France Sauna Apollon 3C: Corner Infrared Sauna
One configuration, and every emitter, the lighting, the audio and the control are already in the price.
£2,438.00
Delivery from £250
Exact cost confirmed for your postcode before dispatch.
Typically 8 to 10 weeks, depending on availability and the season. Email us for a current date, or we confirm yours when you order.
- Eight quartz full spectrum emitters and a carbon floor panel, 3,180W
- About 14A at 230V, on a dedicated circuit
- Delivery confirmed before dispatch
- Cabin
- Canadian spruce, 1,500mm wide, 1,500mm deep and 1,900mm tall
- Inside
- A bench for three to four across the corner, 450mm deep, with a headrest
- Heat
- 8 quartz full spectrum emitters, each with its own switch, and a carbon panel in the floor, 3,180W in total
- Controls
- A digital panel with temperature, time, FM radio, USB, AUX and Bluetooth
- Light
- Seven colour LED chromotherapy inside, and lights on the outside
- Air
- An ioniser that cleans the cabin air between sessions
- Electrics
- 230V, about 13.8A at full output
Infrared is not a smaller sauna, it is a different thing: no stones, no steam and no long warm up, and a session that costs pennies. This is the corner one: eight emitters around a bench for three or four, in 1.5 metres square.
Delivery & installation
Delivery is available across the UK and the charge is confirmed for your postcode in writing before anything is dispatched. Offshore and some remote postcodes cost more, and we tell you the figure before you commit rather than after.
The cabin arrives flat, as wall, roof and glass panels with the bench and the emitters fitted, 222kg in total on the maker's figure. The number of packages and the size of the largest one are being confirmed with the distributor and are not published here until they are, because on an indoor cabin the question that matters is whether the largest panel turns your stairs.
Installation can be arranged where you would rather not build it yourself, although an infrared cabin is the one most people put together themselves.
Warranty
Seven years on the wood structure and two years on the electrical components, which are the terms France Sauna publish for the Apollon range in its specification sheet.
The UK administration of that warranty runs through the distributor, and we are confirming the claims process in writing before this sauna becomes buyable. Until then the figures above are the maker's published terms rather than a promise we have tested.
Claims come to us. One email, and we deal with the distributor and the maker on your behalf rather than handing you a phone number.
Returns
Until the order is placed with the supplier you can cancel and be refunded in full, with no reason needed.
After that the cabin is on its way from the distributor, and our returns policy sets out exactly where that leaves you. Check the packages against the parts list on the day they arrive and tell us about anything damaged or missing within 48 hours; anything that arrives damaged or faulty is ours to put right either way.
About this product
The Apollon 3C is the corner cabin in the infrared range: 1,500mm along each wall and 1,900mm tall, with an angled front that puts the 8mm toughened glass door across the corner of the room. Canadian spruce throughout, one bench for three to four, 450mm deep, with a headrest. Eight quartz full spectrum emitters surround the bench, 3,000W between them and each with its own switch, and a 180W carbon panel in the floor warms your feet.
A digital panel sets temperature and time and carries FM radio, USB, AUX and Bluetooth. Seven colour LED chromotherapy lights the inside, lights on the outside frame it, and an ioniser cleans the cabin air. The maker rates the cabin at 18 to 60°C.
At 3,180W in total it draws about 14 amps at 230V, which is above a 13 amp plug, so it needs a dedicated circuit from an electrician. Everything about it is fixed, so there is nothing to configure.
Who this is actually for.
Every product here is described with the honest opposite beside it: who it suits, and who should be looking at something else. If none of the descriptions below fits you, the right answer is elsewhere in the range, or elsewhere entirely, and we would rather say so.
The angled front is the point: the door sits across the corner of the room, so the cabin takes 1.5 metres along each wall and gives back the floor a square cabin would have blocked. Eight quartz emitters surround the bench, 3,000W of them, each with its own switch. At about 14 amps the cabin is above a 13 amp plug, so it needs its own circuit from an electrician.
Worth confirmingyou want a Finnish sauna. This makes no steam, there are no stones and you cannot throw water. It warms you rather than the air, and people who wanted the other thing are always disappointed. The Zen cabins in this range are the same maker's answer to that.
Each of the 8 quartz emitters has its own switch, so a session can run on the panels behind you alone, or all of them, and the carbon panel in the floor warms your feet either way. There is no long warm up and a session costs about 76p, so it gets used on a Tuesday evening rather than saved for the weekend.
