Crafted for Heat. Engineered for Its Environment.
Sun Home saunas are engineered as complete cabin systems, pairing model-specific solid woods with purpose-built heating, electrical, ventilation, and control architecture. From eucalyptus indoor infrared cabins to Canadian red cedar outdoor models and cedar traditional saunas, every collection is designed around its environment, its heat profile, and the daily use it will see, in homes and commercial spaces alike.
How Sun Home Saunas Are Made
Every Sun Home sauna starts with a decision about where it will live and how it will be used, and everything follows from that: the wood, the heater architecture, the circuit, the glazing, the controls, and the ventilation. Indoor infrared, outdoor infrared, indoor traditional, and outdoor traditional cabins are engineered as different machines, because they are. This page explains how we build them, who builds the company behind them, and where to find supporting documentation for key technical, testing, certification, and design claims.
Materials Selected With Purpose
Every Sun Home collection begins with the environment and the heat experience it is designed to support. Equinox and Solstice cabins use eucalyptus. Eclipse and Pod use Canadian hemlock. The Luminar pairs a Canadian red cedar interior with an aerospace-grade aluminum exterior for year-round outdoor full-spectrum performance. Nova uses Canadian cedar for traditional indoor heat, and Solaris uses thermo-alder in its outdoor traditional format.
The material specification changes by collection because the intended environment, heating system, and ownership experience change by collection. A cabin built for a climate-controlled living room and a cabin built for snow, coastal air, and UV exposure should not be made the same way, so ours aren’t.
| Collection | Primary Material | Environment | Heat Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solstice | Eucalyptus | Indoor | Far infrared |
| Equinox | Eucalyptus | Indoor | Full-spectrum infrared |
| Eclipse | Canadian hemlock | Indoor | Full-spectrum infrared + integrated red light |
| Pod | Canadian hemlock | Indoor | Far infrared + integrated red light |
| Luminar | Canadian red cedar interior; aerospace-grade aluminum exterior | Outdoor | Full-spectrum infrared |
| Nova | Canadian cedar | Indoor | Traditional electric sauna heater |
| Solaris | Thermo-alder | Outdoor | Traditional electric sauna heater |
Materials and construction vary by model and configuration. The individual product page is the controlling specification.
Craftsmanship
Precision Beyond the Surface
Craftsmanship is expressed in the way the entire cabin comes together: the alignment of each panel, the finish of the wood, the proportion of the glazing, the placement of heaters and controls, and the way lighting and ventilation are integrated into the architecture.
Interior wood surfaces on our infrared cabins are hand-sanded and inspected for a smooth, refined finish before final assembly, and our Magne-Seal system aligns primary panels with precision-fit magnetic joinery, reducing reliance on adhesive at primary panel joints and allowing tool-free assembly without screws or nails at those connections.
The objective is not simply to build an enclosure around a heating system. It is to create a sauna that feels considered before it is ever turned on, and performs as a unified system once the session begins.
Performance
Performance Engineered Into the Cabin
Luminar 2
Eclipse 2
Nova 3
A Letter From Our Founders
Two Friends, One Standard
We didn’t come from the sauna industry. We came from desk jobs.
We met working in sales at Impact.com, became best friends, and spent our free time talking about why the things that made us feel better were so hard to do well at home: heat, cold, and better sleep.
In 2021 we acquired a small sauna retailer and got a hard education fast. It came with unresolved orders placed before our ownership, and before we launched a single product of our own, we fulfilled, replaced, or refunded every one of them. That experience set the operating principle that still guides us: honor the order, answer the phone, fix the problem.
For two years this was a nights-and-weekends company. We walked flyers door to door in La Jolla and shipped prototypes to friends and family, who threw sauna parties and told us, bluntly, what to change.
Those years clarified what we wanted to build. Most home saunas looked like a wooden box you hide in a corner. We wanted one that could sit at the center of a home: precise lines, matte black metal, warm wood light through dark glass, engineered as carefully as it looks.
That conviction became the Luminar’s patented exterior, our tool-free Magne-Seal assembly, and every model since.
