A closer look at how combustion, shielding, airflow, stone mass, and stove design affect radiant heat, comfort, and löyly in a wood-fired sauna. Radiant heat is part of every wood-fired sauna stove. The question is not whether a stove produces radiant heat. The question is how that heat is managed. A great sauna is not … Read more
A wood-fired sauna does not always have to start with a finished cabin or backyard build. For Jeff and Susan Moll of Winchester, Wisconsin, their Small Kuuma BluFlame began as part of a future cabin sauna plan. They picked up one of the first Small BluFlame sauna stoves from Lamppa Manufacturing about three years ago, … Read more
Radiant heat is part of every wood-fired sauna stove. You feel it when you sit near the stove. You feel it when the firebox, steel, stones, and pipe come up to temperature. It is one of the reasons a wood-fired sauna feels different than other types of heat. But radiant heat still needs to be … Read more
When people think of wood-fired sauna, they often picture northern Minnesota, lakeside cabins, and cold winter nights. But great wood-fired sauna is not limited to the North. This finished customer build comes from Southern California and features a Small Kuuma BluFlame wood-burning sauna stove in a beautiful backyard sauna with an interior hot room size … Read more
This article is part of our Kuuma Radiant Heat series, where we explain how stove design affects heat, airflow, rock temperature, löyly, and the overall sauna experience. There is a lot of discussion in the sauna world about radiant heat. Some of it is valid. Harsh, direct radiant heat can make a sauna uncomfortable. Anyone … Read more
Wood-fired sauna is growing fast. That is a good thing. More people are discovering what many of us have known for a long time: real wood heat is different. The fire. The sound. The smell. The feel. The way a sauna comes alive when it is heated by wood. There is nothing quite like it. But … Read more
When you invest in a high-mass, American-made product, how it arrives matters just as much as how it’s built. At Kuuma, we regularly receive compliments from customers, freight carriers, and installers on one often-overlooked part of the process: how our products are crated and shipped. That feedback means a lot to us, because proper crating … Read more
Nestled in the Kingburne Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, our family-run sanctuary was created by husband-and-wife team Adam and Mellisa Magnuson as a gathering place for the community to experience an authentic sauna journey and thermal ritual. Here, you are invited to unplug, unwind, and reconnect, guided by the elemental forces of Fire and … Read more