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13 Jan

The Best Barrel Saunas and What to Avoid

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The Best Barrel Saunas and What To Avoid in 2024 Are Barrel Saunas Good or Bad? Barrel saunas are the most popular, affordable, and cozy outdoor saunas kits in the world. They're also controversial among traditional sauna communities. For a wider view, see how barrel kits compare to other sauna kits. Noisy purists on social media stand...

23 Jan

Sauna Heaters, Reviews

Best Wood Sauna Stoves, Reviews and Guide

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Best Wood Sauna Stoves The stove is the heart of any sauna, and choosing the type of heater is one of the biggest decisions you will make in building a sauna. While electric sauna heaters are convenient, nothing beats the ambience and warming heat of a wood burning sauna stove.The best wood sauna stoves burn clean –...

12 Nov

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The Mobile Sauna Rental Market Has Wheels – and Business is Booming

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Could a mobile sauna rental business be available for your next party or special occasion? Outdoor saunas are now available for rent and can be booked delivered in over 100 locations in North America and Europe, and it's catching on fast. If you're lucky enough to be in a mobile sauna hotspot like Ontario, Minneapolis,...

Brian Cain standing on the porch of his Thermory Square #40 outdoor sauna in front of the glass door

03 Nov

Sauna Health

Sauna After, Cold Plunge Before: Dr. Kirk Parsley on Recovery

Posted by Benjamin Burger

Brian Cain asked former Navy SEAL and physician Dr. Kirk Parsley how to use the sauna and cold plunge around training: about 20 minutes of sauna after, and the cold plunge before strength work, not right after.

Ben Frizzell smiling on the upper bench of the indoor sauna at Villa Panorama Saimaa at dusk, with pine trees in the windows behind him

26 Oct

Sauna Design

Our Favorite Sauna Layout: An H on Lake Saimaa

Posted by Benjamin Burger

Our favorite sauna layout is an H-shaped room in a lake house in Finland. The short version of why it works, and the full story on SaunaDesignPro.

3D rendering of an outdoor sauna with a gable roof, a covered porch and a glass front, designed in SaunaDesignPro

24 Oct

Sauna Guide, Sauna Design

Sauna Design, Step by Step: Meet SaunaDesignPro, Our Free 3D Planner

Posted by Benjamin Burger

How big, how high, which heater, where the vents go and which woods. This is how we design a sauna, one decision at a time, and the free 3D planner we built so you can see yours before you buy a single board.

The Saunum team walking through the heater factory in Tallinn past a sauna cabin door and a heater stone basket

21 Sep

Sauna Heaters

Inside Saunum’s Heater Factory: Steel, Data Loggers, and Which One Belongs in Your Sauna

Posted by Benjamin Burger

We went to Tallinn to watch the heater we keep recommending get built, and to settle which Saunum fits which sauna. Magnelis steel, thicker elements, three test labs, and the fan that turns the lower bench into a real bench.

16 Oct

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How to Add Mechanical Downdraft Ventilation to Any Electric Sauna

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Most saunas we sell on Sauna Marketplace rely on gravity ventilation, also known as passive ventilation. It's pretty simple: Heat rises, so the top of the sauna has higher pressure. Some of the air escapes through an adjustable hatch, usually on the opposite corner from the heater. In a basic sauna kit, that exhaust vent...

Ben Burger and Ben Frizzell high-fiving in front of an outdoor sauna kit

08 Aug

Reviews

Best Home Sauna Kits for 2026: Find the Right Fit

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Find a sauna you'll love using for years. Compare SaunaLife, Leil Celto and Round Cube, Thermory, and Auroom by bench layout, durability, and complete project cost.

10 Real Sauna Benefits That Sound Totally Made Up

28 Jun

Sauna Health

10 Real Sauna Benefits That Sound Totally Made Up

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Generations of sauna bathers have continued the tradition knowing one thing: it makes them feel better, they like it, and they can't imagine life without it (OK, that's 3 things). Many Finnish men will tell you that quantifying sauna benefits is not important, "if sauna caused cancer, I would still sauna," sums up the...

28 Jun

Sauna Guide, Sauna Health

The Wood-Fired Sauna Routine – How to Sauna The Right Way

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Sauna is more than a hot room. Here are the 8 steps to sauna heaven according to our friends at Visit Finland. And if anyone knows how to sauna, it would be them. Sauna is known in every country but there is nothing more Finnish than a sauna. Taking the time to...

28 Jun

Sauna Health

Can Sauna Kill Coronavirus? Public and Home Sauna for Covid-19 May Be Beneficial.

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

If booze, tar, and sauna won't help, the illness is fatalFinnish Proverb and Bad Advice First Things First We get it - there are still no sauna coronavirus studies. There's no research to show if sauna can kill coronavirus. There's A LOT we still don't know yet about Covid-19. Don't buy a sauna to cure...

28 Jun

Sauna Design, Sauna Near Me

Minnesota Sauna Hub – Custom Builders in Minnesota

Posted by Sauna Marketplace

Minnesota sauna culture is on fire, and not everyone can keep up with demand. Here are the best mobile saunas, custom sauna builders, and sauna kits Minnesota has to offer.Custom Sauna Builders in MinnesotaA note from the SaunaShare Community: thanks for keeping it local! Having a thriving community of sauna builders in Minnesota is...

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The Best Barrel Saunas and What to Avoid

Best Wood Sauna Stoves, Reviews and Guide

The Mobile Sauna Rental Market Has Wheels – and Business is Booming

Sauna After, Cold Plunge Before: Dr. Kirk Parsley on Recovery

Our Favorite Sauna Layout: An H on Lake Saimaa

Sauna Design, Step by Step: Meet SaunaDesignPro, Our Free 3D Planner

Inside Saunum’s Heater Factory: Steel, Data Loggers, and Which One Belongs in Your Sauna

How to Add Mechanical Downdraft Ventilation to Any Electric Sauna

Best Home Sauna Kits for 2026: Find the Right Fit

10 Real Sauna Benefits That Sound Totally Made Up

The Wood-Fired Sauna Routine – How to Sauna The Right Way

Can Sauna Kill Coronavirus? Public and Home Sauna for Covid-19 May Be Beneficial.

Minnesota Sauna Hub – Custom Builders in Minnesota

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