Nearly every sauna comparison site shows one price per product — whichever seller it happens to link. We check 3 models at both the manufacturer’s own store and an authorised dealer, on the same day, every week. The cheaper seller is not the same one every time, the largest gap we currently record is $757 on one model, and the seller advertising the biggest discount is sometimes the more expensive one.
Two things make the dealer price hard to read. The first is that a dealer often advertises its reduction from a figure the manufacturer does not itself charge, which makes the percentage useless for comparison even when the price is genuinely good. The second is that a manufacturer may sell a model in dozens of configurations while the dealer lists a single unnamed one — so the cheaper number may not be the same sauna. We grade every pair on that second point before we show a difference, and we tell you which grade it got.
The dealer is $757 cheaper than the brand’s own store for what both describe as this model. We do earn a commission on that dealer link, so treat this one with the scepticism it deserves and check both prices yourself before you buy — the numbers and dates are below, and both are one click away.
Can these two prices be compared? Almost Heaven sells 27 configurations of this model (heater, door and stain); the dealer lists one unnamed variant and does not publish which configuration it is. We compare the dealer price against the brand’s lowest-priced configuration, which is the most favourable reading for the dealer.
Select Saunas advertises this as a reduction from $8,165. The manufacturer’s own store lists 27 configurations of this model, at list prices from $7,575 to $11,774, and $8,165 is not among them. We are not claiming the figure is invented — a dealer can price from its own sheet — but a discount measured from a number the manufacturer does not charge is not a discount you can verify, so we ignore the percentage and compare the two amounts you would actually pay.
Read all 27 variant compare-at prices from the brand’s own product endpoint and compared the dealer’s advertised regular price against every one. Checked 2026-10-02.
| Checked | almostheaven.com | Select Saunas | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | -- | $6,002 | — |
| 2026-08-10 | -- | $6,002 | — |
| 2026-08-13 | -- | $6,002 | — |
| 2026-08-17 | -- | $6,002 | — |
| 2026-08-20 | -- | $6,002 | — |
| 2026-08-24 | -- | $5,303 | — |
| 2026-08-31 | -- | $5,303 | — |
| 2026-09-07 | -- | $5,303 | — |
| 2026-09-14 | $6,060 | $5,303 | dealer by $757 |
| 2026-09-21 | $6,060 | $5,303 | dealer by $757 |
| 2026-09-22 | $6,060 | $5,303 | dealer by $757 |
| 2026-09-28 | $6,060 | $5,303 | dealer by $757 |
| 2026-10-02 | $6,060 | $5,303 | dealer by $757 |
A dash means only one of the two sellers was being tracked on that date, so there is nothing to compare — not that the prices were equal.
The dealer is $100 cheaper than the brand’s own store for what both describe as this model. We earn nothing from either seller on this model.
Can these two prices be compared? Both listings publish manufacturer part number DYN-6106-01 and sell a single configuration, so the two prices are for the same product. The separately listed "Barcelona Elite" (DYN-6106-01 Elite) is a different SKU and is not compared here.
Select Saunas advertises this as a reduction from $3,499. The manufacturer’s own store lists it at $2,099 and claims no discount on it at all, so the dealer’s reference price sits $1,400 above what the manufacturer itself asks. We are not claiming the figure is invented — a dealer can price from its own sheet — but a discount measured from a number the manufacturer does not charge is not a discount you can verify, so we ignore the percentage and compare the two amounts you would actually pay.
The brand sells one configuration and lists its regular price equal to its asking price, i.e. it claims no discount. The dealer’s advertised regular price was compared against that figure. Checked 2026-10-02.
| Checked | dynamicsaunasdirect.com | Select Saunas | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-09 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-10 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-13 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-17 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-20 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-24 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-08-31 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-09-07 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-09-14 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-09-21 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-09-22 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-09-28 | $2,099 | -- | — |
| 2026-10-02 | $2,099 | $1,999 | dealer by $100 |
A dash means only one of the two sellers was being tracked on that date, so there is nothing to compare — not that the prices were equal.
The brand’s own store is $139.50 cheaper — buy direct. We earn a commission on the dealer link and nothing at all on almostheaven.com, so this recommendation costs us the sale. It is still the right one.
Can these two prices be compared? Almost Heaven sells 27 configurations of this model (heater, door and stain); the dealer lists one unnamed variant and does not publish which configuration it is. We compare the dealer price against the brand’s lowest-priced configuration, which is the most favourable reading for the dealer.
Select Saunas advertises this as a reduction from $6,814. The manufacturer’s own store lists 27 configurations of this model, at list prices from $4,485 to $7,684, and $6,814 is not among them. We are not claiming the figure is invented — a dealer can price from its own sheet — but a discount measured from a number the manufacturer does not charge is not a discount you can verify, so we ignore the percentage and compare the two amounts you would actually pay.
Read all 27 variant compare-at prices from the brand’s own product endpoint and compared the dealer’s advertised regular price against every one. Checked 2026-10-02.
| Checked | almostheaven.com | Select Saunas | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | -- | $4,964 | — |
| 2026-08-10 | -- | $4,964 | — |
| 2026-08-13 | -- | $4,964 | — |
| 2026-08-17 | -- | $4,964 | — |
| 2026-08-20 | -- | $4,964 | — |
| 2026-08-24 | -- | $4,265 | — |
| 2026-08-31 | -- | $4,265 | — |
| 2026-09-07 | -- | $4,265 | — |
| 2026-09-14 | $4,036.50 | $4,265 | brand by $228.50 |
| 2026-09-21 | $4,036.50 | $4,176 | brand by $139.50 |
| 2026-09-22 | $4,036.50 | $4,176 | brand by $139.50 |
| 2026-09-28 | $4,036.50 | $4,176 | brand by $139.50 |
| 2026-10-02 | $4,036.50 | $4,176 | brand by $139.50 |
A dash means only one of the two sellers was being tracked on that date, so there is nothing to compare — not that the prices were equal.
Delivery is the big one. These are freight items, and a cheaper sticker at one seller can be undone by its delivery terms, its restocking fee, or who carries the liability when a crate arrives damaged. We publish the return terms and delivery conditions separately; read them alongside the price rather than instead of it, and put the installed total through the true-cost calculator before deciding a $757 gap settles it. We also do not know what either seller will charge next week — which is the reason we keep checking rather than publishing a number once.
We add a second seller to a model only when we can read both prices automatically from the sellers’ own stores, which is why 3 models are here and not all of them. The raw series is in seller-gap.csv and price-history.json, free to reuse with credit.
Spot a price we have wrong, or a configuration we have read wrongly? hello@saunaclear.com — corrections are published, not buried.