Today Sun Home is a two-time Inc. 5000 honoree, No. 198 in 2026 and No. 20 in 2025, built without outside investors. Our names are on this company, and we build like it.
If you want to talk through a decision, our team is at 844-728-6200. And if we ever get something wrong, tell us. Fixing things is how this company started.
Our founding story, including the parts we’d rather forget, was reported by Inc.
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs · San Diego, California
Testing
Testing, Stated With Precision
Electromagnetic fields
Cabin air
Adhesive
Recognition
Recognition, On the Record
Fortune
Forbes Vetted
Variety
Rolling Stone
Garage Gym Reviews
Design
Designed to Belong
A sauna should feel like part of the architecture, not equipment that needs to be hidden. Sun Home cabins combine warm wood interiors with considered glazing, integrated lighting, refined hardware, and model-specific exterior materials.
The Luminar’s matte black, aerospace-grade aluminum exterior is protected by U.S. design patent D1,079,961, granted in June 2025, and applicable collections use concealed assembly details to keep sightlines clean from every angle. You can review our patents and protected design work here.
The result is a sauna intended to hold a permanent place in the home, gym, recovery space, or outdoor environment, and to look like it belongs there.
Ownership
Craftsmanship Continues After Delivery
The ownership experience is part of the product. Sun Home provides model-specific manuals, electrical requirements, assembly resources, troubleshooting assistance, replacement parts, and written warranty coverage, with a support team you can reach by phone.
Our saunas are engineered for years of regular use and supported by model-specific warranty coverage; because installation requirements and warranty terms vary across the collection, the current model documentation is always the governing reference. Sun Home also serves gyms, spas, recovery studios, and other commercial spaces through our commercial and wholesale program.
Written by Tyler Fish & Adam Fischer, Co-Founders & Co-CEOs · Last reviewed August 27, 2026 by the Sun Home product team
Frequently Asked Questions
What materials are Sun Home saunas made from?
Sun Home uses solid, model-specific woods. Equinox and Solstice cabins use eucalyptus, Eclipse and Pod use Canadian hemlock, the Luminar pairs a Canadian red cedar interior with an aerospace-grade aluminum exterior, Nova uses Canadian cedar, and Solaris uses thermo-alder. Materials and construction vary by collection, so review the individual model specification before you buy.
Are Sun Home saunas ETL Listed?
Certification varies by model. Applicable Sun Home infrared saunas are ETL Listed through Intertek for relevant United States and Canadian product-safety standards, and certain models also carry RoHS documentation addressing restricted substances in covered electrical and electronic components. The individual product page and the Sun Home safety and testing hub carry the current, model-specific details.
Are Sun Home saunas VOC-free?
Sun Home does not characterize its entire lineup as VOC-free. We prioritize solid woods and low-VOC components, and independent cabin-air testing of one Sun Home sauna measured 27 µg/m³ of total VOCs under the reported test conditions, a result classified as Low under the framework used in the report. Results apply to the tested unit and conditions, not automatically to every model.
How does Sun Home craftsmanship differ by model?
Each collection uses a different combination of wood, heating technology, electrical architecture, ventilation, controls, glazing, and exterior construction. Indoor infrared, outdoor infrared, indoor traditional, and outdoor traditional saunas are engineered around different environments and performance requirements, which is why specifications change by model.
Who founded Sun Home Saunas?
Sun Home Saunas was founded in 2021 by Tyler Fish and Adam Fischer, two friends who met working together before starting the company as a nights-and-weekends project, and built it without outside investors. Sun Home is headquartered in San Diego, California.
What makes a Sun Home sauna a premium sauna?
A premium sauna should be defined by what can be verified: model-specific solid woods, purpose-built heating and electrical architecture, published independent testing with named laboratories, protected design work, clearly written warranty coverage, and accessible product support. Supporting documentation for key technical, certification, testing, patent, and editorial-recognition claims is linked throughout this page.
See the testing behind every claim
Safety & Testing Hub