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If warranty is important to you , make sure you see it in writing before you buy. Resort spas have a shorter warranty than Artesian and it is not on their web site.
I'll let you all know how the wet test goes tomorrow.....I'm looking forward to it.
I do not recall the Hot Springs dealer even having one on site or any Hot Spot being mentioned. (He was pushing really the JetSetter and kind of talked down the Solana TX, but that IMO is comparing apples to oranges) I only saw Hot Springs, Tiger River, Solana and Classic's. What kind of bothers me as he KNEW the small space requirements I have. I had even drawn out a landscape design to show him the space requirements. (I'm a free-lance landscape designer, so the design was up to CAD specs)
I'm not a dealer, and maybe the Hot Spring dealers here could confirm this, but I'm not sure that all Hot Spring dealers sell all the brands of tubs that Watkins makes. That might be why he didn't bring up the Hot Spot.Rich