Galley 400SH

A 4-seat red cedar barrel at $5,890, 11 percent above the barrel median per seat, with a 10-year warranty.

Galley is the dearest of SunRay's three 4-seat barrels. The Oasis costs $100 less and lists a porch, while Galley's record shows none; the Aurora costs $600 less and is 11 inches shorter. All three share a 6 kW heater and the same 76 inch height and 721 pound weight, and Galley and Oasis also share a 72 by 72 inch size. We cannot see in the data what justifies the premium over the Oasis.

At $1,472 per seat it sits 24th of 37 barrels, just past mid-pack. The 10-year warranty is the longest stated in years in our data, though Almost Heaven states a lifetime one. Buy this one only if the Oasis is unavailable; otherwise take the Oasis for the porch and the lower price, or the Aurora to save money. Topture is the only store we list for it.