WHAT HOT TUB

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Ours is a Catalina. Very good £9,500. Made in LA. Would recommend them. Just Google them. What area are you in?

Edited by Bonnie and Clyde on Tuesday 30th September 21:40

[tomTVR]

We have one, 5-6 seater made by a company called Coast Spas. Damn thing costs about £50 a month in leccy plus chemicals and filters. We have had it turned off over summer.

[SpydieNut]

Sciroccology said:

Slightly O/T, but I'm a hot tub virgin and the place the missus and I have booked to "get away from it all" at Xmas has one on the secluded patio. Apart from the obvious and almost obligatory use (a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat)

and what do you think every other tom, dick and harry have been up to in there before you

there'll be more in there than a 1-dollar hooker

[Matt Harper]

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

[THX138]

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

[_Deano]

THX138 said:

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

That's why there is chlorie (sp?) to kill off bacteria and because of the temp of the water; you normally need it at a higher dosage than a pool. Just make sure there isn't too much in there though as it could eat into the rubber on the headrests.

[Norman D. Potato]

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

The bit where you accidentally swallow a mouthful.

[THX138]

_Deano said:

THX138 said:

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

That's why there is chlorie (sp?) to kill off bacteria and because of the temp of the water; you normally need it at a higher dosage than a pool. Just make sure there isn't too much in there though as it could eat into the rubber on the headrests.

Yep, Chlorine is added along with constant recirculation through multi-filters, daily chemical balance checks/dosages and regular complete water changes.

Like anything requiring maintenance it has to be kept on top of.

Only the uninformed sniggering schoolboy types think of it as just 'bathwater'

Edited by THX138 on Wednesday 1st October 09:48

[blueyes]

Ah, you British are so funny.

You spend thousands on kitchens... then you "cook" in the garden on a charcoal grill.

You spend thousands on a bathroom... then you sit in a bubbly bath in the garden.

Give it a few years and you'll be back to shi77ing outside in the garden.

[Matt Harper]

THX138 said:

_Deano said:

THX138 said:

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

That's why there is chlorie (sp?) to kill off bacteria and because of the temp of the water; you normally need it at a higher dosage than a pool. Just make sure there isn't too much in there though as it could eat into the rubber on the headrests.

Yep, Chlorine is added along with constant recirculation through multi-filters, daily chemical balance checks/dosages and regular complete water changes.

Like anything requiring maintenance it has to be kept on top of.

Only the uninformed sniggering schoolboy types think of it as just 'bathwater'

Edited by THX138 on Wednesday 1st October 09:48

I do not condsider myself uninformed and I do have a little experience. I own both a pool and a spa tub. The bacterial environment created by heated spa's and hot tubs, using filtered, recirculated water is well documented.
Chlorine, particularly in the minute concentrations tolerated by plastic/metal fittings is not the over-arching destroyer of all things microbial that you suggest it is.
I can 'shock' my pool with much higher concentrations of chlorine and algeacides/stabilisers. Can't do that with a hot tub without damaging it. The (cartridge) filtration systems on hot tubs are a joke compared to pool filters.
I confess to being guilty of using hyperbole to make my point - but hot tubs are relatively disgusting environments, when viewed at a bacterial level - and compared to moderately chemically maintained swimming pools. This mainly due to the sinificantly higher water temps, which encourage bacterial growth and cause very rapid chlorine degradation - mainly through evaporation.
Finally - my pivotal point is contained in the words, "Other peoples".

[THX138]

Matt Harper said:

THX138 said:

_Deano said:

THX138 said:

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

That's why there is chlorie (sp?) to kill off bacteria and because of the temp of the water; you normally need it at a higher dosage than a pool. Just make sure there isn't too much in there though as it could eat into the rubber on the headrests.

Yep, Chlorine is added along with constant recirculation through multi-filters, daily chemical balance checks/dosages and regular complete water changes.

Like anything requiring maintenance it has to be kept on top of.

Only the uninformed sniggering schoolboy types think of it as just 'bathwater'

Edited by THX138 on Wednesday 1st October 09:48

I do not condsider myself uninformed and I do have a little experience. I own both a pool and a spa tub. The bacterial environment created by heated spa's and hot tubs, using filtered, recirculated water is well documented.
Chlorine, particularly in the minute concentrations tolerated by plastic/metal fittings is not the over-arching destroyer of all things microbial that you suggest it is.
I can 'shock' my pool with much higher concentrations of chlorine and algeacides/stabilisers. Can't do that with a hot tub without damaging it. The (cartridge) filtration systems on hot tubs are a joke compared to pool filters.
I confess to being guilty of using hyperbole to make my point - but hot tubs are relatively disgusting environments, when viewed at a bacterial level - and compared to moderately chemically maintained swimming pools. This mainly due to the sinificantly higher water temps, which encourage bacterial growth and cause very rapid chlorine degradation - mainly through evaporation.
Finally - my pivotal point is contained in the words, "Other peoples".

