SaunaBox Solara
SaunaBox Solara
1-Person · Full spectrum infrared
$2,599 $3,000
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SaunaBox Solara
$2,599 $3,000
Solara 1-Person
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The buyer’s guide

A sauna is not expensive.
Building one is.

And the sticker price is the least interesting number here.

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. Labor Day 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.

The Solara standing against a brick wall in a bright living room
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01
What $2,599 actually buys

$2,599 buys a solid wood cabin, not a fabric tent.

$401 off, and the lowest the Solara has been.
The Solara beside a cheap portable sauna tent

Same room, same money bracket. Solid hemlock on the left, fabric over a frame on the right

$2,599
Labor Day price
$401
Off $3,000
$0
Shipping. Free curbside. Upgrades optional.

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 150°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 $2,599 is a fabric enclosure, or a far-infrared-only cabin with the red light sold separately.

Already in the box
Red light and chromotherapy are in the box.

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 $2,599 sauna and a $2,599 sauna plus several hundred dollars of panels.

Full spectrum infrared, 660nm and 850nm red light, chromotherapy

02
The second discount

Most buyers pay for this with pre-tax money.

The second discount is the one nobody applies.

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.”

Matt F. · verified buyer
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03
The invoice you never see

The sauna is the cheap part of a built sauna.

Here is everything you are not buying.

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.
Thirty minutes
It arrives flat and goes together by hand.

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.

04
$4.17 a sweat

Four sessions a week for three years is $4.17 a sweat.

That is the only fair way to price it.
An ordinary evening session at home
Sessions a week
208
Sessions a year
$0.25–$0.75
Electricity a session

208 sessions a year at four a week

$4.17
Average per session across 624 sessions
1 yr
Limited warranty. A 2-Year Protection Plan is available at checkout.
$0.25–$0.75
Electricity a session

That is four sessions a week. At two a week it is $8.33, and the electricity below is on top.

And what it costs to run

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.

05
Whether you use it

The sauna twenty feet from your bed is the one that gets used.

Placement decides this, not willpower.
The Solara standing in a home garage

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 150°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. 150°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.
06
The Solara, and the smaller ways in

Still too much? There is a version of this at $299.

The other three are there if the cabin is more than you want.

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

The Solara in an ordinary garage
What the money buys

Solara against a built-in install.

A traditional buildThe Solara
240V line and a licensed electricianStandard 110V outlet, 8 ft cord
A room given up permanently35 x 37 in of floor, and it moves
Weeks of scheduling and a permitThirty minutes, one person, no tools
Red light and lighting quoted separately660nm and 850nm red light and chromotherapy in the cabin
Materials you cannot see a report forIntertek tested, free of toxic heavy metals and phthalates
Paid with post-tax moneyHSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed, if you qualify
The offer

$2,599, free shipping, and a free month of ClassPass.

Labor Day pricing puts the Solara at $2,599 against $3,000, with free shipping to the mainland USA. New ClassPass users get a free month. One tree is planted with every Solara sold.

Curbside delivery is free. If you would rather not carry it, room of choice is $493 and white glove, which includes assembly, is $749.

Included with the Solara: one free month of ClassPass Shop the Solara — $2,599

Labor Day pricing holds through September 13.

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, $493, adds delivery to the room you pick, unpacking, placement and trash removal. White glove, $749, 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, $493, brings it inside to the room you pick. White glove, $749, 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 one year limited warranty. A 2-Year Protection Plan is available at checkout. Delivery upgrades and accessories are optional.

Yes. The Pulse PRO is $699 with infrared and red light, and the SmartSteam Pro is $299. Both fold or pack away between sessions.

Comments
★★★★★

4.6 out of 5 from 155 reviews

Clinicians’ Choice

895 clinicians share SaunaBox on FrontrowMD without compensation.

MF
Matt F. 3 weeks ago
Hits 150 in under 20 minutes. At 6’1" and 180lbs I fit very well and do not feel closed in. The sweat I get in twenty minutes is incredible. That red light panel is legit.
Verified buyer 24 found this helpful
RC
Roxanne C. 1 month ago
Compact, fits our home gym without being bulky, and it has genuinely inspired me to use it daily. My joints are less sore the next day.
Verified buyer 31 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified 3 weeks ago
Glad it earned its spot. The ones that get used are the ones that are already warm before you have talked yourself out of it.
DM
Devon M. 2 months ago
Use it almost every day. Heats up quickly, easy to use, does not take much space. Less tightness, better recovery.
Verified buyer 18 found this helpful
JT
James T. 1 month ago
Put it together on my own in about half an hour. No electrician, no drilling, plugged into the outlet that was already in the room.
Verified buyer 27 found this helpful
PL
Priya L. 2 weeks ago
I was worried it would dominate the spare room. It takes up less floor than the armchair it replaced.
Verified buyer 22 found this helpful
DR
Dana R. 5 weeks ago
Paid for it out of my HSA through TrueMed. Answered the questionnaire at checkout and that was the whole process.
Verified buyer 35 found this helpful
GH
Grant H. ★★★★ 3 weeks ago
Four stars only because of the curb. The boxes are heavy and it is a two-person lift from the driveway. Once it was inside, one person put it together and it has been faultless.
Verified buyer 16 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified
Fair. Curbside is a two-person lift, which is why room of choice and white glove exist if there is nobody to help.
NB
Nadia B. ★★★★ 1 month ago
The glass door shows every mark. I wipe it after each session and it is fine, but if you want it to look like the photos you will be wiping it.
Verified buyer 11 found this helpful
EO
Eli O. ★★★★★ 2 months ago
Took me about a week of sessions to work out my temperature and time. It is not obvious on day one and the manual does not really tell you. Once I settled on 140 for twenty five minutes I stopped fiddling with it.
Verified buyer 19 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified
That is honest and it matches what we hear. Most people land between 130 and 150 in the first week, and there is no wrong answer there.
The buyer’s guide

A sauna is not expensive. Building one is.

