Close to the skin, every session
Red and near-infrared LEDs are built between the wood bench slats, close to your skin. Settle in and enjoy: there is no separate panel to position. Distance varies with your posture, body area, and layout.
660 + 850nm LEDs in the bench you sit on, not on a panel across the room.
Custom 3D renderings and a proposal in 24-48 hours.
Real builds
Real builds with red light built into the bench, photographed in the homes they were designed for.
Why Integrated
Some saunas use a wall-mounted light panel, feet from the body. SaunaCloud builds the LEDs into the wood bench, closer to the skin. Compare the placement, controls, and full-system measurements when you choose a sauna with red light therapy; distance affects how much light reaches you.
Learn how red light therapy and infrared sauna work togetherRed and near-infrared LEDs are built between the wood bench slats, close to your skin. Settle in and enjoy: there is no separate panel to position. Distance varies with your posture, body area, and layout.
Far-infrared warmth and nominal 660nm red + 850nm near-infrared light in one custom sauna. Choose heat, red light, or both from the app-controlled system, without a second device taking up space.
Heaters, red light bench, controls, and shielded wiring are designed as one system: bench EMF under 1 mG under stated test conditions, flicker-free LED driver, and wood joinery specified for sauna heat. Ask for the current full-system EMF report.
Typical setup
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Research context
660nm
Visible red light, studied for skin and surface-tissue responses in specific research protocols. Actual exposure depends on placement and use.
850nm
Near-infrared light, studied for muscle and recovery outcomes in specific research protocols. Bench placement alone does not establish dose.
Red light is an option on any SaunaCloud. The price depends on the size, the bench layout, and the heaters and red light your room needs, and your free proposal gives you the exact figure before you decide anything.
Budget separately for the glass door and windows, room prep, installation, permits, and your electrician. Shipping is a flat $999 per order.
Every sauna is drawn for its room, and the red light goes in the bench you choose. Here are three recent customer designs, with each LED bar drawn in red.

Lights on

Red light on
Room: 66 × 36 inches, 84 inches high
Red light along a 66-inch back bench, with a 36-inch door toward the left.
Room: 72 × 48 inches, 89 inches high
Red light in the 67-inch back bench, plain 23-inch benches on each side, and the door centered in a glass front.
Room: 81 × 75 inches, 89 inches high
Red light in the 76-inch upper bench, a plain lower bench in front of it, and a 24-inch door in a glass front.
Room sizes are wall to wall, before the wood interior goes in. Each red line is one LED bar: every red light bench here has 24, about 2.6 inches apart.
How it works
Christopher designs every SaunaCloud sauna. Here is what happens after you tap the button, and nothing that doesn't.

Christopher Kiggins
Founder & Lead Designer
Custom 3D renderings and a proposal in 24-48 hours.
Reviews
Models

Personal red light infrared sauna
Bench-integrated red light in a custom personal build, sized to your room.

Modern vertical-slat design
Clean vertical wood lines, enveloping VantaWave warmth, and built-in red light.

Classic craftsmanship
Classic wood-and-panel craftsmanship with the heat and red light you want to come home to.