Must admit I'm quite happy in mine, knowing how and when it has been used & maintained, but I do tend to avoid the 'public' ones mainly because they can be 'over used & the water is always cooler than I like.

[Taita]

'Kin hell you lot must be minted

[B17NNS]

blueyes said:

Ah, you British are so funny

Well at least our tanks have 5 forward gears and 1 reverse and not the other way round.

[blueyes]

B17NNS said:

blueyes said:

Ah, you British are so funny

Well at least our tanks have 5 forward gears and 1 reverse and not the other way round.

They were bought second-hand.

From a German guy, on a beach near Dunkirk.

[Tony*T3]

Matt Harper said:

THX138 said:

_Deano said:

THX138 said:

Matt Harper said:

Hot tub? Hmmm, lounging around in other peoples dead skin, jizz, fanny batter, clinkers, sweat, urine, knob-cheese, toe fungus, dandruff, psoriasis, ring-worm, flegm, snot and pubes.
What's not to like?

Ah all the old 'comedy' cliches there. How witty.

You'll be telling us next that you've never been in a swimming pool..

That's why there is chlorie (sp?) to kill off bacteria and because of the temp of the water; you normally need it at a higher dosage than a pool. Just make sure there isn't too much in there though as it could eat into the rubber on the headrests.

Yep, Chlorine is added along with constant recirculation through multi-filters, daily chemical balance checks/dosages and regular complete water changes.

Like anything requiring maintenance it has to be kept on top of.

Only the uninformed sniggering schoolboy types think of it as just 'bathwater'

Edited by THX138 on Wednesday 1st October 09:48

I do not condsider myself uninformed and I do have a little experience. I own both a pool and a spa tub. The bacterial environment created by heated spa's and hot tubs, using filtered, recirculated water is well documented.
Chlorine, particularly in the minute concentrations tolerated by plastic/metal fittings is not the over-arching destroyer of all things microbial that you suggest it is.
I can 'shock' my pool with much higher concentrations of chlorine and algeacides/stabilisers. Can't do that with a hot tub without damaging it. The (cartridge) filtration systems on hot tubs are a joke compared to pool filters.
I confess to being guilty of using hyperbole to make my point - but hot tubs are relatively disgusting environments, when viewed at a bacterial level - and compared to moderately chemically maintained swimming pools. This mainly due to the sinificantly higher water temps, which encourage bacterial growth and cause very rapid chlorine degradation - mainly through evaporation.
Finally - my pivotal point is contained in the words, "Other peoples".

You can 'shock' clorinate a hot tub too. I do it the day before changing the water. Havent had any ill effects in three years of using it.

[RemaL]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

Ours is a Catalina. Very good £9,500. Made in LA. Would recommend them. Just Google them. What area are you in?

Edited by Bonnie and Clyde on Tuesday 30th September 21:40

Me Bristol, so looking around the local areas on yell.com etc.. to visit and see what they got

[renmure]

Another for Hot Springs.

I got the Envoy 5/6seat model almost 2 years ago now. Great product and the comfort of the backup of one of the market leaders. Next door neighbours bought a cheaper brand they saw at a Show and have had no end of issues with pumps failing and other things.

[E31Shrew]

R18 TJN said:

From my experience, (currently in a battle with trading standards and visa to get my money back) DONT BUY OFF THE INTERNET!!! go to a reputatble dealer/garden center/hot tub center where they have the parts in stock and actually stick to the warrenty agreements. I got fooled by the all singing all dancing 14K hot tub with TV/DVD, Speakers, Waterfall and all the rest of the cp for half price on the internet... its been a nightmare from the word go!!

Hope that helps.

Agreed 100%.. Probably safer to put all your savings in to a small American bank dealing with mortgages for Mexican pool cleaners.

[TimJMS]

Surprisingly there is no mention on this thread of Jacuzzi.

Why is that, I wonder? Back up? Lack of quality?

[Pupp]

My ex spent a fortune on one... in for about 10k by the time she'd built the gazebo around it and soted the plinth etc. It only ever got used by her daughter and daughter's mates once the initial novelty wore off. Oh, and there was the time she fainted after coming out of 38deg water into near-freezing night air. Don't think I'd bother...