The Lottery, WoW, wouldn't that be great. Ok, the reason that we went from 1,900 to 10k is that we saw the 1,900 one and it was... well, of museum quality, in a bad way. Additionally, I am taking the advice I am picking up here from people who know alot more about this than I do. So... we went looking at what things we liked or wanted and the different prices and it looks like to get solid quality the price is high. Although based on one of the posts above I do wish that I was in SoCal and could take advantage of the Jacuzzi.
We wet tested the Antiqua and the Dove Canyon. A 2007 Antiqua could be ours for 8200 and the 2006 Dove Canyon is 10k. We took the whole family. Me, my wife, and two small boys (7 and 5) for the testing. My wife is petite, 5' and 108, and at first the lounger was blowing her out of the seat on the Antiqua. After some adjustment she liked it quite a bit. I went in with kind of a predisposition of disliking a lounger but, after sitting in both loungers I decided that I liked them. I especially think they will be nice after I ride my road bike several miles and my calves are very unhappy. I don't know all the technical language, but both the wife and I preferred the Dove Canyon as the overall massage therapy was nicer. We especially liked the back massage provided in one of the corner positions of the Dove Canyon over the Antiqua. Additionally the Dove Canyon has the ability to turn on and off each pump and as we are busy and would sometimes use the tub independently this seems to be an efficient use of energy.
The 2006 Dove Canyon includes:
Delivery and Setup
Cover w/lifter
Stairs
LED Lights
Initial Chems
Ozone
Microban Shell
Stainless Steel (around jets)
No Radio (I don't need one)
10k
Good Deal? Bad Deal? Things I should ask or talk about? :-?