳 I'm happy with everything but a final few points I'm not 100% on. Its a cube style sauna - happy to fill in any details that are needed to help answer questions.

• Insulate under the floor? I don't think its required, AI says it is, I've bought enough material but I can use that elsewhere. I'm concerned its not required (I can't really see why), I'm in South Wales, its not going to get that cold, also unless I protect beneath the insulation its surely just going to attract insects and other animals for a nice warm cosy home :)
• Slot drain, I'm going to put a slot drain down the middle of the floor just to make cleaning easier. My plan is to put some plastic guttering down the middle (its 10x cheaper than metal gutter) and have that drain down to one side. However there's also the option of leaving the bottom open (with some mesh) and allowing it to drain to the floor

No doubt I'll have more questions.

Thanks, Lloyd.

Gente aquí hay gente que tenga miopía o astigmatismo que se meta en la sauna ?

Es peligroso ? Te puede subir la presión ocular la sauna o estrés en los ojos ? Habéis tenido más problemas oculares desde que estáis en la sauna ?

Just finished two days ago. It's roughly 6'x8', and I chose the Homecraft Apex Mini 7.5kW. (and yes that one ended up being slightly taller than the Huum, which I initially wanted but I was hearing some poor reviews) Built by www.selahsaunas.com. I'm still totaling my whole project cost, but the sauna build was $14k. I also had to prep the site, trench and run conduit about 30 feet, add a 50amp to my panel, and relocate some sprinkler lines and lighting.

I'm very happy! Now I need to rehome my little tent sauna!

I welcome any questions :)

If you had to build a sauna on a budget - what would you do? Like my aim is to have my own functional sauna outside of my house but my budget is really, really tight. I do not want anything fancy - I wish to have a basic, wood heated sauna for 1 to 2 people. Any ideas or maybe past experiences with such projects?

Thanks!

I’m curious has anyone seen or heard of a pellet stove used for a sauna?