Almost Heaven Huntington 4-6 Person Outdoor Canopy Barrel Sauna
- Electric stove
- 5-6 people
- Up to 186-194°F
- 240V hardwired
SVT Score, Upper
An 8 ft outdoor cedar canopy barrel for up to six with an 8 kW Harvia stove, rated to 194°F, on a 240 V hardwired circuit.
$7,146
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Usability
6.4 out of 10Strengths
- Canopy porch with built-in benches outside
- Room for up to six on long benches
- Solid cedar staves held by stainless bands
- Heater guardstones and backrests included
- Harvia stove reaches the full sauna temperature limit
Drawbacks
- Short warranty with no labour cover
- Needs a large hardwired circuit and an electrician
- Roof cover sold separately
- No app control on the entry model
A big canopy barrel for a group, but heater cover is short
Specs
- TypeTraditional
- HeaterElectric stove
- FormBarrel
- PlacementOutdoor
- Seats5-6 people
- Max Temperature186-194°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
- Built in the USA
- Seven foot sauna room
- Ships as a DIY kit
- 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 Huntington is an 8 ft outdoor canopy barrel sauna in rustic red cedar that seats up to six, sold with an 8 kW Harvia KIP stove with dials. Seven feet of the barrel are sauna room and one foot is a canopy porch with two exterior benches.
Almost Heaven rates its KIP-heated saunas to a maximum of 194°F; the product page shows 150-195°F for electric heat and describes 180°F heat. The sauna room is 75¼ in across and 74¼ in long, about 191 cu ft, and the outside measures 78 by 94 by 75⅜ in.
The staves are 1⅜ in ball-and-socket cedar with stainless steel bands, and the entry configuration has a tempered glass door. The stove needs a 240 V, 40 A hardwired circuit, and the LED light plugs into a 120 V outlet. Stones, a cedar heater guard and two backrests come in the kit.
Options: a KIP Smart Heater with the Fenix Wi-Fi control at $8,172.80, a Spirit Smart Heater with Fenix at $10,001.60, a port or vista window at $7,464.80, and the Onyx stain with an arched glass door at $8,056.80. A rain jacket roof cover is sold separately from $446.00.
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.
