Keira
I would not recommend purchasing…
I would not recommend purchasing through this company. We had nothing but problems and after a month couldn't even get the sauna we ordered. We purchased on 8/24 with an estimated delivery window of 8/28-9/2. When the item didn't ship by August 31st (2 days from the latest estimated delivery time) we reached out to the company to find out when it should ship. We were informed that the warehouse was backed up and should ship by the end of the week or early the next week. I would have expected the company to reach out to us with it being delayed that long. The order finally shipped on 9/8 through T-Force. T-Force called to set up a delivery of Monday 9/14 with a delivery of 10am-7pm. They local terminal called us on Friday 9/11 and said they did receive our shipment at the local terminal and wanted to confirm that the Monday appointment still worked. Monday came and went and T-force didn't show and never contacted. Because this is a curbside drop off and such a big and heavy item both myself and my husband had to take off work for the delivery just to be ghosted by the shipping company. We sent an email to Sun Valley that night when it was apparent that T-force wasn't going to show. They responded in the morning that they would follow up with T-force and find out what happened and to get a new appointment set up. Didn't hear anything back that day nor the next day so we finally called Tuesday afternoon to find out what was going on with the shipment. We were told the previous rep did reach out to T-force but didn't hear anything back. They said they would call again and talk to their local rep and find out what is happening. Got back to us that night saying they really hadn't found anything out that T-force wasn't sure what was going on with the shipment and would have to get with the planner who works overnight. Sun valley rep ended by saying they would follow up with us tomorrow no matter what even if its just to say they hadn't heard anything yet. In the meantime T-force set up another appointment for Wednesday and then that morning canceled that appointment but still hadn't made contact with us. The next day came and went and no follow up. We reached out again and on Friday 9/18 Sun Valley responded that T-force claimed they hadn't delivered it yet because it was still in transit to the local terminal and should get there early next week. They also said T-force had no idea why they were making appointments and not showing. The tracking not only showed that it got to the local terminal on 9/11 but I also spoke with the local terminal on Friday 9/11 when they called and confirmed they had the shipment there at the local terminal and were good to deliver that following Monday. We responded that morning asking to just refund us as it was obvious that no one knew what was going on with the shipment, it clearly wasn't going to get delivered and we had already taken off work for the appointment that they ghosted us on. They responded right at closing time that someone would get back to us on Monday. Since they never get back to us when they say they will I called them on Monday afternoon and asked to get refunded as we have no faith its going to be delivered and no faith that the delivery company wont just ghost us again. They said they would get a hold of T-force and have it redirected and refund once it was. The rep said to give her a couple hours or at most the next day to get it redirected. Didn't hear anything back the next day, finally messaged on Wednesday to find out what was happening with it as it has now been 1 month since I placed my order and 21 days past when the latest initial delivery was supposed to be. I was told they didn't have any updates and would follow up and get back. Finally on Friday 9/25 they got back that it was being redirected and refunded. Sun valley offers a 30 day 110% money back guarantee. When they refunded however they just did the 100%. I would have been okay with this had we not had to spend a lot of time not only following up with them but the fact that the delivery company set up a scheduled delivery that we had to be there for and we both had to miss work for and then they didn't show. Now we are both out a day of work and didn't even get the sauna. When we asked the company about the 110% guarantee they said technically since it didn't get delivered to us then returned its considered a cancelation and they don't do the 110% guarantee on that. I could understand this if I just changed my mind and wanted to cancel but this was not our fault. This was a fault of the company/shipping company. The shipper they use is T-force who out of over 550 reviews has a 1.2 star rating as they are known for setting up multiple appointments and not showing to deliver. Very disappointed with the whole experience. Definitely wouldn't recommend this company especially for a larger more expensive purchase!
Response from Sun Valley SaunasSep 26, 2026
Keira - I apologize for the delayed shipment and delivery. This sauna shipped from the Bathing Brands distribution center in Chicago and it took longer to ship out than anticipated. We do not select the carrier that delivers the sauna - that is generally based on your location and the quickest truck available. The intent behind our 110% money back guarantee is to compensate customers who receive their sauna, set it up and decide they don't want it. It takes time and effort to dis-assemble a sauna, box it back up and coordinate shipment back to us. You canceled your order prior to it being delivered and that doesn't qualify for the 110% money back guarantee. That is explicit in the terms. I'm sorry that you had such a poor experience with T-Freight - they're certainly not my favorite either. And I'm very sorry we dropped the ball on communication with you. There's no excuses on our end for that.



