The sauna is moving out of the dedicated recovery room and into ordinary living space, at least in the way manufacturers are beginning to design it.
On October 13, LIT introduced ARC, a single-person infrared sauna behind an arched, mirrored front. Closed, it resembles a tall cabinet with a reflective face. Opened, it reveals a Finnish-spruce interior, six infrared heating panels, an integrated red/near-infrared light panel and Bluetooth speakers.
ARC is priced at $3,495 and available to order through LIT. The company currently lists shipping by November 18, 2026. Order availability is not the same as units already delivered.
A sauna with a furniture-sized footprint
At 35 inches wide, 28 inches deep and 68 inches high, ARC occupies a floor footprint of about seven square feet. Its exterior uses white-oak veneer and a two-way mirrored front. LIT says the unit arrives in panels, assembles with a screwdriver in about 30 minutes and can be disassembled for a move.
The company reports a 1,400-watt draw on a 110-volt, 15-amp circuit, avoiding the dedicated 240-volt service that many larger traditional electric saunas require. That makes placement more flexible, but it is still a substantial electrical load. The appropriate circuit, other connected loads, manufacturer clearances and room conditions all matter.
LIT reports infrared heating up to 170°F, app-based preheating and integrated red/near-infrared lighting. Heating speed, EMF readings and the company's safety and material claims have not been independently verified in the materials reviewed.
Recovery equipment that does not look like equipment
Most home saunas make an architectural demand: a backyard structure, a spa room or at least a conspicuous wooden cabin. ARC proposes a different trade-off. Its mirror and small footprint let the equipment share space with a bedroom, home gym or living area when it is not in use.
The change is meaningful even without new evidence of health benefits. In a home, the barrier to adding a recovery modality is often not just its price. It is where to put it, how to power it and whether it can coexist with the rest of the interior.
The design also raises practical questions worth keeping separate from the imagery. LIT markets the unit for indoor use; installation and operation still require attention to electrical capacity, floor conditions and the surrounding room. Its product materials also disagree on some finer specifications, including the exact set of light wavelengths, so those details require confirmation.
For now, ARC is a product-design announcement, not an independently tested wellness intervention. Its most interesting claim is spatial: recovery hardware can be designed as furniture rather than as a room of its own.