Garden Outdoor Sauna - 8 Person

An 8-seat thermowood kit at $8,699 with an 8 kW heater and a 1-year warranty; $1,087 a seat, 29 percent under the all-model median.

Garden is a square 89 by 89 inches, 87.3 tall, about 55 square feet and 1,380 pounds. That is 6.9 square feet per seat against 9.4 typical, so plan for six or seven adults. The 8 kW heater gives 1 kW per seat.

It is $400 below the $9,099 median for the eight 8-seat models, and $1,800 above the Redwood Barrel 8 at $6,899, which also has 8 kW. The Almost Heaven Lewisburg lists 8 seats and 8 kW for $6,358, $2,341 less, with a lifetime warranty. Garden's case rests on the square layout and thermowood. Its 1-year warranty is the shortest in our data, as on every Redwood Outdoors model. No shape or porch is recorded. Redwood Outdoors is the only store.