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Spa newbie needing advice on buying a new spa...

Posted By: Jimmy2k
Date: Friday, 12 May 2006, at 6:56 p.m.

Hello all, I'm a newbie looking to buy a new hot tub and I really have little knowledge in this area. What I could really use is a ranking of say the top 15 spa makers. I have been doing as much research on this as I possibly can as I plan on spending upwards to 8-9k on this, which is a large amount of cash. I'm lucky to have 3 different sellers in my area and they sell Jaccuzi, HotSprings, CalSpa, and Sundance brands. Of these I'm more impressed (so far) with the HotSprings and Jaccuzi brands.

What I've learned so far...
- I have seen many say to make sure whoever I buy from that they will be there to service when reparis are needed. This seems to be a common thread throughout and I can see the importance of this.
- I also plan on doing a wet test.
- Not knowing much about the bad side of ozonators I'll probably go with this.
- I've read that 4 horsepower for 25 jets makes for weak jet strength and that a 4kw heater for 400 gallons doesn’t have enough power to heat the water back up once the cover has been removed.
- HotSprings claims to have some special thermoplastic material they make their shells out of that is better than the rest, could just be a sales pitch.

If anyone has opinions on these please share! That's about the extent of what I've learned, so any and all infomration/opinions are welcome!

Much Thanks!
Jimmy

Messages In This Thread

• Spa newbie needing advice on buying a new spa...
  Jimmy2k -- Friday, 12 May 2006, at 6:56 p.m.
  • Re: Spa newbie needing advice on buying a new spa.
    Vinny -- Friday, 12 May 2006, at 7:52 p.m.
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    footsie -- Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 6:47 a.m.
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    drboyd -- Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 9:42 a.m.
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    n1oty -- Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 3:05 p.m.
  • Re: Spa newbie needing advice on buying a new spa.
    Jimmy2k -- Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 3:06 p.m.
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      rali -- Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 10:10 p.m.

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