Hot tub recommendations?

Question

OK - I'm going to the experts, because people's real life experience with products is the best guidance on them.

I'm looking for recommendations (companies and models) on a hot tub. The web is useless since most of the review sites are run by hot tub manufacturers, and guess what they recommend. Please help me with the following questions.

What hot tub manufactureres (and models) are:

Most reliable?

If there is a problem, have the best service/warrenty?

Most efficient to run?

And which company would purchase again from, or recommend a family member buy?

Who is the best hot tub dealer in central New Jersey?

Any web site that are worth researching?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

OK, #1 I REPAIR HOT TUBS IN TEXAS.I HAVE SEEN LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TUBS AND CONFIGURATIONS.THE MORE JETS IT HAS THE MORE PROBLEMS YOU WILL HAVE WITH THE JETS .ESPECIALLY IF YOU USE AN ACIDIC SANITIZER. THERE ARE LESS ACIDIC SANITIZERS OUT THERE !

GET A SIMPLE HOT TUB NOT TO MANY JETS. IF YOU CAN GET A HOT TUB THAT HAS JUST A SMALL CIRCULATION PUMP FOR THE HEATING IT WILL SAVE SOME NOT MUCH ON ELECTRIC BILLS WHEN I SAY SMALL I MEAN TO SAY THAT IT WOULD BE AROUND A 16TH OF A HORSEPOWER AND WOULD HAVE A LOW FLOW HEATER. THE CIRCULATION PUMP WOULD ALSO RUN ALL OF THE TIME BUT AT A VERY LOW SPEED AND LOWER COST. AND ON SOME TUBS IT WOULD FILTER CONTINUOUSLY AT THE SAME TIME. AND WOULD ONLY HEAT WHEN YOU TURN UP THE THERMOSTAT AND CALL FOR HEAT ! ALL TUBS HAVE THERE FAULTS ONE BRAND DOES NOT STAND HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST.DO NOT GO TO A HOME SHOW TO BUY THESE PEOPLE MOST OF THE TIME ARE JUST WAITING TO UNLOAD SOMETHING CHEAP AND FAST ON SOMEONE WHO IS BUYING ON A WHIM ! I HAVE BEEN REPAIRING HOT TUBS FOR 9 YRS !