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I took delivery of my CenturaHeat 3 Person Outdoor Steam Sauna on Friday. It came very well packaged on a huge pallet, however China must be running low on their reserves of polystyrene and cardboards after this. It took 2 van loads to dispose of the packaging!😂😂😂.
I built the units on Saturday, and it mostly went well, despite the instructions being very basic and not very intuitive or detailed. Fortunately, as an engineer, I was able to put it together fairly easy. I did have a couple of issues with the product quality and have noted these below:
• Some of the timber supports for the heater guard / stand were broken, however I was able to glue them and supplement with some additional spruce timber supports to strengthen them.
• The screws are soft material and do not fit well with UK standard Philips screw drivers and are liable to the heads stripping.
• There would appear to be extra components of timber that do not appear to have any use and are not shown on the instructions. There also appears to be an extra top bench within the package, but no worries, it gives me a spare 😊
• The fixings for the external light were loose and I did drop the outside light due to the cable not being fixed and pulling right out when trying to tighten the fixings. The broken parts are some of the metal stays that hold in the glass, however nothing that cant be fixed with a little silicon!
I then wired and connected the sauna on Sunday and it didn’t work / turn on. Being a qualified electrician and electrical engineer, I carried out some fault finding and found that power was getting to the unit and determined that the problem was most likely coming from the control panel and suspected that the RJ45 plug may be disconnected from the control panel. It took me a while to determine how this could be removed to check and finally discovered that you had to remove the front of the control panel which was a sticky label to access the screws to remove. Once removed, my suspicions were correct, the RJ45 plug had not been connected. Once I connected and re-assembled and powered on, everything worked fine.
In summation, I would strongly suggest that Proline Direct has a word with their supplier / manufacturer about quality control. If it wasn’t for my electrical and engineering background, I would have had to refer to them to resolve the broken and faulty sauna, which would not only had caused both myself and the company numerous calls and frustration to resolve, but would likely have cost Proline Direct money.
I had my first use of the Sauna last night and it worked perfectly! 😊
In the main I am happy with the service Pro-line Direct provided and happy with the product despite the poor instructions, broken parts and fault.
I would suggest that if anyone considering this sauna and don't have the skills to put it together as I have to consider purchasing Pro-line Directs installation service.
Thank you to Laura & Ollie for getting it here when promised.
Owner's replyThank you for taking the time to leave such a detailed review, David.
We’re glad to hear the sauna arrived on time, was well packaged, and is now working perfectly. We also really appreciate your honest and constructive feedback around the instructions, fixings, and quality checks. This is extremely valuable to us and is shared directly with the manufacturer to help improve future deliveries.
It’s great to hear your first use went well, and thank you for the kind mention of Laura and Ollie.
Thanks again for choosing Pro-Line Direct.