SaunaClear exists because of a simple observation: every site ranking home saunas is selling them. Brand blogs rank their own products first. Dealers publish "calculators" that end in checkout buttons. Press-release listicles are bought, not earned. We built the neutral layer that was missing.
An independent comparison and research site for home heat and cold therapy — saunas, cold plunges, and the electrical, permitting, and cost realities around them. We maintain an open comparison database where every price is checked against the manufacturer's own site and dated, we build free calculators that answer the questions brands avoid, and we publish the negative findings — red flags, drop-ship patterns, warranty traps — that sellers structurally cannot.
SaunaClear is built and researched by an independent product researcher and software developer — one person with a spreadsheet habit, not a media company. That's a limitation we treat as a feature: no ad-sales team to please, no testing-warehouse sponsors, no inventory to move. Where bigger sites do hands-on studio testing, we do what a careful buyer would do with unlimited patience: verify every spec against manufacturer documents, record prices over time, read the warranty exclusions, and publish the working. When we haven't verified something, the page says so in plain text.
Some outbound links are affiliate links — if you buy through one, the brand pays a commission at no cost to you. Three rules keep that honest: rankings never depend on commissions, every comparison includes brands that pay us nothing, and every relationship is listed on the disclosure page. No sponsored placements, no paid reviews, no selling your data. If a recommendation ever feels like it's serving us instead of you, write to us — that's a bug report.
We're not electricians, physicians, or engineers. Our tools produce educational estimates that a licensed professional should confirm, and nothing here is medical advice — sauna and cold-water immersion carry real contraindications (cardiovascular conditions, pregnancy); talk to your physician first.
Corrections, questions, brand inquiries, or a warranty-claim story we should hear: hello@saunaclear.com. Corrections are published, not buried — factual accuracy outranks looking right.