G3 6-Person Outdoor Pod Sauna

A 6-seat pod at $6,990, the cheapest of the three pods we track per seat, with a 5-year warranty but no heater power.

Pods are rare in our data: this, the Dundalk MiniPOD and the Sweat Kingdom Sweat Pod. G3 comes to $1,165 per seat, 21 percent under the pod median, against $1,482 for the MiniPOD, and it seats six against four. It is 86.6 by 95.3 inches, 92 tall and 1,900 pounds, thermowood with an electric heater.

The 5-year warranty is stated. The missing number is the kilowatt rating, and six seats usually call for about 8 kW. Compared with the Almost Heaven Seneca barrel ($6,191) it costs $799 more, which buys a different shape and thermowood instead of cedar. If you want a pod, there is little else to choose from, and this one is the best value of the three. Topture is the only store.