Lazy Spa - Hot tub

Got my Vegas last year as a "suck it and see" option from Tesco when they had it on Discount (£250) but used Vouchers at 4:1 so a bit of a bargain!.

There is a foam base about 1cm thick built in so you're not sitting directly on the deck/ground - I ended up getting some 2" Polystyrene sheets from B&Q and made a round base for it (for extra insulation rather than any other reason).

Started using the PH dip strips etc, soon got bored and just bought a large tub of Chlorine tablets that get chucked in at the rate of 1 a week.

The water will need to be changed fairly often if you use it like a looney at the beginning, I'm now down to about every 6 weeks before it starts getting too soupy or full of sand/grass/crap etc.

Rgds

Jim

PS - all year round? er no thanks! too bloody cold during the winter

Kids tend to make the water dirty more quickly, particularly if they are allowed to jump in after you've mown the lawn etc.

It's important to do the chlorine thing though because before we knew better we let the kids and their friends play in it. The next day they all came out in a rash. Oops.

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In terms of safety, depending on age, you don't let them out of your sight. However, one of the good things about these inflatable spas is that there are no hard edges for them to bang their head on.

Have had one of these for 2 1/2 years now.

We have ours turned on all the time and it costs about £50 per month that way at 37-38 deg.

We have bought an insulation mat which seems to have brought the bills down a little and made it more comfortable.

We are on our second one as the heater on the first died after 2 years and it was £309 for a whole new pool and heather or £180 for just the heater...

When we first bought it it was instead of going on a weekend in Europe one Bank Holiday. we then said that if we still liked it as much after 6 months we would think about getting a 'proper' one. To be honest having looked at the cost of the 'proper' ones it's cheaper to buy a new one of these every few years, plus dead easy to get rid of if you fall out of love and only £300ish up the spout, not £3k+.

The poster who had the Paris model (the one with built in lights) was unlucky IMO but we avoided that one for the very reason they sent theirs back, plus the price premium buys a lot of cheap waterproof lights from Amazon/fleabay that you can just throw away when they are dead without ruining the pool.

I got a cheap one new last summer, really easy to set up etc.
However, we packed it down for winter & never got used again, sold it onto a mate of mine instead.
Note however that it blows water into the spa to make the bubbles for a ring on the bottom, because it's essentially blowing the temperature air into the pool from the outside it brings th temperature down, especially in the winter.
We ran ours for about 20-30mins one winters night & it had lost about 12'C in the time we'd had the blowers on,

I've dug mine down so that only 6" pokes out of the ground - it's fine.

Jim

Just bought a Palm Springs just because the colour (I know but the missus dictates what goes in the garden!) and 4-6 means 6 is impossible unless you are a midget and 4 is comfortable and there is only 3 of us at any time that will use it.
I decided on the decking idea to make it look aesthetically pleasing and keep it off the concrete.
I had concerns about weight and support but believe you me there is some joist work underneath.
Using it, I had a air leak on the first day and took me 3 days to find it so used a innertube repair and it was sorted.
Just need to get used to the chemical checks that need doing and keep the brats and their friends out with gel, fake tan and anything else that blocks the filter. On the filter, remember to check each day, its amazing how quickly it gets blocked with the above.
But we love it and when I was home me and the missus were in it until some days well late into the night. Yet to see the first electricity bill but no regrets.

I usually chuck in half a teaspoon of chlorine a day, when the ph is a bit low a couple of teaspoons of ph+ mixed up in some warm water and once a week 5ml of algaecide.

If you keep an eye in argos they occasionally do the kits cheap, missed out last week when they were down to £12.99 as i'd just bought a kit and have an abundance of chemicals.

LOL for us 37 is normal 38 occasionally, 40 will have you sweating like a pig.

Update - 40 degree was far to hot considerng it's sunny here.

I've used it a few times today and 36 seems perfect so have set it for that.

I'm going away in 2 weeks for 2 weeks is it adviseable to drain it?

My old LazySpa would turn itself off after 72 hours of non activity, so unless you can get someone to turn it on every few days, it will be cold when you return. Make sure you put plenty of chlorine or bromine tabs in the floaty thing before you go too.