Was paying by the session for the infrared room at a gym in the city and half the time the slot was booked out anyway. This lives in the shed out the back now. Dry heat off the stove is a different animal, the gym room never got anywhere near it. Should have done it two winters ago.

Posting this because I could not find a straight answer anywhere before we bought. Sparky ran a dedicated circuit from the board out to the pergola, about twelve metres, and the invoice came to $620 including the isolator at the sauna end. He was here roughly three hours. Our board had spare capacity, which I gather is the thing that decides the number. Budget for it properly and there's no drama.

The build is solid and the timber smells great once it's warm. My gripe is the wait. From cold it's the better part of an hour before the stove has it where I want it, closer to fifty five minutes in winter here, and Ballarat gets properly cold. So it isn't a spur of the moment thing, you have to plan around it. That's why the infrared gets used on weeknights. Still in there four or five times a week.

My husband put a deposit down before we'd properly talked about it, which went down about as well as you'd expect. I left it alone for a good while. Now I'm the one in there most nights and he's the one complaining it's occupied. Sitting in the courtyard afterwards on a cold night is my favourite part of the day.

Had one of those pop up steam tents you sit in with your head poking out the top. Lasted a season before the zip went and it was never really hot enough to bother with. This is a proper room you can sit in. Bit of a jump in price obviously.

Two of us put it together on a Sunday morning. Just over three hours including stopping for lunch and a bit of swearing at the roof section. The panels clip together and you're mostly lining things up and being careful not to drop one on your foot. You would not manage it alone, the wall panels are awkward more than heavy but you need a second pair of hands holding them square. Sparky came the Tuesday after.

It's sold as three to four and I'd call it three. My partner and I sit comfortably with a decent gap between us, add a third adult and everyone's knees are touching. Four only works if two of them are kids. I measured the lower bench at about 158 cm of usable width. Not really a complaint, the cabin is one and a half metres wide externally so you can do the maths, but the listing could say it.

Right, the electrical. Everyone asks and nobody seems to answer, so here's mine. Our board was an old ceramic fuse setup already at capacity, and the sauna sits down the back of the block which is a fair run from the house. The sparky gave me a range over the phone, came out and had a proper look, and the final invoice was $1,285. That covered a board upgrade plus the run in conduit and an isolator at the sauna end. I had six or seven hundred in my head from what I'd read online, so it stung a bit. Nothing to do with Enhanced Human, they were upfront that they couldn't quote it for me. Four stars only because I'd have liked a warning that an older board changes the number completely. The sauna itself has been faultless since March.