Sauna recommendations

[mustangcy]

Thinking pretty hard about get a sauna for the house (inside) here soon. Looking through the options the price ranges depending on several factors but I really want one that will get hot enough to actually see benefits. There is the question of infrared or traditional? 110V or 240V? If you go 240 did you get an electrician to come in?

Any sauna people out there that can shed some light?

 

[Nader_uggghhh]

I don't know a lot but I'd go traditional 240V. You probably won't like infrared if you're worried about it getting hot enough. Height could be an issue indoors both for bench height and loyly. Tough to build to traditional standards with 8' ceilings.

 

[somecyguy]

I own an electrical company and install new circuits for them frequently. Here is a recent option I gave for a client installing a traditional one. There are some infrared ones that claim to work on a standard 15 or 20amp 120 circuit, but I have no experience with them.

Installation of 240v circuit for a new sauna 4.5 - 6.5kW will require a 30amp circuit and 10/3 wire
Installation of 240v circuit for a new sauna 7 - 9kW will require a 50amp circuit and 8/3 wire

 

[AgronAlum]

I don't know anything about saunas but IR heat is going to be drastically different than a traditional sauna. IR heats objects, not the air, so it will be heating your body directly instead of heating the air around you. That being said, traditional saunas are going to have moisture to deal with that IRs don't have. I imagine they are more expensive and have a lot more placement concerns because of that.

 

[psycln11]

Come to my office.... The A/C compressor went out last week and it feels like a sauna today!!

 

[nfrine]

Join the YMCA. Less maintenance in the long run.

 

[BCClone]

Thinking pretty hard about get a sauna for the house (inside) here soon. Looking through the options the price ranges depending on several factors but I really want one that will get hot enough to actually see benefits. There is the question of infrared or traditional? 110V or 240V? If you go 240 did you get an electrician to come in?

Any sauna people out there that can shed some light?

You can wire 240 if you aren’t totally clueless.