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Grow gourmet mushrooms on your countertop.

The Sh-Room Solo is a whisper-quiet, beautifully insulated mushroom incubator made from 78% recycled materials. Set it up in 2 minutes. Harvest in 25 days. No experience needed.

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<18dB Silent
2-Min Setup
78% Recycled
Sh-Room Solo on a kitchen counter with mushrooms growing inside
Temperature
75°F Auto

Engineered for your kitchen.

Every detail designed so you can grow gourmet mushrooms at home without noise, mess, or complexity.

Whisper Quiet

At less than 18 decibels, the Sh-Room is quieter than a whisper. The 40mm Noctua-style fan with silicone-isolated mounts ensures zero disruption to your living space.

Auto Temperature

The W1209 digital controller maintains your grow bag at the perfect temperature with ±0.1°C accuracy. Set it and forget it.

WiFi Timelapse

The built-in ESP32-CAM captures daily timelapse photos of your grow, viewable from your phone. Watch mycelium become mushrooms.

78% Recycled

600D recycled polyester shell. Upcycled coconut coir insulation from 14 husks per unit. Designed to be shared, not discarded.

Ships Flat, Folds Up

A single die-cut cross pattern folds into a house shape in under 2 minutes. No tools, no instructions needed. Snap-fit metal fasteners hold everything tight.

Food-Safe Interior

The TPU liner is FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 compliant, machine-washable, and snap-removable. Sanitize between grows in minutes.

From box to harvest in 4 steps.

No green thumb required. No experience needed. Just unfold, plug in, and let nature do the work.

Sh-Room Solo Classic retail packaging
Sh-Room packaging on a retail shelf
01

Unbox & Unfold

Everything arrives in a single flat-pack box. Lay the die-cut cross pattern on your countertop, fold up the walls, and snap the ridge together. No tools, no hardware, no instructions needed.

Quick start guide: Lay flat, Fold up, Snap shut
Unbox & Unfold
02

Drop In Your Grow Bag

Slide any standard 5lb all-in-one grow bag into the zero-gap precision sleeve. The tailored-fit interior hugs the bag on all four sides -- no shifting, no air gaps, perfect thermal contact.

Airflow design showing fresh air in, CO2 out, and bag position
Drop In Your Grow Bag
03

Plug In & Grow

Connect the single 12V adapter. The Smart Spine takes over: auto temperature at 75°F, gentle grow lighting on a photoperiod, whisper-quiet fresh air exchange, and optional daily timelapse photos to your phone.

Plug In & Grow
04

Harvest & Enjoy

In 25 days, harvest your gourmet oyster, lion's mane, or shiitake mushrooms. Pop out the TPU liner, machine-wash it, and start your next grow. Or pass the whole unit to a neighbor through the Harvest Circle.

Harvest & Enjoy

Fits right in.

At just 7.5" wide, the Sh-Room belongs on your countertop, bookshelf, or side table. Furniture-grade sage green quilting blends with any space.

Sh-Room in a living room among houseplants
Child watching mushrooms grow in the Sh-Room
Sh-Room sitting on a bookshelf in a modern office
Chef slicing fresh mushrooms with Sh-Room in background
Sh-Room with lion's mane mushrooms ready to harvest
Sh-Room on a side table with warm lighting and mushroom recipe books
Sh-Room on a clean minimal countertop
Sh-Room product photo with coffee mug and wine bottle
Sh-Room front view showing grow window and temperature display
Two people assembling a Sh-Room together on a wooden table

Serious engineering. Simple experience.

Two-zone modular architecture separates humid grow chamber from dry electronics using negative-pressure airflow. No gaskets. No seals. Just physics.

Two-zone modular architecture: removable roof cartridge and foldable thermal sleeve
Two-Zone Design

Snap-on Apex Cartridge + Foldable Thermal Sleeve

The rigid Apex Cartridge holds every electronic component -- controller, heater, fan, camera, LED -- in one removable roof unit connected by a single plug. The Thermal Sleeve below is pure insulation: no wires, no openings, no failure points. This solves the wire-fatigue problem that plagues foldable electronics.

1
single connector
0
wires in walls
6
snap-fit points
100%
user-serviceable
Apex electronics showing all components consolidated in the roof

Smart Spine Harness

All electronics consolidated in the apex roof. W1209 controller (±0.1°C), 12W IR heating film, 3000K LED strip, 40mm fan, and ESP32-CAM. JST-XH keyed connectors prevent reverse polarity. Every part replaceable with a screwdriver.

