talk to me about hot tubs

[suntan]

Lid and stairs are usually extra BTW.

Insulated lid will deteriorate after a few years, they also get super heavy due them getting waterlogged.

[Buster]

which system disperses semen better?

asking for @SKR

[roopi]

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Lid and stairs are usually extra BTW.

Insulated lid will deteriorate after a few years, they also get super heavy due them getting waterlogged.

Covers deteriorate because you are closing them too soon after certain chemicals. I've had a Jacuzzi tub for 11 years and replaced the cover last year. As for the tub first issue I had with it was this year with a flow sensor failing. Other then that it has been so easy. I would totally recommend going for a Jacuzzi tub.

[brucebanner]

Costco had a sale recently with beachcomber hot tubs. We ordered the 678 model. $10.5k with delivery and extended warranty. Up to 150 days wait until we get it. If you were to order directly through beachcomber, it's roughly a 8-10 month wait but they apparently they needed a much quicker turn around for the Costco orders.

Edit: was quoted $1000 for the power portion.


Have a friend that's going to do it for considerably cheaper though.

[suntan]

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Covers deteriorate because you are closing them too soon after certain chemicals. I've had a Jacuzzi tub for 11 years and replaced the cover last year. As for the tub first issue I had with it was this year with a flow sensor failing. Other then that it has been so easy. I would totally recommend going for a Jacuzzi tub.

I’m just saying that you’ll have to replace them eventually. Mine’s doing fine too after eight years.

[Gman.45]

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You're crazy. There's nothing wrong with a swimspa if that's what works for your family/yard/space, etc, but they're in no way comparable to an in-ground pool.

But since the OP lives on a lake, I imagine his swimming requirements are handled, so a tub fits the bill...

Point taken, but there were other factors. Primarily that the home we put the pool/tub in at has a ground level large deck with one of those semi transparent polymer/polycarb/whatever roof/fence built over the entire surface - the idea being we were going to put the swim/spa in there. In winter it can be enclosed easily, which meant comfortable year round use. That was my primary motivator, I wanted to be able to use the thing year round, now we only get to use the pool 4, at most 5 months of the year. We have the new hot tub on the deck under the roof, there is room there for 2 or 3 more tubs that size, ie fitting the large swim spa I wanted (it's probably about 1.5x as long as the one in the pics in this thread, having looked it up and compared them) would have been no problem.

You are right though, the in ground pool is much preferred in the late spring/summer months, and we have no major regrets. I should have just got both, the swim spa instead of the 8 man tub, and the pool. Swimming is one of the best exercises (for me, SLE/Lupus messed up my joints/etc badly, so heavy lifting is much more difficult, swimming being so low impact is also the best cardio I can do without paying for it in pain later). The swim spa has all kinds of different programs for swimming in place, and next to the above reasons, was a strong #2 on my list of reasons in the "for" category, again, giving the capability to swim year round.

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I’m just saying that you’ll have to replace them eventually. Mine’s doing fine too after eight years.

Same here, we put this protective stuff the dealer gave us on our covers a couple times per year, and our old tub that we sold when we got the newer one, was about 6 years old, and its cover looked great still.

[Euro_Trash]

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My perspective of the salt water being less chemically. Is because it’s being constantly generated you need to need to maintain lower levels to keep your tub in good shape. Most tubs have way too much and owners wait for it to dissipate. Sure you could be hell on top of our chems and keep it at the right level, but who wants to do that shit very few days.

Another big one for me on the salt is lower maintanence. For me when I go several weeks between seeing my tub is hugely valuable to me. I haven’t added chemicals to my tub all season.

No ragrets on the salt.

Our one regret with ours is going chlorine over salt - the sales guy told us chlorine is better for hot tubs at vacation properties but my old man bought a salt tub and it’s night and day in terms of maintenance.

Ours also had built in speakers that shorted the entire tub one day - unplugged them and no issues since (not to mention they are so tingy versus Bluetooth speaker options nowadays).

We were about 2 minutes away from buying a swim spa for the house but decided we would wait until the kids are a bit older. We are also in the tub at the cabin multiple times per day and we are worried it would lose its allure a bit with one at home. TBD

[killramos]

Yea instead of speakers I just picked up a Sonos Move that works a million times better.

I used mine all weekend, even when it was hot out.

It is just a nice place to be and we cooled it down a couple times to let the kiddo come for a swim.

[suntan]

Ford: "We put $8 speakers in our F150s!"

Hot Tub manufacturers: "Hold my beer"

[CLiVE]

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My electrician acquaintance says that "install is $1k" IF you put it in your basement, literally next to the breaker panel. Otherwise, he hasn't installed one that was under $2k. I believe the daily heating cost is slightly over $2.
I really enjoy them when I'm on vacation, but know I wouldn't get proper use out of a personal one so it's not on my radar.

My install was $800 in April. I did have the outside box roughed in when I built the house, and the tub is located very close to it though. They still had to add a breaker.

[prae]

all this talk of replacing water in hottubs gives me a stupid question. I assume y'all are draining your hot tubs into your sewer connections; is there a clutch setup worth considering in a new build?

[killramos]

I just drain onto my neighbours lawn

[ExtraSlow]

I think a sizeable fraction drain into lawn or a swale2of thier yard has one.

[SKR]

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I think a sizeable fraction drain into lawn or a swale2of thier yard has one.

[ExtraSlow]

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[SKR]

Serves me right for shit talking someone's spelling. "Execution" is spelled wrong in the jif I posted. Fuck. I'm doing terrific.

[ThePenIsMightier]

It's ok there, Big Shoots.

[The_Penguin]

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It's ok there, Big Shoots.

Allegedly

[sexualbanana]

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I think eventually everyone who owns a hot tub fucks in it, and I don't think there's anything that can completely clean out all those jellyfish.

My friends with hot tubs have had plenty of same-day Tinder pulls just by mentioning they have a hot tub.

[Tik-Tok]

Can't say I ever have. Lots of foreplay, but she swallows like a good wife should.