Golden Designs Bergen 6 Person Outdoor Traditional Sauna GDI-8206-01

The Bergen, SKU GDI-8206-01, is a 6 person outdoor sauna from Golden Designs of Ontario, California, heated by an 8.0 kW stove with built in controls and no infrared emitters. RecoSauna, a reseller in Covina, California, sells it at $18,999.00, the figure Golden Designs also lists on its own store.

Golden Designs gives the outside as 79.2 x 84.7 x 88.3 in (WDH) and the inside as 75 x 67.2 x 75 in. The interior is natural Canadian red cedar; the exterior is listed only as All Weather Exterior, which the manual calls decking. There are 2 bench levels, the second found only on GDI-8206-01 among the manual's 3 models, behind a clear tempered glass door. The stove's ideal range is 170 to 185 degrees F and it can reach 190, the ceiling the manual also recommends. Neither store names the stove's maker or model, its stone capacity or a heat up time.

Power is 2 supplies: 240V for the stove and 120V 15AMP for the lights and music. A certified licensed electrician hardwires the heater in copper wire rated to 90 degrees Celsius, and the manual leaves breaker and wire sizes to local code. The site must be level, dry and well supported, with a concrete base or wood deck recommended under a cabin that weighs 1275 lbs assembled. Outdoors the manual expects some water seepage and points to a covered structure for a fully dry cabin.

RecoSauna ships these units by freight, in 10 boxes at 1520 lbs, to the curb or end of the driveway. The product page says the driver unloads there; the shipping policy puts unloading the crate on the customer. No crate size is published, so the store's 92 inch liftgate rule cannot be applied. Lead times disagree: the buy box says up to 5 to 7 days, and the store policy says most saunas ship within 21 to 30 business days after order confirmation.

The terms are where it gives ground. RecoSauna's warranty tab gives 5 years on heating elements and electronics and 1 year on wood and structure. Golden Designs heads its own cover Limited Lifetime and defines it as 5 years on the wood structure, control panel, control panel wiring and lights, parts and not labor, with the stove left to a warranty whose term neither store publishes. Golden Designs says it does not warrant products bought outside its authorized channels and publishes no dealer list on the pages we read. RecoSauna's refund policy says its saunas cannot be returned after delivery, while its product page FAQ describes a 30 day return for an unused sauna in its original packaging.