You bought it for the thing everyone tells you saunas are good for — the wind-down at the end of a long day, the ritual that makes you actually sit still for twenty minutes instead of scrolling through one more thing. If that ritual happens in a Sauna360 infrared sauna, this week’s recall is asking you to pause it before you use it again.
What’s actually being recalled
Sauna360 is recalling infrared saunas, hybrid infrared saunas and infrared kits sold under several brand names — Finnleo, Helo, Radiant Health, Sauna360, Saunatec, Tylo and Tylohelo — after finding that the infrared panels can short circuit, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A short circuit in a heating panel can mean overheating, and overheating in an enclosed wooden box is exactly the kind of hazard the agency is flagging as a fire and burn risk.
About 41,580 units are affected in the United States, plus roughly 6,758 more in Canada — sold at Costco, through pool and spa dealers, and online from May 2013 through July of this year, at prices between $6,000 and $13,000. This isn’t a budget impulse buy; it’s the kind of purchase a household plans and saves for.
What actually prompted the recall
The company received 67 reports of overheating, melting, charring or burning tied to the affected units. No injuries have been documented so far. Sixty-seven reports across a run of equipment sold over more than a decade isn’t a number that suggests every unit is a ticking hazard, but it’s also not a number CPSC treats as background noise — it’s the threshold that triggered this recall.
If your sauna is one of the recalled models, “no injuries yet” is the number worth protecting, not a reason to keep using the unit while you figure out next steps.
How to know if yours is affected
Check the brand name first: Finnleo, Helo, Radiant Health, Sauna360, Saunatec, Tylo and Tylohelo are all named in the recall — a longer list than a single-brand recall, because Sauna360 is the parent company behind all seven.
Then check the model and purchase window: CPSC’s own recall notice lists the specific model numbers and series affected. If you bought an infrared or hybrid infrared sauna from any of these brands between 2013 and mid-2026, it’s worth the ten minutes to check your unit against that list rather than assuming your specific model is fine.
What to do if it’s on the list
Stop using it immediately — that’s the company’s own instruction, not an overcautious add-on. An infrared panel that can short circuit doesn’t announce itself with a warning sign first; the failure mode described here is the malfunction itself.
Sauna360 is offering a free in-home repair by a professional installer. You can reach the company at 866-936-5962, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, or by email at recall@sauna360.com. This isn’t a mail-in-the-part situation — someone comes to your house and does the work.
Why an infrared sauna specifically carries this risk
Infrared saunas heat you directly through panels rather than heating the air around you the way a traditional steam sauna does. That’s part of what makes them popular — faster warm-up, lower ambient air temperature, a different kind of session. It also means the panels themselves are doing more electrical work in an enclosed wooden space, which is exactly the combination a short circuit turns into a fire risk.
None of that makes infrared saunas as a category dangerous. It’s this specific recall, tied to a specific defect in specific units, that’s the actual concern — not the entire premise of the equipment.
What this doesn’t change about sauna use in general
This recall isn’t grounds to swear off the ritual itself if your unit isn’t on the list, and it isn’t a verdict on infrared heat therapy broadly — CPSC’s notice is about a manufacturing and component defect, not a claim about health benefits or risks from infrared exposure itself. That’s a separate question this recall doesn’t answer either way, and this article isn’t the place to make claims about what sauna use does or doesn’t do for you.
What it is a verdict on: this specific run of panels, in these specific model years, needs a professional to look at it before you sit in front of it again.
If you only do one thing
Find your sauna’s brand and model number tonight and check it against CPSC’s recall listing. If it’s affected, call before your next session — not after.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Womens Overview editors prior to publication.