Thinking of buying a Hot Tub in Spain!

Thinking of buying a Hot Tub in Spain!
Here are just a few pointers to take into account to make
sure that you do not buy a dog dish looking spa!

The way to avoid that is to make sure that the shell of
the Hot Tub is made of a branded American Acrylic such as
Lucite or Quarite. Not just that it is Lucite inspired or
based on a Lucite design. Get the dealer to show you his
colours chips marked Quarite and Lucite as appropriate.

If it is not made of these materials then one has to ask
one self why not, as these two makers of Acrylic are
acknowledged as making some of the best acrylic for Hot Tub
Jacuzzi Spas in the world.

If the shell is made out of these materials it is of course
your very own assurance that your choice of a Hot Tub
Jacuzzi Spa will give you many years of beauty, pleasure,
and satisfaction.

I always suggest that one should try the lipstick test and
simply apply lipstick on the shell and see if it just wipes
off with a tissue as it should? If it does not, then that
shows that the surface is slightly porous and therefore
will provide a home for germs and bacteria.

When these materials are not used then it is usually a
clear sign that that cheaper materials are being used
(quite often at 25% of the cost of ABS backed acrylic) in
the shell, then to provide support to this weaker
material the manufacturer blasts the cabinet full of
structural foam.

If you have a leak, good luck finding it and the job of
ripping out the foam will take hours. Once the spa is out
of warranty, you can pay the engineer 5 hours labour to
source and repair the leak. Usually it also means that
where sprayed foam has been used as structural support, the
maker cannot cannot pull the spa shells very deep, since
the shell material is thin and cheap to begin with.

One particular maker claims that they fully foam the shell
so as to keep the noise from the pipes down and all I can
say is that is must be a badly designed Hot Tub if they
have to do that

If you can feel under the shell of the Hot Tub do so and
try and feel its strength or possible weakness, if it feels
damp to the touch or perhaps slightly crumbly this gives
one a clue that the shell is not properly cured. I
personally would not buy a Jacuzzi if the shell felt like
that and I have seen many that fit that description usually
cheap eastern imports.

It always pays to probe beneath the surface and just do not
listen to the patter of some zombie like sales man or woman
just repeating a script.

Another good idea is that you should always buy a Hot Tub
with Balboa Controls a company from California, which is
undoubtedly one of the worlds leading manufacturers and
very well known for reliability and accessibility of spares.

It is best to buy a spa which is made by a leading
American or Western manufacturer preferably one with
decades of years of experience and therefore they will have
had the time and experience to be able to design and
construct models where the components naturally work well
together.

Leading Western manufacturers have been able to adopt and
improve on their technically advanced systems so as to be
able to maximize the performance from the pumps, heaters
and blowers to give you the very best water flow to provide
an excellent Hydro Massage.

In the latest designs, Water Jets are placed scientifically
so as to maximize the flow of water to your body's pressure
points, while allowing one to control the intensity of the
flow and pressure as required.

It speaks for its self that a well-engineered and designed
product will lead to an outstanding hydrotherapy massage
where perhaps one is able to enjoy a vigorous or perhaps
soothing massage. It is great to have the ability to be
able to customize and modify your massage experience to
suit your mood.

In summary buy, the best spa you can afford but make sure
that you do not buy a cheap eastern import or one that
looks like a dog dish hot tub.

One should look for Balboa controls and proper branded
acrylic and aim for a manufacturer who has been making spas
for many years. A very good acid test is to see if your
dealer is on first name terms with the owners and directors
of the manufacturers obviously that is much harder if they
based are in China!!!!

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The author Jacuzzi John (JJ) supplies premium quality
American & European Hot Tubs from Estepona on the Costa Del
Sol in Spain and his web site is at http://www.spas4you.com
email info@spas4you.com