NOIR L Elite — Premium Portable Sauna 2 4 People

Steam & Oak is the first UK retail partner for FinSteam. The Aurora upgrade — a 60-minute safety timer, for £200 NOIR L Elite is the FinSteam package built around the Aurora 81 — the design-led 8.1 kW gas heater with an integrated 60-minute safety timer that shuts the gas off automatically. Premium black tent, the Aurora heater, a folding Western Red Cedar bench, 40 kg of stones, and the UK gas kit. Delivered in one consignment, ready to use the day stock arrives. Pitched in under a minute, hot in 15, comfortable for 2 to 4 people. No electrician, no chimney, no consumer-unit upgrade, no fire to tend. The whole case for this package is the heater. Against Ember Complete at £2,695, NOIR L Elite is £2,895 — a £200 step. That £200 is exactly the standalone price difference between the two heaters: Botnia 81 R14 £1,795 vs Aurora 81 R14 £1,995. You pay the heater difference and nothing else. Why a gas sauna at all (and why it beats wood-fired or electric) The UK portable-sauna market is split between two compromises. Wood-fired tents bring a chimney to fit through the roof, smoke and ash to clean up, a 30-45 minute warm-up, fire-tending mid-session, and the standing fire risk of a live flame in fabric. Cheap electric steam pods are dry, lightweight, frequently unrated for safety, and tied to a wall socket so they don't work where the mains can't reach. The FinSteam NOIR is the third path: gas-powered, no electricity, no chimney, no live fire — engineered as a sauna from the start. NOIR (gas) Wood-fired Electric Heat-up time ~15 minutes, turn a dial 30-45 minutes, tend a fire 30-60 minutes Power needed Propane bottle Firewood Mains — often a dedicated 32A circuit Electrician / wiring None None Usually required (£1-2k) Chimney None Required None Smoke, ash, soot None Yes, every session None Humidity Naturally humid (combustion vapour stays in the cabin) Dry until you ladle Dry until you ladle Off-grid Yes Yes No Control Dial The fire decides Thermostat / timer Safety EU-certified, auto oxygen shut-off Open flame Electrical A clever piece of engineering — the certified safety case Running gas safely inside a small, enclosed, oxygen-hungry space is genuinely hard — which is why most "gas saunas" you see online aren't certified for it. FinSteam solved it with patented burner technology delivering clean, stable combustion, wrapped in two layers of automatic safety. The Oxygen Depletion Sensor (ODS) continuously monitors the oxygen level and automatically shuts off the gas if it drops to approximately 18% — well above any level dangerous to occupants. Flame monitoring cuts the gas instantly if the flame is lost. FinSteam's stated claim: the only CE-marked, electricity-free sauna gas heater on the European market. AENOR-tested under EU Gas Appliance Regulation 2016/426. Zero warranty returns on the heater across the last 12 months. What's in the L Elite package — every piece explained 1. FinSteam Fritid X premium black sauna tent The premium version of FinSteam's portable sauna tent system, in deep matt black with a two-entrance connectable design. The tent and the heater are designed and manufactured as a single safety-engineered system — vent openings sized to match the heater's airflow, fabric specified to handle combustion warmth, certified together under EU Regulation 2016/426. You don't add ventilation, modify the tent, or specify a base — FinSteam have done that work and it's on the EU certificate. Floor: 180 × 180 cm. Height: 180 cm at the sides, 207 cm at the centre. Internal volume: 8 m³ — sized for 2 to 4 people comfortably. Required pitching space: 240 × 240 × 220 cm. Setup time: under a minute. Integrated pop-up frame, no tools, no loose poles. Fabric: 3-layer engineered insulated construction. Outer Oxford 420D polyester with waterproof coating (2000 mm rating). Middle 150 g/m² polyester fibre fill. Inner Oxford 210D smooth heat-retaining liner. Vent openings sized and positioned for the FinSteam heater's airflow. Most sauna tents on the market do NOT meet FinSteam's ventilation and safety standards — the Fritid X is engineered around the heater from day one. Two entrances — one for sauna use, the second is built-in and sealed, and connectable to a second Fritid X if you scale to NOIR XXL later. 2. FinSteam Aurora 81 R14 gas sauna heater — the reason to buy this package The Aurora 81 is FinSteam's premium 8.1 kW heater, and it is the one genuine difference between this package and Ember Complete. Same 8.1 kW output as the Botnia, same patented burner, same certifications, same Orbis 14 stone cage, same heat-up time. What the Aurora adds is an integrated 60-minute safety timer that shuts the heater off automatically — the reassurance that matters if you step away mid-session, doze off, or run the sauna in a shared, hired-out or lightly commercial setting where you can't watch it every minute. The Botnia has no timer. Integrated 60-minute timer — automatic shut-off. Aurora only; not on the Botnia. Power: