I have for many years been interested in purchasing an infrared sauna, and I finally saw my way clear to purchasing the Dynamic Barcelona 1-2 person infrared sauna.
My sauna was delivered to my driveway. The packaging was highly protective and well-designed. The shipment was substantially heavy, and I had to open the box and bring the unit piecemeal into my home and into its basement location for assembly. It was easy to assemble, and fit and finish are excellent.
The unit meets and exceeds my high expectations. My overarching concern about the unit, given that it achieves only modest interior air temperatures compared to traditional saunas, was whether it would be able to deliver a really punishing thermal experience (if desired). Indeed it can! The radiant heat from the sides and back have a powerful effect: the warm air is secondary. I am an enthusiastic sauna user who relishes challenging his heat endurance. I find that after a 10 min warmup after which the sauna air temperature is only about 100-110 deg F, that it takes 30 more minutes or so to reach 140 F with me inside. From that point, I typically reach my heat tolerance in 5-10 min. Only once have I remained in the sauna until the temperature reached 150 F.
Of course, those seeking a gentler experience can certainly produce it.
The leg and foot heaters are, once supposes, nice enough, but their effect is incidental. I have considered unplugging the foot heater so as to allow safe placement of a towel on the floor of the sauna (sweat production is considerable and drenching a live heater with salt water is ill-advised). However, if the foot heater is in use, don't cover it with a towel but also take care to prevent undue sweat deposition on the heater-- in other words, use towels in accordance with the provided instructions.
This sauna is small and not realistically going to be regularly shared by two people, and under no circumstances by two people unaccustomed to mutual intimacy. Also, the intense heating effect provided by infrared illumination from three sides is blunted with two people in the sauna. For the intense heating case at least, solo use is recommended.
I very much look forward to winter use, and for cold/flu therapy as the need arises. Also, I really enjoy the sauna experience in and of itself. I find it energizing and mood elevating. All in all, I am very happy with the unit.
