Traditional Saunas

There’s a particular kind of regret that comes from buying the wrong sauna heater — the kind where you’re stood shivering in a “warm” room forty minutes after switching it on, wondering why your garden cabin feels like a slightly heated shed rather than a proper Finnish löyly experience. An electric sauna heater is the … Read more

The traditional sauna vs infrared sauna question comes down to how the heat reaches you. A traditional cabin heats the air to roughly 70-100°C with a stove and stones, then bathes you in that hot air and steam. An infrared cabin uses radiant panels to warm your skin directly at a gentler 40-65°C. Simple on … Read more

Right, let’s get the awkward bit out of the way first: a genuine traditional sauna — the kind with a proper electric stove, real stones, and steam you control yourself — was never designed to be a bargain-bin purchase. So when you start hunting for traditional saunas under £2000, you’re not browsing a huge catalogue. … Read more

A traditional sauna for home use is a heated wooden cabin, usually warmed by an electric or wood-fired stove topped with volcanic rock, that lets you recreate the centuries-old Finnish bathing ritual in your own garden or spare room. Ladle water onto the hot stones and you get löyly — the soft burst of steam … Read more