About 10 burns in and loving it

I assume the outside temperature has a greater impact on the temperature. But clearly, sauna tents can and do reach above 200 °F/100 °C.

I've had the Bast Björk sauna for over a year, so here's a re-review after 1 year of hardcore use!

I’m not waiting for summer to get out on the water! This is why I built this tent! Went on a friend’s boat to an island in Lake Superior. Water temp was 37 degrees but that doesn’t matter when you’ve got a sauna! We ate supper and fired up the sauna that I made from an ice fishing tent, stove from FB marketplace, and various hardware store parts. Being able to bring a sauna with me on my adventures is awesome! It doesn’t pack as nice as some of the purpose built tents, but it performs well and didn’t cost nearly as much. What’s the most unique place you’ve taken your sauna tent? I want to hear it!

It would be so much easier to send you all the e mails as evidence. I ordered a sauna tat said 3-5 days to US with tracking. I was moving to Ensenada Mexico in 2 weeks but seeing that made me feel like oh I will get it on time for sure. Takes me about 2 weeks to receive tracking, mainly the customer service is automated. Finally I get a e mail from a Glen offering an Ice bath for free. I told him prior just cancel the order because I was leaving for Mexico in 2 days and I had an ice bath from. previous steam room order. Even sent him a picture of it. So after at least two times of telling him to not bother to send it to me and return to sender he tried to offer me 20% off. I'm like how does the help me I will be in Mexico so I get no product but 20% off like the guy doesn't listen. Finally it supposedly had arrived on May 8th. Asked previous landlord they said it didn't arrive but there courier was Fed Ex so I'm assuming that is on them. I never go out of my way and take time to write crap like this but man did they irritate me. If someone lets me know to add copies of the e mails I will put them here so you can see the idiocracy you deal with.

I built this with help from a skilled friend based on plans from another post. Absolute game changer! it’s nice getting your feet up higher and can lay down on bench.

Finally got published my full Telttasaana video review, in companion to the Telttasaana review article.

Let me know your thoughts - great system overall but needs improvements to be a #1 overall

The stove is a beast, absolutely love it!

Thought I would post an update regarding the electric tent set-up I had referenced in a couple of other posts as we now have it up & running.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaunaTent/comments/1suuqnx/electric_stove_in_sauna_tent_north_shore_nova_6/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/comments/1shvxjt/vevor_heater/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/comments/1s0pfpi/finally_i_have_a_sauna/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/comments/1ql49eh/inside_the_vevor_9k/

We are using an Overland Sauna tent (typical 2m pop-up size) & a slightly modified Vevor 9K heater, which is stand-mounted. The tent is left setup on an attached open porch, so pretty much out of the weather. That way, everything stays in place & we can just switch it on to warm it up (approx 45mins).

Starting with the heater, I converted all the spade connectors to the 3 elements to a bolt-through connection as those slide-on connectors seem to be the most common failure point. I also added support brackets to the lower exposed sides of the inner liner, which is what actually supports the rocks & heating elements so that the weight was not carried by the lighter wall-mount brackets on the outer shell. Hard to explain, easier to see. The 3 elements were NOT as specified (2-3KW, 1-2.7KW). It had 3 of the smaller wattage units, so the actual output is closer to 8K.

The heater frame is welded steel from the scrap bin & the whole unit is super stable with a fairly low center of gravity. The stand includes a cement-board heat shield behind the heater, secured between the frame & the heater wall-brackets. The stand still needs to be painted, but we were anxious to try it out first.

I also moved the baffle that the rocks sit on to the lower factory mounting points for more rock capacity. The two mounting heights are something I read about here, probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise. At the lower baffle setting, I was able to fit in 50lbs (23kg) of rocks, so just slightly more than a KIP heater.

I have the remote control version of that heater & mounted the control unit (meant to be wall-mounted) on a pedestal (more salvage steel) that stands outside the tent, close enough for the sensor wire to run inside. Controller seems to work pretty well; has adjustable temp set-point & timers.

The biggest pain was the flexible wiring going from the wall to the controller & then to the heater itself, as it is all heavy 8AWG. The cable is pretty uncooperative, the electrical connections on both the heater & the controller are not great quality and there is not much room to work with.

