Almost Heaven Hillsboro 2 Person Indoor Sauna
- Electric stove
- 2 people
- Up to 176-185°F
- 240V hardwired
SVT Score, Mid
A two-person indoor spruce sauna with a full-glass door and a 6 kW Harvia stove, rated to 185°F, on a hardwired circuit.
$5,299
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Usability
4.8 out of 10
- Room range: Harvia rates the 6 kW KIP for rooms of about 170 to 300 cu ft
- Walls: 1⅜ in tongue-and-groove spruce
- Searched: UL Intertek CSA CPSC Health Canada
- Record: UL Product iQ, KPSX Sauna Heating Equipment (UL 875); KPSX7 for Canada, KIP-30-B1, -45-B1, -60-B1, -80-B1, -30-B3, -45-B3, -60-B3, -80-B3, -30-W1, -45-W1, -80-W1, -30-W3, -45-W3, -60-W3, -80-W3 (profile 'More Models'); row ships '6 kW KIP Heater w/ Dials', Harvia Finland Oy
- Cabin: limited lifetime against manufacturing defects, original owner, contiguous US only
- Option: KIP Smart Heater with Fenix $6,298.00
Strengths
- Full-glass tinted front in tempered glass
- Wide high bench plus a sliding bench
- Installs on the existing floor
- Heater guard and stones included
Drawbacks
- Short warranty with no labour cover
- Lower rated temperature on its own page
- No app control on the entry model
- No backrest fitted
- Needs a hardwired circuit and an electrician
A tidy two-seat indoor room, but it needs a hardwired stove circuit
Specs
- TypeTraditional
- HeaterElectric stove
- FormCabin
- PlacementIndoor
- Seats2 people
- Max Temperature176-185°F
- Min TemperatureNot applicable
- Capacity (Gallons)Not applicable
- ChillerNot applicable
- HeatsNot applicable
- Water CareNot applicable
- Power Supply240V hardwired
- EMF MeasuredNot measured
- CertificationsComponent listing only
- Warranty1 Year
Not published by Almost Heaven: emf claimed.
At a glance
- Made in Romania
- Sliding lower bench
- Custom-cut option for indoors
- The brand belongs to Harvia Plc of Muurame, Finland, whose subsidiary Harvia US Inc. bought the business at the end of 2018.
- Almost Heaven manufactures its barrel saunas in West Virginia, and some of its cabins are made in Estonia and Romania.
- Almost Heaven Saunas sells saunas and a cold plunge in the US, from a one-person infrared cabin to a six-person outdoor cabin with a porch.
- It sells through its own store at almostheaven.com, through sauna dealers and through Costco.
- It also sells on Walmart as its own marketplace seller.
- Its Amazon US store carries accessories and one barrel sauna listing.
The Almost Heaven Hillsboro is a two-person indoor sauna in spruce with a tempered, tinted full-glass door, sold with a 6 kW Harvia KIP stove with dials and an instant or delayed start of up to eight hours. Its product page gives temperatures up to 185°F, while Almost Heaven's own blog rates the KIP to 194°F.
The interior is 58¼ by 39⅜ by 78 in, about 104 cu ft, and the outside measures 63 by 45¼ by 80 5/16 in. The walls are 1⅜ in tongue-and-groove spruce, the room sits on the existing floor, and an extra-wide high bench and a sliding bench are fitted.
The stove needs a 240 V, 30 A hardwired circuit, and the LED light plugs into a 120 V outlet. Stones and a cedar heater guard come with it; the room is made in Romania. Option: a KIP Smart Heater with the Fenix Wi-Fi control at $6,298.00.
Questions answered from our data
Is Almost Heaven good?We list 12 Almost Heaven products and score 11 of them. Their overall scores run from 4.1 to 6.0, with a median of 5.7, against a median of 5.3 for all 91 products we score.
How much does a home sauna cost?The 81 home saunas we list run from $1,999 to $36,399, with a median of $7,523.
How hot does a sauna get?Of the 81 home saunas we list, 81 state a rated maximum temperature; the most common is 186-194°F (42).
How big is a 2-person sauna?24 of the 81 home saunas we list seat two, as their makers count seats.
