Does anyone have a home sauna?

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Shepherd88

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Thank you!

I have a 2 person (supposedly) infrared sauna I bought for $1400. It works great and as you've probably figured out is much cheaper than the traditional. Peak temp is 165 or so and that feels plenty hot to me. Don't recommend for 2 people, is a tight fit. Has speakers that blue tooth to my phone or TV. Really cool feature. Best thing is it was so easy to assemble. Less than 15 minutes and works perfectly.

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I have a 2 person (supposedly) infrared sauna I bought for $1400. It works great and as you've probably figured out is much cheaper than the traditional. Peak temp is 165 or so

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is that peak temp common for IR saunas in general or just your particular one?

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How much room do you need for a setup like this? Did you build like a metal building and put all this under roof? Can you share more details? I would like to do something like this. TIA

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It's all in my backyard on my back porch. The cold punge is underneath a patio cover which is about 5-10 steps away from the Sauna. It takes up a 72 x 33 inch footprint.

For the Sauna - I previously had a 4x6 wooden deck pad directly behind my house (extension of the patio, but not covered) that I had a Traeger on. Had the guy build a sauna that fit in this exact spot, moved the grill to another place.

The whole thing was pretty expensive, but after considering it for literally 5 years I said YOLO and went for it.

Looking back, here is some info I would have like to have known..

- It is possible to build a sauna in a really tight spot & there are people that specialize in this. Not everything has to be the huge barrel saunas
- Wifi controllable sauna heater is 10000% worth it
- Many cold plunges are okay to leave outside in the elements, but if you have any sort of cover (Garage, patio cover, etc) then you are set
- I went with Modtub cold plunge and I recommend this to everyone. It is on the lower price end of the market and every component can be replaced easily off of Amazon when your warranty ends. Many people have issues fighting with cold plunge companies that don't stand by their products

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is that peak temp common for IR saunas in general or just your particular one?

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I'm pretty sure that's typical for IR and they heat you from the inside out. Many people like that it heats your cells directly versus the air around you (as in traditional sauna) but that feels too much like a "microwave" to me. I just couldn't do it. Almost bought a combo so I could decide b/w using IR vs Traditional but I read that most people abandon the IR once they use the sauna regularly (likely due to the lower temps in IR). Plus, all of the studies showing health benefits from sauna are based off traditional saunas (higher temps, heating ambient air, etc).