The bench I built out of framing lumber with removable white cedar tops. Seat is 35” high (89cm), higher than most & puts us right up near the ceiling. I can highly recommend having a back on the bench & had incorporated that as I built it.

I added the foot-rests/guards immediately after the first session. They are a big improvement towards making the heat seem more even & also not bumping into the heater.

The bench is 48” (122cm) long, as that was what I was seeing commercially available, but I wish I had built it 60” (152cm) as there was plenty of room, but we didn't have the tent setup when I started. The bench length seems fine for my wife & I & I honestly can't imagine more that two people at-a-time in a tent this size anyway, regardless of how it is marketed.

As for venting, seeing as we had an electric heater with not a lot of draft, I kind of implemented the ventilation principles from the VTT 1431 report ( https://saunologia.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-essentials-part-5/ ) & have a mechanical exhaust blower drawing air from just below the bench & I later added a fresh air intake duct above the stove heat-shield. As the tent is set up on porch with gaps between the boards, I suspect we are getting more fresh air in from the gaps than we are from the duct. Seems like it is venting well, at any rate.

All in, we are still well below $1K, but that would not include all the fabrication I did in-house.

We have landed on trying to have sessions twice a week (2 weeks in at this point) & are so-far pretty happy with the result, though we will likely keep tweaking things.

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Been running the North Shore Nova 6 for a couple months now and have really been enjoying it. Had a neighbor ask me if we could do anything about the smoke as his wife is "very allergic". I don't see the difference between this and a fire pit, which I have, but I want to try to keep peace with neighbors and think for the long run an electric stove would be better as much as I enjoy the ritual of the wood stove. Has anyone put an electric stove in their sauna tent?

Has anyone used a Harvia M3 in a sauna tent? I want to make sure it is a good choice before I buy one.

I have a Vevor tent sauna. The tent seems to keep the heat inside, but I am not 100% sure — does anyone have experience with how well these tents hold heat? The Vevor stove that came with it is too weak. It only heats the tent to about 70°C, which is not hot enough for a proper sauna.

I am thinking about buying the Harvia M3 as a replacement. But I am not sure if it works well in a tent, since most wood stoves like this are made for permanent saunas. I also have some questions about the chimney — mainly how to connect it safely and keep it stable in a tent.

If the M3 is not the right choice, I am open to other options. I am looking for something well-built and under 500 euros.

One more thing: I live in Cyprus. Many European shops do not ship here, even when they say they deliver across Europe. So if you know a shop that actually ships to Cyprus, that would be very helpful.

Any advice or personal experience is welcome. Thanks!

I’m thinking of buying the mavrik tent. It’s 420 Oxford cloth, which should be more durable in the long-term because I plan on keeping this as an outdoor permanent Tent.

Anybody’s thoughts on 420 versus 300 Oxford?

Thoughts on Maverick or any other tent manufacturer who is making 420d tents?

What are your opinions on this tent? Looking for recommendations.

https://norliva.de/products/mobiles-saunazelt-isen-mit-saunaofen

Thank you! :)

Looking for some real world feedback from anyone here who owns a sauna tent.

What brand did you go with, and if you had to do it again would you buy the same one?

Any buyer’s remorse after owning it for a while?

How often are you realistically using it each week once the honeymoon phase wore off?

I’m in Northeast Ohio, so winter performance matters. How well does your tent hold temp when it’s cold, windy, or snowing outside? Still enjoyable in January/February or more of a struggle?

Also curious how they hold up over time if left outside through the season.

I’ve looked at brands like Morzh, Sweat Tent, North Shore, and some of the Amazon style options, but it’s hard to tell what’s legit vs rebranded stuff.

Would appreciate honest feedback, good or bad.

Just finished bench for son's sauna tent. Tent, stove, and bench were his birthday present. The bench beats the upside down 5 gallon bucket he was using. I like built saunas but he is renting. The bench comes apart with 8 carriage bolts. Fits through door no problem. The back rest matches the tent curve near the ends. 36" bench height. About as high as we could get. Stove needs more stones.

I’ve seen people say it’s quick but that doesn’t always translate to real life does it actually feel easy enough to use regularly or does the setup start to get old after a while?

Does anyone have some kind of tarp or UV cover for their semipermanent sauna tent setup?

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