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My brother has a hot tub and loves it. Had it for a few years now. The important thing is staying on top of maintenance. Putting chemicals in, draining it, etc.
If you have any specific questions, let me know and I can see what he has to say.
For the cost of heating you can pay for a lot of gym membership. And if you don’t use the gym cancle (gyms are notorious for being hard to cancle so read the fane print)
Mine costs me $10/month in electricity. Not getting a gym membership for that
You need the chlorine, you need to always put the cover on, and you need the net to get the bugs out.
It feels much less luxury when you come out in the morning to a green tub full of flies and spiders.
I got a Caldera spa in their mid range line. It is 240V, 5 person, with a salt system and a cover lifter. It cost about $12k USD all told. I love it, but DEFINITELY get the salt system for chlorinating. It would be much more of a pain in the ass without it. As it is, I still love the thing and use it regularly. I check the water chemistry about every five days and it’s super simple to maintain. If I have a party and we are in for extended periods I have to add chlorine daily for a few days but that’s it.
My parents owned one when I was young. I remember it working only a few times and almost never getting used. They spent thousands to repair it to only use it a few times before it broke again.
One of the highlights of their life was getting rid of it and reusing the space.
Apparently my idea of hot tub is quite different of what people are speaking of here. I’m quessing OP meant jacuzzi.
Hot tub and jacuzzi are used interchangeably in the US. Is the one that you posted used for bathing?
Hot tub is a machine. Jacuzzi is a brand
Tissue paper is an item, Kleenex is a brand. They’re both interchangeable in the US.
Well tissue paper is a different thing but yes I understand your point. But it’s also important to understand when someone means a thing or the specific brand
Don’t cheap out. Buy a good one or you’ll end up spending more constantly repairing the cheap one.
Nothing but regrets. What I imagined and what I got are two very different things. I was thinking party time and sexy date night with the wifey. Instead, it’s a big ass chemistry set that also attracts pests.
I never saw a rat outside until they set up shop inside where the pump and all the plumbing is. I have no idea how they got in there. I smelled something dead and it took a while to figure out it was in there. Unscrewed the panels on the side and found a whole nest in there and a decomposing rat. Another time, a bunch of nasty frogs got into the water even though it was covered.
Aside from that, it was a nuisance to maintain. There’s always something a little off with the water. I spent more time maintaining and cleaning that damn thing than I ever spent relaxing in it. Then the cover eventually wore out from being in the sun. That was like $500 to replace.
That hot tub was nothing but an expensive mistake.