And the sticker price is the least interesting number here.

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. Labor Day 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.

The Solara in a bright living room
Featured in Esquire Men’s Journal Muscle & Fitness Forbes
Shop the Solara — $2,599
01
What $2,599 actually buys

$2,599 buys a solid wood cabin, not a fabric tent.

$401 off, and the lowest the Solara has been.
The Solara beside a cheap portable sauna tent

Solid hemlock on the left, fabric over a frame on the right

$2,599
Sale price
$401
Off $3,000
$0
Shipping. Free curbside. Upgrades optional.
150°F
Peak heat

Near, mid and far infrared to 150°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.

Already in the box
Red light and chromotherapy are in the box.

Not an upgrade, not an accessory. They are part of the cabin.

Infrared, red light, chromotherapy

02
The second discount

Most buyers pay for this with pre-tax money.

The second discount is the one nobody applies.

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.
Shop the Solara — $2,599
03
The invoice you never see

The sauna is the cheap part of a built sauna.

Everything here is what you are not buying.

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.
Thirty minutes
It arrives flat and goes together by hand.

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.

04
$4.17 a sweat

Four a week for three years is $4.17 a sweat.

The only fair way to price it.
An ordinary evening session at home
A week
208
A year
$0.25–$0.75
Electricity a session

208 sessions a year at four a week

$4.17
Average per session across 624 sessions
1 yr
Limited warranty. A 2-Year Protection Plan is available at checkout.
$0.25–$0.75
Electricity a session

That is four sessions a week. At two a week it is $8.33, and the electricity below is on top.

And what it costs to run

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.

05
Whether you use it

The sauna twenty feet from your bed is the one that gets used.

Placement decides this, not willpower.
The Solara standing in a home garage

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 150°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. 150°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.
What the money buys

Solara against a built-in install.

A traditional buildThe Solara
240V line and a licensed electricianStandard 110V outlet, 8 ft cord
A room given up permanently35 x 37 in of floor, and it moves
Weeks of scheduling and a permitThirty minutes, one person, no tools
Red light and lighting quoted separately660nm and 850nm red light and chromotherapy in the cabin
Materials you cannot see a report forIntertek tested, free of toxic heavy metals and phthalates
Paid with post-tax moneyHSA and FSA eligible through TrueMed, if you qualify
The offer

$2,599, free shipping, and a free month of ClassPass.

Labor Day pricing puts the Solara at $2,599 against $3,000, with free shipping to the mainland USA. New ClassPass users get a free month, and one tree is planted with every Solara sold.

Curbside delivery is free. If you would rather not carry it, room of choice is $493 and white glove, which includes assembly, is $749.

Included with the Solara: one free month of ClassPass
Free shipping
HSA / FSA
Ultra-low EMF
1 tree planted
Shop the Solara — $2,599

Labor Day pricing holds through September 13.

Clinicians’ Choice
4.6 out of 5  ·  155 reviews

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, $493, adds delivery to the room you pick, unpacking, placement and trash removal. White glove, $749, 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, $493, brings it inside to the room you pick. White glove, $749, 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 one year limited warranty. A 2-Year Protection Plan is available at checkout.

Yes. The Pulse PRO is $699 with infrared and red light, and the SmartSteam Pro is $299. Both fold or pack away between sessions.

Comments
★★★★★

4.6 out of 5 from 155 reviews

Clinicians’ Choice

895 clinicians share SaunaBox on FrontrowMD without compensation.

MF
Matt F. 3 weeks ago
Hits 150 in under 20 minutes. At 6’1" and 180lbs I fit very well and do not feel closed in. That red light panel is legit.
Verified buyer 24 found this helpful
RC
Roxanne C. 1 month ago
Compact, fits our home gym without being bulky, and it has genuinely inspired me to use it daily. My joints are less sore the next day.
Verified buyer 31 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified 3 weeks ago
Glad it earned its spot. The ones that get used are the ones that are already warm before you have talked yourself out of it.
DM
Devon M. 2 months ago
Use it almost every day. Heats up quickly, easy to use, does not take much space. Less tightness, better recovery.
Verified buyer 18 found this helpful
JT
James T. 1 month ago
Put it together on my own in about half an hour. No electrician, no drilling, plugged into the outlet that was already in the room.
Verified buyer 27 found this helpful
PL
Priya L. 2 weeks ago
I was worried it would dominate the spare room. It takes up less floor than the armchair it replaced.
Verified buyer 22 found this helpful
DR
Dana R. 5 weeks ago
Paid for it out of my HSA through TrueMed. Answered the questionnaire at checkout and that was the whole process.
Verified buyer 35 found this helpful
GH
Grant H. ★★★★ 3 weeks ago
Four stars only because of the curb. The boxes are heavy and it is a two-person lift from the driveway. Once it was inside, one person put it together and it has been faultless.
Verified buyer 16 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified
Fair. Curbside is a two-person lift, which is why room of choice and white glove exist if there is nobody to help.
NB
Nadia B. ★★★★ 1 month ago
The glass door shows every mark. I wipe it after each session and it is fine, but if you want it to look like the photos you will be wiping it.
Verified buyer 11 found this helpful
EO
Eli O. ★★★★★ 2 months ago
Took me about a week of sessions to work out my temperature and time. It is not obvious on day one and the manual does not really tell you. Once I settled on 140 for twenty five minutes I stopped fiddling with it.
Verified buyer 19 found this helpful
SB
SaunaBox Verified
That is honest and it matches what we hear. Most people land between 130 and 150 in the first week, and there is no wrong answer there.