15 sauna tents from 3 UK sellers, from £795. Most come with a stove; the fuel is the big choice.
A sauna tent is a heavy, heat-resistant fabric shell with a real sauna stove inside, burning wood or bottled gas. It packs into a bag, goes up in minutes, and gives you a proper hot sauna with stones and steam for a fraction of the price of a garden building. We found 15 for sale from 3 UK sellers; every one is below, checked on 30 September 2026.
Lowest price with a stove
BAST Sauna · BAST
£1,495
Cheapest sauna tent sold with a stove.
Cheapest gas package
Steam & Oak · FinSteam
£2,695
Cheapest gas-fired tent package with the heater included.
Best for groups
Steam & Oak · PortaSauna
£2,250
Lowest price per seat among tents for 6+ people, stove included.
Cheapest tent only
Steam & Oak · FinSteam
£795
Cheapest tent sold without a heater, for adding a stove you choose.
Each pick is the top model on the rule under it, among models whose retailer publishes the seats, size, height and heater. A model already picked is skipped. Prices checked 30 Sep 2026; how we pick.
| Model and retailer | Seats | Size (L × W) | Height | Heater | Price | Per seat | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Sauna Tent — Pop-Up Gas Sauna for 2-4 People | FinSteam FritidSteam & Oak · FinSteam | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.07 m | Not included | £795Checked 30 Sep | £199 | Check price |
| Premium Portable Sauna Tent — Pop-Up Gas Sauna, 2-4 Person, Connectable | FinSteam Fritid XSteam & Oak · FinSteam | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.07 m | Not included | £895Checked 30 Sep | £224 | Check price |
| Löv BasicBAST Sauna · BAST | 4 | 2.10 × 2.10 m4.4 m² | 1.90 m | Wood-firedBAST | £1,495Checked 30 Sep | £374 | Check price |
| Näver BasicBAST Sauna · BAST | 6 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Wood-firedBAST | £1,695Checked 30 Sep | £282 | Check price |
| Mobile Sauna for Groups — Portable Gas Sauna Tent, 10-14 Person | FinSteam DomeSteam & Oak · FinSteam | 14 | 4.00 × 4.00 m16.0 m² | Not recorded | Not included | £1,795Checked 30 Sep | £128 | Check price |
| PortaSauna HEX 4 Person Outdoor Portable SaunaSteam & Oak · PortaSauna | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.10 m | Wood-fired430 stainless steel wood stove with stone box | £1,850Checked 30 Sep | £462 | Check price |
| PortaSauna HEX - 4 Person Portable Outdoor SaunaOutdoor Living Hot Tubs · PortaSauna | 4 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Wood-fired | £1,860Checked 30 Sep | £465 | Check price |
| Björk BasicBAST Sauna · BAST | 10 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Wood-firedBAST | £1,895Checked 30 Sep | £190 | Check price |
| PortaSauna HEXXL 10 Person Outdoor Portable SaunaSteam & Oak · PortaSauna | 10 | 3.50 × 1.80 m6.3 m² | 1.85 m | Wood-fired430 stainless steel wood stove | £2,250Checked 30 Sep | £225 | Check price |
| Ember Base — Portable Gas Sauna Tent | Sauna-Ready in Under 20 MinutesSteam & Oak · FinSteam | — | Not recorded | Not recorded | GasFinSteam Botnia 81 8.1 kW | £2,495Checked 30 Sep | — | Check price |
| Ember Complete — Portable Gas Sauna Tent with Cedar BenchSteam & Oak · FinSteam | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.07 m | GasFinSteam Botnia 81 8.1 kW | £2,695Checked 30 Sep | £674 | Check price |
| NOIR L Elite — FinSteam Premium Portable Sauna for 2-4 People (Aurora Heater)Steam & Oak · FinSteam | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.07 m | GasFinSteam Aurora 81 R14 8.1 kW | £2,895Checked 30 Sep | £724 | Check price |
| NOIR XL Signature — FinSteam Premium Sauna Package with Safety Pack (Aurora R14S)Steam & Oak · FinSteam | 4 | 1.80 × 1.80 m3.2 m² | 2.07 m | GasFinSteam Aurora 81 R14S 8.1 kW | £3,195Checked 30 Sep | £799 | Check price |
| NOIR XXL Signature — FinSteam Flagship Two-Tent Sauna Suite (Aurora R14S + 2× Fritid X)Steam & Oak · FinSteam | — | Not recorded | Not recorded | GasFinSteam Aurora 81 R14S 8.1 kW | £3,995Checked 30 Sep | — | Check price |
| NOIR Dome — Commercial Gas Sauna | Up to 12 People | Twin 8.1 kW HeatersSteam & Oak · FinSteam | 12 | 4.00 × 4.00 m16.0 m² | Not recorded | GasFinSteam Botnia 81 (x2) 8.1 kW | £6,295Checked 30 Sep | £525 | Check price |
Prices include VAT. Each row shows the date we checked it against the retailer's own page; the latest check was 30 September 2026. Prices change: the retailer's checkout price is what counts. Height chips show the retailer's stated height: green 2.5 m or lower, amber taller. That's before your base, and it isn't a planning check (see why 2.5 m matters). “Not recorded” means we could not confirm the figure on the retailer's page.