Worth confirminga sauna is an occasion for you. If the ritual of stones, water and real heat is the point, a traditional cabin is the point with it, and the Zen 3C is the same maker, the same corner shape and a similar price.
The product that gets used is the one worth recommending, and it is not always the largest one.
The measurements that decide it.
Read this before anything else. An indoor cabin is almost never sent back because it was the wrong product; it is sent back because it would not go up the stairs or stand up in the room.
The height is the one to check. At 1.9 metres the cabin clears a standard ceiling, but the wall panels are tipped upright to assemble it, so a room with a sloping ceiling or a low beam needs measuring where the cabin will actually stand, not at the door. And at about 14 amps the supply is a dedicated circuit, not a socket.
From order to first use.
Here is each stage, and who does what. Before you order, email hello@tarnfell.com and we will confirm the current lead time and the delivery cost for your postcode in writing.
- Week 0
Order and room check
Ceiling height, floor, access and where the supply will come from are agreed before the order is placed with the distributor. There is nothing to configure on the cabin itself.
- Before it arrives
A supply in the right place
An electrician runs a dedicated circuit to where the cabin will stand and leaves it ready to terminate. At about 14 amps the load is above what a 13 amp plug is rated for, so a socket is not an option whatever the cabin arrives with.
- Delivery day
To the door, in panels
The cabin arrives flat as wall, roof and glass panels, with the emitters already fitted to the panels they belong to. Check everything against the parts list the day it lands, which is the easy time to find out.
- Build day
Two people, working from the manual
Wall panels up, glass in, roof on, bench fitted, then the panel connectors plugged together and the control wired. If you would rather hand it over, installation is arranged for your address once you have ordered.
- First use
Switch on and set a time
Set the temperature and the session length on the panel, choose which emitters to run, and give it about fifteen minutes. There are no stones to stack and no water to add.
What owning one actually involves.
The handful of things that decide whether this is still in use in year three.
Quartz emitters give the full infrared range, the A, B and C bands, and the maker rates the cabin at 18 to 60°C. The air never gets as hot as a Finnish room does. Some people love that and some people miss the steam.
France Sauna publish the supply as 230V and no more. At about 14 amps the Apollon 3C is above a 13 amp plug's rating, so it needs a dedicated circuit from an electrician whatever the distributor ships it with. The exact connection is being confirmed in writing before this page becomes buyable.
No stones, no water, no filter, no chemistry. Wipe the bench and the glass down, leave the door open after use so the spruce dries, and that is the whole list. The ioniser runs by itself.
A spare room, a bathroom with the space, a home gym or a garage that stays dry. It needs no plumbing, no drainage and no ventilation work. It is not built for outdoors.
The running costs, with the working shown.
The purchase price is public; the running cost rarely is. Ours are published with the assumptions stated, so you can check the arithmetic and change it for your own tariff.
about 76p
3,180W for 55 minutes is 2.9 kWh at 26.11p. That assumes every emitter runs flat out the whole time, which overstates the real figure once they cycle, and by more if you switch some of them off.
about £119
156 sessions at 76p. For comparison, the same frequency in the 4.5kW Zen 3C traditional cabin comes to roughly £195, and in an 8kW outdoor barrel roughly £570.
none on a schedule
No stones, no filter, no pump and no chemistry. The emitters and the carbon floor panel are the only consumable parts and they are not on a service interval.
Assumptions: electricity at the Ofgem price cap unit rate of 26.11p per kWh, 1 July to 30 September 2026, including VAT. Figures are calculated from the rated outputs France Sauna publish, 3,000W of quartz emitters and a 180W carbon panel, and assume they run continuously, which overstates the real figure once they cycle at temperature. France Sauna do not publish a warm up time; fifteen minutes is our working figure for an indoor infrared cabin and it says so here rather than being presented as theirs.
What you have to do, and what the rules require.
