Leisurecraft produces 3 different collections - which is best for you?
Same Ontario craftsmanship, three different collections. Here's how to tell them apart.
- Wood is the core difference: Dundalk and Pure Cube use Western Red Cedar; Canadian Timber uses mainly Eastern White Cedar and other high-quality woods, including Thermo Grandis for its indoor Element line
- Dundalk has the widest range: saunas, hot tubs, cold plunges, and outdoor showers
- Canadian Timber also offers a wide variety of products with a more accessible price and shorter lead times
- Pure Cube is saunas only, built around modern glass-fronted architecture instead of traditional shapes
- All three collections can be mixed and matched freely in the same backyard
Compare All Three at a Glance
What changes between the three collections is the wood species, the design language, and how far each one extends beyond the sauna itself - not the build quality, which stays the same across all three.
Here's the full comparison side by side.
| Feature | Dundalk | Canadian Timber | Pure Cube |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | Western Red Cedar | Mainly Eastern White Cedar (Thermo Grandis on the Element indoor line) | Western Red Cedar |
| Design | Traditional barrel, cabin, pod, Luna | Same traditional shapes, lighter tone | Modern flat-roof, glass-front, modular panels |
| Range | Saunas, hot tubs, cold plunges, outdoor showers | Full matching range, plus the Element indoor line | Saunas only |
| Warranty | 5-year | Most models 3-year | 5-year |
| Wood sourcing | British Columbia | Ontario (shorter lead time) | British Columbia (same as Dundalk) |
| Best for | Traditional look, full backyard wellness set | Same craftsmanship, more accessible entry point | Contemporary architecture, statement piece |
Start Here: What Do You Actually Need?
Range only matters if you want a hot tub, cold plunge, or outdoor shower that visually matches your sauna - Pure Cube doesn't offer those. If you're buying a sauna on its own, or you're fine mixing collections, the decision comes down to wood, design, and price.
Start with what you're actually buying, not just the sauna.
• Want a sauna that matches a hot tub, cold plunge, or shower as one visual set? Go with Dundalk or Canadian Timber. Pure Cube is saunas only, so it can't complete a matched set.
• Want a Pure Cube sauna but also want a hot tub or cold plunge? No conflict. Construction quality doesn't change between collections, so pairing a Pure Cube sauna with a Dundalk or Canadian Timber tub is completely fine.
• Just deciding on the sauna itself, no other products involved? Range isn't a factor. It comes down to wood, design, and how much you want to spend.
See the Difference in Person
Photos only tell you so much about wood tone and build quality.
Dundalk Collection: The Original
Dundalk is LeisureCraft's original line - Western Red Cedar sourced from British Columbia, built in Ontario, with the widest range of any collection and a 5-year warranty.
Dundalk is where LeisureCraft's reputation started, and it's the only collection built entirely from Western Red Cedar - a richer color and higher natural oil content than the alternatives, held together with single-stave bevels, no interior tenon joints, and marine-grade aluminum banding.
It's the widest lineup of the three - six sauna designs, including the Panoramic Barrel with its bronze acrylic dome window that opens the classic barrel shape up to a full view of the yard, alongside the Indoor Cabin, Luna, and POD. The range extends past the sauna itself: the Original Cedar Hot Tub for a classic off-grid wood-fired soak, the Glacier Plunge Tub for cold plunge therapy with an optional ozone-filtered chiller, and the Rainbow Barrel Shower to rinse off in between.
Every Red Cedar model, indoor or outdoor, carries a 5-year warranty.
Canadian Timber Collection: Same Craft, More Access
Canadian Timber uses mainly Eastern White Cedar instead of Western Red Cedar - more accessible and quicker to source - which is what sets the price and lead time apart from Dundalk. Its indoor Element line uses a different material, Thermo Grandis, built for year-round indoor comfort.
Canadian Timber uses mainly Eastern White Cedar - lighter in tone, subtler in aroma, and sourced locally from Ontario mills rather than shipped in from British Columbia - as well as other high-quality wood that will work in all seasons and locations. That local sourcing is what keeps both the price and the lead time down.
The lineup is similar to Dundalk's, nearly model for model: barrel saunas, the wider-benched, brighter Elation with its front-facing windows, the Canadian Timber cabin sauna, CT Luna, and CT MiniPOD. The range extends beyond the sauna too: the Starlight Wood-Burning Hot Tub, which heats a soak in under three hours, the Flow Cold Plunge with its chiller built into the shell for a cleaner finished look, and the Sierra and Savannah outdoor showers for rinsing off after.
Canadian Timber also includes an indoor sauna - Element (Nook, Loft, and Studio) - made from Thermo Grandis for a quality indoor wood product built to perform in any season. Dundalk's Indoor Cabin Sauna and Pure Cube's Indoor Original both keep the same wood as the rest of their collections, while Element uses this different material instead. See our full wood guide for what thermal modification actually changes.
Most Canadian Timber models carry a 3-year warranty, reflecting the wood rather than the build.
Pure Cube Collection: Modern Architecture
Pure Cube uses the same Western Red Cedar as Dundalk, wrapped in a modern architectural shell - flat rooflines, glass fronts, modular panels - built for a contemporary look rather than a traditional one.
Pure Cube swaps tradition for modern architecture: flat rooflines, tempered glass front walls, and a modular panel system, all built from the same Western Red Cedar as Dundalk. The interior wood and its natural resistance to moisture, decay, and insects don't change - only the shape and the finish do.
Seven models make up the collection, including an Indoor Original alongside the Outdoor Original, Hudson, Mountain View, Orion, Trinity, and Neptune. Unlike Canadian Timber's Element, Pure Cube's Indoor Original doesn't switch wood - it's the same Western Red Cedar used across the rest of the collection. Three models - Hudson, Orion, and Neptune - add 3-inch EPS foam insulation in the floor, walls, and roof for faster heat-up and better retention through colder months.
Pure Cube is saunas only. There's no hot tub, cold plunge, or outdoor shower in the collection - pair it with Dundalk or Canadian Timber for those. Every model carries the same 5-year warranty as Dundalk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wood. Dundalk's indoor model uses the same Western Red Cedar as the rest of the Dundalk Collection. Canadian Timber's Element line uses Thermo Grandis, a thermally modified wood different from the Eastern White Cedar used elsewhere in Canadian Timber.
No. Dundalk and Canadian Timber use traditional single-wall cedar construction, relying on the wood itself rather than added insulation. Only three Pure Cube models - Hudson, Orion, and Neptune - add 3-inch EPS foam insulation in the floor, walls, and roof.
Yes. A Pure Cube sauna paired with a Canadian Timber hot tub keeps its own 5-year term on the sauna and the hot tub's own separate term - mixing collections doesn't blend or average the coverage.
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