“Not included” in the heater column means the tent is sold on its own. The FinSteam tents are designed for FinSteam’s 8.1 kW gas heaters, which are sold separately or as part of a package.
This is the big choice, and it decides where and how you’ll use the tent.
Wood-fired tents (6 listed) come with a small stainless steel stove and a flue pipe through a heat-proof port in the roof. They need no power or gas, so they work anywhere you can light a fire: a garden, a campsite, a beach where fires are allowed. You’ll be feeding the stove, and smoke and sparks come with it.
Gas-fired tents (6 listed) use a FinSteam heater running on bottled propane with a UK regulator and hose. There’s no wood smoke, and they’re easier to control. The heater and gas are the expensive part: the tents alone start at £795, but packages with the heater start at £2,495.
Why isn’t the Ember Base the cheapest gas package? At £2,495 it’s £200 less than the Ember Complete, with the same Fritid X tent and FinSteam Botnia 81 heater but no folding cedar bench. Its page doesn’t state the tent’s size or seats, so it can’t meet our rule that every pick has full specs published. If you have a bench already, it’s the cheaper way in.
Heat-up claims from the sellers:
| Model | Heat | Heat-up claim (as listed) |
|---|---|---|
| FinSteam Portable Sauna Tent – Pop-Up Gas Sauna for 2-4 PeopleSteam & Oak | No heater | 15-20 minutes |
| BAST Löv BasicBAST Sauna | Wood-fired | Above 80°C in 15-20 minutes |
| BAST Näver BasicBAST Sauna | Wood-fired | Temperatures over 100°C; 'incredibly high temperature within 20-25 minutes' |
| PortaSauna HEX – 4 Person Portable Outdoor SaunaOutdoor Living Hot Tubs | Wood-fired | Heat-Up Time 20 - 30 Minutes; 'reaches up to 100°C in under 30 minutes' |
| BAST Björk BasicBAST Sauna | Wood-fired | 'About 15 minutes to set up and get the sauna running'; temperatures over 100°C |
| PortaSauna HEXXL 10 Person Outdoor Portable SaunaSteam & Oak | Wood-fired | Under 30 minutes to typical sauna temperatures |
Claims as we recorded them from each listing; words in quotation marks are the retailer's own. Where a sauna is sold without a heater, the claim depends on the heater you add.
Most tents here seat four on a floor about 1.8 m to 2.1 m square, with around 2 m of headroom in the middle. Group tents go up to 14 people on a 4 m octagonal floor.
Sellers who state packed sizes give figures like these:
Set-up times are the seller’s claims: around 10 minutes for the PortaSauna HEX, 10 to 15 minutes with two people for the FinSteam group dome, and “about 15 minutes to set up and get the sauna running” for BAST.
At home, the question for a wood-fired tent is smoke. If you live in a smoke control area, wood is an unauthorised fuel unless it’s burned in an exempt appliance, and you can be fined if a chimney releases smoke. The rules are written for chimneys on buildings, including garden buildings, so check with your council before you run a wood-burning tent stove at home in a town. Our smoke control area checker finds your council and what it says. Gas tents avoid the question.
Away from home, you need the landowner’s permission for a fire or a gas heater, as with any camping stove.
Sources: GOV.UK: Smoke control areas: the rules. Checked 30 September 2026.
A sauna tent puts a very hot stove inside fabric, so follow the maker’s instructions on clearances, ventilation and the heat shield or guard. Never leave a stove unattended while it’s heating, and burn only the fuel the maker allows. Some of the FinSteam packages include a safety rail and heat shield; others sell them separately, so check what’s in the box.
Anything that burns gas or wood can make carbon monoxide, which you can’t see or smell. The NHS advises against using a barbecue or camping stove inside a tent. Sauna tents are sold for use with their stove or heater, but that’s why the maker’s instructions on ventilation, flue and clearances matter so much:
Sources: Finnish Sauna Society: Fire safety in the sauna; NHS: Carbon monoxide poisoning; Gas Safe Register: Carbon monoxide poisoning. Checked 30 September 2026.
You’ll also see small “steam sauna tents” and “infrared sauna tents” for under a few hundred pounds. Like portable steam pods, these are folding fabric enclosures for indoor use, heated by a plug-in steamer or low-power panels. They’re not in our list because they aren’t outdoor saunas; see portable steam sauna pods for the difference.
A tent is the cheapest way into a real sauna, and the only one you can take with you. If you want something permanent in the garden, the next step up in price is a barrel sauna or a small garden sauna, and our cost guide shows how the prices compare. For a permanent sauna heated by logs, see wood-fired saunas, and for running a gas or wood heater versus electric, see the running cost calculator.