Apex-only airflow diagram showing negative pressure keeping electronics dry

Negative Pressure Apex

The chimney exhaust fan creates a pressure differential: apex stays below 60% RH while the chamber holds 85-95%. Sealed walls mean no wall vents -- air only moves through the 3" headspace above the grow bag. Fresh air exchange keeps CO2 below 1,000 ppm.

Cross-section showing Zone 1 bag zone and Zone 2 apex electronics zone

Thermal Safety & Fit

Non-resettable 72°C thermal fuse permanently cuts heater power if the relay welds shut. R-3.5 coir insulation keeps the outer shell below 40°C. Zero-gap precision fit holds the 5lb bag on all four sides with no lateral movement greater than 5mm.

Sh-Room growth journey: Setup, Colonization (Days 1-14), Fruiting (Days 15-25), Harvest

Choose your Sh-Room.

Kickstarter early-bird pricing. Every tier includes free shipping.

Essential

Classic

$89
  • Quilted 600D recycled polyester shell
  • Coconut coir insulation (R-3.5)
  • Food-safe TPU liner (washable)
  • W1209 digital temperature controller
  • 12W IR heating film
  • 40mm ultra-quiet fan (<18dB)
  • LED grow lighting (3000K)
  • 12V/2A power adapter
  • Canvas tote bag
  • Quick-start guide
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Smart

AI

$149
  • Everything in Classic, plus:
  • ESP32-CAM WiFi module
  • Daily timelapse photography
  • Sh-Room companion app access
  • Remote temperature monitoring
  • Growth milestone notifications
  • Shareable timelapse videos
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Double Capacity

Duo

$129
  • Two Classic Sh-Room units
  • Grow two varieties at once
  • Independent temperature control
  • Two TPU liners included
  • Two canvas tote bags
  • Perfect for side-by-side growing
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Everything

Pro Bundle

$249
  • AI-enabled Sh-Room unit
  • 3 premium grow bag varieties
  • Oyster, Lion's Mane, Shiitake
  • Harvest Circle starter kit
  • Extra TPU liner
  • Dehydrator mesh inserts
  • Recipe booklet
  • Priority shipping
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Full specifications.

Every component is off-the-shelf and user-replaceable with a screwdriver. No proprietary parts. No planned obsolescence.

Sh-Room dimensions comparison showing compact footprint next to phone and toaster
Compact Footprint
Sh-Room engineering drawings with front, side, and top views
Engineering Drawings
All Sh-Room electronic components laid out
All Components

Dimensions

Exterior7.5" W x 6.5" D x 17" H
Interior5.5" W x 4.5" D x 15" H
Wall Thickness1" (25mm)
Weight3.5 lbs (1.6 kg)
Footprint48.75 sq in

Grow Chamber

Bag Capacity1x standard 5lb (6L)
Fit TypeZero-gap precision sleeve
Chamber RH85-95% (fruiting)
Target Temp75°F / 24°C
CO2 Target<1,000 ppm

Materials

Shell600D recycled polyester
InsulationCoconut coir R-3.5
LinerFood-safe TPU (FDA)
ColorSage Green #9CAF88
Recycled Content78%

Electronics

ControllerW1209 (±0.1°C)
Heater12W IR polyimide film
Fan40mm Noctua (<18dB)
Lighting3000K LED (>200 lux)
CameraESP32-CAM 2MP WiFi

Power & Safety

Input100-240V AC worldwide
Output12V DC, 2A (24W)
System Draw1.8A max all loads
Thermal Fuse72°C non-resettable
Wiring22AWG silicone 200°C

Usability

Assembly<2 min, no tools
Noise<18 dB(A)
Liner Wash50+ machine cycles
Parts100% user-replaceable
ConnectorsJST-XH keyed (anti-reverse)
Sh-Room Solo complete annotated specifications
More Than a Product

The Sh-Room Ecosystem.

A mushroom isn't a solo organism. It's a network. So is the Sh-Room community -- a living system of growers, sharers, and neighbors building local food resilience one flush at a time.

Grow
Drop in a bag,
harvest in 25 days
Share
Clean, log,
pass to neighbor
Multiply
Chapters grow,
the network compounds
50+
wash cycles per liner
78%
recycled materials
100%
repairable parts
∞
grow cycles per unit

Harvest Circle

Share the unit, not the cost

Grow a cycle, sanitize, pass to your neighbor. One Sh-Room serves dozens of growers indefinitely. Includes maintenance log, clean cycle protocol, and handoff checklist.