Everything you have to do, and how often.
| Job | How often | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Settle the supply before first use Total load is 3,180W, about 14A at 230V, which is above a 13A plug's rating. An electrician runs a dedicated circuit and terminates the cabin to it. The exact connection the cabin arrives with is confirmed before dispatch. | Once, before first use | A qualified electrician |
| Wipe the bench and the glass A damp cloth and warm water. Nothing film forming on the spruce. | Monthly, or after heavy use | You |
| Leave the door open after use There is no steam, but there is perspiration. Airing it keeps the timber clean and dry. | Every session | You |
| Deal with resin if it appears Pitch pockets occur in spruce and cannot be seen during sorting. Leaking pitch comes off with acetone on a rag, or leave droplets to harden and scrape them carefully. | As it happens | You |
Where this comes from.
Regulation and guidance, linked so you can read it yourself. None of it is our opinion.
- Apollon 3C is 150 x 150 x 190cm, 222kg, Canadian spruce, 8 quartz emitters of 3,000W in total plus a 180W carbon panel, 18 to 60°C, 230V 50Hz, 8mm glass door, seats three to four, seven year wood and two year electronics warrantyFrance Sauna Apollon specification sheet, March 2023 edition
- Digital control panel with FM radio, USB, AUX and Bluetooth; seven colour LED chromotherapy; ioniser; exterior lighting; individual switch on each quartz emitterFrance Sauna Apollon specification sheet and the maker's product photography of the control panel
- Electricity unit rate of 26.11p per kWh, 1 July to 30 September 2026Ofgem energy price cap
- Plugs and sockets in UK domestic installations are rated 13ABS 1363
Every figure the makers publish.
- Warranty
- 7 year wood, 2 year electrical warranty
Figures are from France Sauna's own specification sheet for the Apollon range, March 2023 edition, and the UK distributor's listing. Where a figure is ours rather than theirs, it says so.
What arrives, and what does not.
- The cabin in Canadian spruce with the 8mm toughened glass door, the bench for three to four and the headrest
- 8 quartz full spectrum emitters with their switches, and the carbon panel in the floor
- The digital control panel with FM radio, USB, AUX and Bluetooth
- Seven colour LED chromotherapy inside, the exterior lights and the ioniser
- Seven years of the maker's warranty on the wood and two on the electronics
- Assembly, unless you ask us to arrange it
- Delivery. It is quoted for your postcode and confirmed in writing before dispatch
- The electrical work. A dedicated circuit, run, terminated and certified by an electrician
Reasons to buy something else.
This is not that and it never will be. If throwing water on hot stones is the point, buy a traditional cabin and be happier for it. The 4.5kW Zen 3C is the same maker, the same spruce and does exactly that.
The angled front is for corners. Against a flat wall it wastes the space it was designed to save. The Apollon 3 is the straight three seater, on a lighter supply.
The Apollon is an indoor cabin. Spruce and electronics in a British garden is not a plan, and nothing in the warranty would cover what happened next.
Infrared warms the body directly and the maker rates the air at 18 to 60°C, against 80 degrees or more in a Finnish room. If walking into a wall of heat is what you are after, that is a traditional cabin's job.
If any of these apply, say so and we will point you at what does suit you, including when that is a cheaper product or one we do not sell.
What we know, and how we know it.
Not a rating. A record of where every figure on this page comes from: what we have checked against a published document, what a maker states and we have not yet checked, and what is still open.
- Dimensions, construction, output and weight
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Verified
Size, floor dimensions, timber, glass thickness, emitter count and wattage, temperature range, seat depth and weight are taken from France Sauna's own specification sheet for the Apollon range, March 2023 edition, and match the UK distributor's listing.
- Current drawn
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Information not yet published
About 13.8A is our own arithmetic from the rated output at 230V. France Sauna do not publish a current figure.
- Plug or hard wired
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Information not yet published
France Sauna state 230V and no more. At about 14 amps the cabin is above a 13 amp plug's rating, so this page states a dedicated circuit. How the cabin is terminated as supplied is being confirmed with the distributor in writing before this page becomes buyable.
- Packages, assembly and lead time
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Information not yet published
None of these appear on the specification sheet. All three are being confirmed with the distributor.
- Warranty administration
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Information not yet published
Seven years on the wood and two on the electronics are the maker's published terms. How a claim is handled in the United Kingdom is being confirmed with the distributor before this sauna becomes buyable.
These states move as the evidence does. When a figure is measured on an installed cabin, by us or by an owner who will let us, it moves from stated to verified and this section says so.
Weighing this against another sauna? Let us do the homework.
Choosing between two saunas takes evenings of research, so let us carry it. Name the other one you are considering and we will send a straight comparison, including where the other one wins.