Your backyard retreat
Warm wood and integrated red light, with outdoor protection planned for your climate.
Planning a year-round exterior installation? Explore the outdoor infrared sauna with red light therapy built for climate-specific insulation and weather exposure. Planning for a spa, gym, or hotel? See our commercial infrared saunas with red light therapy.
Compare the four red light models side by side — layout, capacity, dimensions, and what each project includes.
Specifications
Every SaunaCloud red light infrared sauna is 3rd-party EMF tested and ships with the engineering documentation an electrical inspector or commercial buyer expects.
Health & research
From post-workout recovery to a calmer evening, there are good reasons to make room for heat and light. These studies examine particular light or thermal protocols, not this sauna's clinical performance. Results depend on how a system is used; ask your doctor about individual health concerns.
Red and near-infrared light may support cellular energy pathways, including cytochrome c oxidase and ATP production. This is one reason light exposure is studied for recovery and wellness.
Chung et al., 2012 (review) (opens in a new tab)Looking to recover after training? In a trial with volleyball players, LED light before matches limited the rise in a muscle-damage marker.
Ferraresi et al., 2015 (opens in a new tab)Interested in skin health? A controlled trial using red and broader-spectrum light reported improvements in skin texture and collagen density.
Wunsch & Matuschka, 2014 (opens in a new tab)Make room to wind down: a small study of female basketball players reported better sleep-quality scores after evening red-light treatment.
Zhao et al., 2012 (opens in a new tab)Sweating raises a useful question about what leaves the body: a small human study detected BPA in sweat. It did not test infrared saunas or establish a detox treatment.
Genuis et al., 2012 (opens in a new tab)Heat and circulation belong in the same conversation: repeated thermal therapy improved endothelial-function measures in a study of people with coronary risk factors.
Imamura et al., 2001 (opens in a new tab)Financing & Ownership
A real red light infrared sauna is a long-term purchase. We make sure the financing, warranty, and shipping work like the engineering does.
From final delivery: 7 years on heaters, 3 years on power, controls, and junction boxes, and 1 year on the red light system and covered accessories.
SaunaCloud is BBB-accredited with an A+ rating and over a decade of customer history across thousands of installations.
One flat rate, added automatically to every order. Wood arrives curbside via freight; remaining components come by courier to your door.
Flexible financing options on approved credit. Talk to your sauna designer for terms tailored to your project.
FAQ
A custom infrared sauna with red (660nm) and near-infrared (850nm) LEDs built into the bench. You get far-infrared heat and red light in one cabin, and you can run them together or separately from the same app.
Most home saunas we sold from November 2025 to October 2026 cost $11,000 to $24,000 USD before shipping and tax, and about half came in under $16,000. Compact Sierras started around $8,000, and the largest Atlas rooms reached about $32,000. Red light is an option on any SaunaCloud and is priced in your proposal, so you see the exact figure before you decide anything. Shipping is a flat $999 per order.
Very close. The LED bars sit between the bench slats, so when you sit or lie on the bench your skin is about an inch (3 cm) from them. A wall-mounted panel is usually a few feet away, and light weakens quickly with distance.
SaunaCloud builds red light into the bench of any of its saunas: Atlas, Sierra, Atlas One and Atlas Outdoor. The red light bench measures under 1 mG under its stated test conditions, and the VantaWave® heaters average about 0.20 mG in the measured system. No powered device is truly zero-EMF, so compare readings taken at the same distance, load and frequency range, and ask us for the full report.
You answer one question about how many people will use it and tell us where to send the design. Christopher sends custom 3D renderings and a proposal with the price within 24-48 hours. Review it with him on a free 30-minute call or by email; there is no obligation. If you go ahead, projects typically take 12-16 weeks from the deposit.
Yes. Any custom SaunaCloud can have red light in the bench, and we confirm the layout with you during design. A red light bench needs to be at least 22 inches deep so the 18.5-inch bars fit inside the frame.
660nm visible red and 850nm near-infrared (nominal), 64 LEDs per bar, on a flicker-free driver. Research on these wavelengths used specific doses and protocols, so how much light you get depends on how you sit and how long you stay.
Your proposal and electrical plans specify the dedicated 240V circuit or circuits your electrician runs before delivery; the Atlas One example uses one 240V / 30A circuit. The red light runs on low-voltage power from the sauna's own power supply, so it needs no extra circuit. A licensed electrician makes the final connection.
Typically 12-16 weeks from the deposit. We run an international supply chain, so events outside our control can add time, and we confirm the production, shipping, and installation milestones for your project. The free design comes first: custom 3D renderings and a proposal in 24-48 hours. Shipping is a flat $999 per order: the wood ships curbside by freight, and everything else comes by courier to your door.
No. Saunas ship as a pre-cut kit with detailed plans, and most installs take a contractor or handy homeowner one day. A licensed electrician makes the final connection.
Residential coverage starts at final delivery: 7 years on VantaWave® heaters, 3 years on power, controls, and junction boxes, and 1 year on the red light system, lights, speakers, and covered accessories. Wood, labor, diagnosis, electrician costs, and replacement-part freight are not covered.
Guides
Four honest guides on how red light therapy actually works in a sauna, what the research supports, and how to tell a real system from a glow.
The mechanism, the specs, and how to tell a real red light sauna from a light show.
Read the guideWavelength, distance, irradiance, coverage, and EMF: the five physics-based specs to ask about.
Read the guideSimilar wavelengths, different placement. See why distance and use matter for exposure.
Read the guideAn honest look at what the research supports, and the dose and distance it depends on.
Read the guideBuild it once. Build it right.
See how warmth, wood, and red light could come together in your space. Your design is free, with no obligation. You can also book a free 30-minute design call with Christopher Kiggins.

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