Spore Library

Community culture bank

A neighborhood-scale seed library for mushroom cultures. Check out a syringe of blue oyster, lion's mane, or shiitake. Grow it. Return a culture from your healthiest flush to keep the library alive.

Local Chapters

City by city, block by block

Starting in Boulder, CO. Each chapter runs its own Harvest Circles, Spore Library, and monthly grow meetups. Chapter leaders get early access to new species and bulk grow bag pricing.

Grow Journals

Timelapses, data, and stories

Every Sh-Room AI tier captures daily timelapse. Share your grow journey, compare colonization speeds across species, and build the largest open-source mushroom growing dataset.

Harvest Exchange

Gift fresh, never sell

Grew more lion's mane than you can eat? Post your surplus on the Harvest Exchange. Neighbor-to-neighbor gifting only -- no money changes hands. Label the species, harvest date, and storage instructions.

Species Database

Community growing guides

Crowd-sourced grow profiles for every species. Optimal temperature, humidity, fruiting triggers, expected yield, flavor notes, and recipe pairings. Ranked by community success rate.

Tool Library Partners

Check out a Sh-Room like a book

We're partnering with tool libraries and makerspaces to stock Sh-Room units for checkout. Borrow for 30 days, grow a cycle, return clean. Free to library members.

Impact Dashboard

Track what we grow together

Every harvest logged feeds a collective impact dashboard. Pounds of food grown locally, plastic packaging avoided, miles of grocery transport eliminated, and community connections made.

The Mission

Rid the world of single use.

Single-use bottles. Single-use caregivers who leave in six months. Single-use relationships that end when the transaction does. The Sh-Room circulates forever. The growler refills. The caregiver stays. The community compounds. One block at a time.

Join the waitlist. We'll let you know when your city's chapter launches.

Beyond Gourmet

Food is medicine.
Mushrooms are proof.

The same species you grow in your Sh-Room are among the most studied functional foods on earth. From nerve regeneration to immune defense, the research is decades deep.

Lion's Mane
Hericium erinaceus

Nerve growth factor stimulation. Studied for cognitive support, memory, and neuroprotection.

Published in Journal of Medicinal Food, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Turkey Tail
Trametes versicolor

Immune modulation via polysaccharide-K (PSK). FDA-approved as adjunct cancer therapy in Japan since 1977.

NIH-funded Phase I clinical trial at Bastyr University

Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum

Adaptogenic stress response. Studied for sleep quality, immune support, and cardiovascular health.

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Oyster
Pleurotus ostreatus

High in lovastatin (natural cholesterol management), ergothioneine (cellular antioxidant), and beta-glucans.

Published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Peer-Reviewed Research

Mushrooms and end-of-life anxiety.

Landmark studies at Johns Hopkins and NYU found that psilocybin-assisted therapy produced rapid, substantial, and sustained decreases in anxiety and depression in patients with life-threatening cancer diagnoses. 80% of participants showed clinically significant reductions in distress -- effects that persisted at 6-month follow-up.

Colorado's Proposition 122 (Natural Medicine Health Act, 2023) created a regulated framework for therapeutic access. Oregon followed. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for psilocybin in treatment-resistant depression.

Griffiths et al., Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2016. Ross et al., Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2016. FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation, 2018.

80%
clinically significant reduction in anxiety
6 mo+
sustained therapeutic benefit
3
states with regulated therapeutic access

From your kitchen to your care plan.

Growing mushrooms is where many families first encounter functional food as medicine. For families navigating aging, chronic illness, or end-of-life planning, that journey continues with tools designed to support the whole person.

Start the conversation.

CareGoals turns the advance care planning conversation families avoid into the one they're grateful they had. Talk first. Documents follow.

caregoals.com →

Get your ComfortCard.

Your care identity, emergency access, and HSA/FSA payment in one card. Save 28-36% on care costs through pre-tax dollars. Build cooperative equity with every transaction.

comfortcard.org →

Find a licensed facilitator.

Althea connects individuals with licensed psilocybin facilitators and healing centers in Oregon and Colorado. Legal, guided, evidence-based therapeutic access.

withalthea.com →

Care that's owned, not rented.

Worker-owned home care where caregivers earn $25-28/hr with equity, families save 30%, and the whole system is structurally immune to private equity acquisition.

co-op.care →

Sh-Room is a gourmet mushroom growing product. It is not a medical device and does not make health claims. The research cited above is for informational purposes. Consult a healthcare provider for medical advice. Cultivation of regulated species must comply with all applicable laws.

Frequently asked questions.

Fresh mushrooms.
Your countertop.
25 days.

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