Warrior Willpower Steam Sauna Review

Warrior Willpower steam sauna review

The Warrior Willpower Home Steam Sauna touts ease of use and health benefits, all while promising to accommodate tight spaces.

I’ve been using an Infrared sauna so the opportunity to have a home steam sauna was too good to pass up. Here’s what I experienced.

Quick Details

Some quick facts before the overall review.

Price

$399.00. Free shipping in the USA and Canada

Dimensions

35 inches wide x 6 feet and 1 inch tall

Heat Source

Controllable, external steam unit. Boils water to produce steam that is piped into the sauna chamber.

Adjustable settings are time (up to 60 minutes), and heat (7 levels).

Warranty

1 year. 30-day money-back guarantee.

The Warrior Willpower Portable Steam Sauna

Warrior Willpower portable steam sauna

The Warrior Willpower Home Steam Sauna offers numerous mental and physical health benefits including stress relief, improved sleep, and pain relief, and is versatile for both indoor and outdoor use with a fully customizable experience.

Why I Wanted a Portable Steam Sauna

I’ve raced in many hot locations and every time I get beat up by the hot environment. I needed to acclimate to the heat better during my build up to the race. I’ve been doing heat therapy to better prepare for the really hot races and have been looking for something at my house.

I wanted to try out the Warrior Willpower sauna due to its low price, and steam heat. Many portable sauns offer infrared heat, and those are fine, but the humidity in a steam sauna really prepares you for the brutal conditions that exist out there.

NOTE – Read about the various differences between types of saunas.

Setting Up The Warrior Willpower Steam Sauna

Setting up the steam sauna is as straightforward as erecting a small camping tent. The initial setup is quick, taking approximately 10 minutes, and becomes even faster for subsequent setups, requiring around 5 minutes. You don’t need any tools for assembly or disassembly.

unboxing up the warrior willpower steam sauna
setting up the warrior willpower steam sauna
setting up the warrior willpower steam sauna
The warrior willpower steam sauna setup

Setting Up The Sauna Steaming Unit

The steaming unit is simple to operate. Basically, you fill it with water and turn it on. It heats the water to a boiling point which produces steam, and this steam is pushed into the sauna. This does create pressure inside the steaming unit, but there is a safety pressure valve built into the lid.

Warrior Willpower Steaming unit with water in it
Warrior Willpower Steaming unit providing steam
The controls allow you to set time and heat intensity. The white “pill box” will be inside the sauna unit during operation.

The white “pill box” is where the steam comes out and resides inside the sauna unit during operation. The pill box resembles a very small vegetable steamer and is for putting medicinal herbs and/or essential oils (Eucalyptus, Lavender, Mint, etc) if that’s your thing.

Oh No!

At some point after my initial test, I realized that two of the three tabs that hold the lid onto the steaming unit had broken off. I’m not sure how or when this happened, but it meant that the pressure (and steam) inside the unit would escape out the lid instead of into the hose leading to the sauna. This had to get fixed if I wanted the sauna to work.

Harbor Freight sells some decent clamps for $5.99 each, and I needed two of them to clamp the lid down super tight. This worked perfectly so I was back in business.

Oops. I broke off the steam lid tabs that hold it on the steamer.
Oops. Somehow two of the steam lid tabs broke off that hold the lid onto the steamer.