DIY Cold Plunge Recalls Sauna Heater Kits Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire Hazard
- Date
- Mar 26, 2026
- Company
- Plunge Buddy LLC, doing business as DIY Cold Plunge, of North Mankato, Minnesota
- Product
- DIY Sauna Heater Kits
- Reason
- Electrical conductors within the sauna heater kits can overheat, posing a fire hazard and risk of serious injury or death.
- Hazard
- Fire / burn
- Units
- About 675 (In addition, about 14 were sold in Canada)
- Remedy
- Consumers should stop using the recalled Sauna Heater Kit immediately and register at www.diycoldplunge.com/pages/recall for a full refund. Consumers will be asked to submit written and photo proof that the product has been destroyed/disposed of or request a prepaid shipping label to return the product.
- Source
- CPSC
How to identify the product
- This recall involves the DIY Sauna Heater Kit. The product is a do-it-yourself kit for consumers to assemble a heating fixture with four heat-lamp bulbs (sold separately) and a metal enclosure intended for use in a separate do-it-yourself sauna enclosure, for which carpentry plans are sold separately. The Sauna Heater Kit includes a stainless steel cage (which weighs about 16 lbs., and measures 12"H x 12"W x 8"D when assembled), screws/bolts for assembly, four ceramic bulb sockets, three wire connectors, two ground pigtails, and a three-prong power cord. The recalled Sauna Heater Kit is intended to attach to a customer-built wood frame.
- Sold at: Online at www.diycoldplunge.com from March 2025 through February 2026 for between $400 and $500. |
- Consumers should stop using the recalled Sauna Heater Kit immediately and register at www.diycoldplunge.com/pages/recall for a full refund. Consumers will be asked to submit written and photo proof that the product has been destroyed/disposed of or request a prepaid shipping label to return the product.
Facts are taken from the official notice. If anything here differs from it, the official notice is correct.