Steam & Oak Kelo 300 Sauna Pod Up To 6 Person Arched Garden Sauna - Nordic Spruce Harvia Electric 8 Kw

The kelo 300 is the longer version of our arched sauna pod: the same pointed-arch shell sweeping to the ground, stretched to 3 metres so the benches run properly and six people fit without anyone perched on the end. 42 Mm timber, a 7.9 M hot room, bronze glass door, and two bench seats under the front overhang for the cooling-off round. Why the arch works the shape is not decoration. An arched shell has no square corners for heat to sit in, so the air circulates evenly and the room comes up to temperature without cold pockets round the edges. It also sheds rain and snow straight to the ground with no roof junctions to fail, which is exactly what you want on a building that spends its life outdoors. The extra 780 mm over the kelo 220 goes entirely into bench length. That is the difference between four people sitting and six people sitting comfortably or two people actually lying down, which is how a lot of sauna sessions end up. It is a single room throughout. At 7.9 M that is still a modest volume to heat, so it comes up quickly and runs economically. Spruce or thermowood both are available, and it is a real decision rather than an upsell. Nordic spruce is the value option and perfectly good if you treat it every couple of years. Thermowood is kiln-treated at 180 220 c in a low-oxygen chamber no chemical preservatives, just heat and steam. It absorbs 40 50% less moisture and moves far less, which on a curved shell matters more than on a square one: every board is doing st...

The kelo 300 is the longer version of our arched sauna pod: the same pointed-arch shell sweeping to the ground, stretched to 3 metres so