smallest/most shallow lounger - which tub?

[dirkpitt]

My wife and I have been looking for a tub for maybe 3 months now and have wet tested arctic, jacuzzi and hot spring thus far.  I know that many people don't like loungers, but we'd really like the idea of having one in the tub, and the only issue is that we are both around 5ft 3" and all the loungers we've tested are too deep and/or too long.   The only exception so far is Arctic's Kodiak, which had a great lounger for us, but it's a huge tub with a huge cost.  It's little brother, the cub, is probably what we will purchase if we can't find anything else.  It's lounger though is about 2 inches deeper even though it's only a 4-5 person tub.  

I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else has found a hot tub with a lounger that would work with our height or could suggest something that we could go check out.  We live in North Seattle so I guess there are plenty more places to wet test.

thanks!!!!!

Bill

[Josh]

Bill,

I'm 6'4 so you and I have exactly opposite needs.

There are two tubs I found during my search that were great tubs, except for their tiny (for me) loungers.  My feet stuck over the edges of the foot jets in both of these tubs at least a good 6 inches.  That'll make them a lot closer to your size.  

They were:

The Jacuzzi 480 (which I tested at Aqua Quip in Redmond) and the Phoenix Corando which I tested at Black Pine Spas in Lynnwood.    Both of these tubs felt great, but I eliminated each of them from my search because of the size of the loungers (and the depth of the other seats).  

[IL Parrothead]

Bill,
I'm only 5'11" and my wife is 5'8 1/2" and we both found the Jacuzzi J480 fit us perfectly (from the lounger persepective), so it may be still a bit big for you.
I found the Artesian Grand Bahama lounger a little small for me, so -- if you have a dealer nearby -- give it a try.  The Dimension One Chairman II was a tad small for me, but a little big for my wife.  The rest all fit me will height-wise, whether I cared for them or not, so you're probably going to have to test them all to find the best fit!  Or opt out of lounger.  A lot of tubs have a seat that also allows you to pivot your legs a different direction to get them up, without being a true lounger.  Or you have captains chairs (D1 Amore' Bay and Artesian Piper Glen come to mind) or Adirondack chairs (Marquis Epic) that don't fully lay you out -- you might like them!

[Cyn]

Bill--We have a Jacuzzi J-315 that we love.  It is a 2-3 seater with a lounger.  I am 5' 3" and my husband is 6' 5" and we are both comfortable!!  Not sure if it is the depth/length ratio or what.  If you have family members or plan to do a lot of tub entertaining it will be too small...but for 2 users it is great!!  

[Jacuzzi Jim]

 Not a flashy tub by any means, you might check out the FreeFlow Accent or Passport  Just go to Freeflow spas.com and you can locate a dealer in Seattle.  

 FWIW  I live in Bellingham.  

[Dekken Tubb]

You might also look at the D1 Californian - it's a nice tub but the lounger was too shallow for me.

[spaman--]

You might also look at the D1 Californian - it's a nice tub but the lounger was too shallow for me.

The absolute perfect tub is the D1 Diplomat it has both a long and a short lounge.

[AstaLaVista]

Another one would be Caldera... I think it is their Niagra that has a suedo lounger? I could be wrong about which one it is ... but it works as either two seats.. or a short lounger... the Geneva has it as well as having a full length lounger.

[loosenupspas]

coleman performance line....look at the 351 or 461.  

[searchinginfl]

I have the Caldera Niagra. I am 5'5" and love it. It has the pseudo-lounger, so It doesn't take up half of the spa, and the Captains chair fits me great! In my wet testing, I also found a Dynasty spa with a small lounger.

[Hot Tub Guru]

I have a Kodiak in my back yard.  But the Cub is my most popular model.  I'm 5'4 and both fit me very well.  What series are you considering?  If you have any questions the only major spa brand I've ever sold is an Arctic.  It's been 8 years now here in the mountains of Colorado.  

PM if you want customer referrals on the energy costs.  A few customers gave me copies of there energy bill.  One customer gave me a years worth.  It shows 9 months of using less energy with an Arctic than with no spa at all.  The other 3 months were a 1% increase, 8% increase, and 30% increase during Oct.  The reason for such a big increase for Oct was caused by 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so heat was turned down, lights off, etc.

[Chad]

One customer gave me a years worth.  It shows 9 months of using less energy with an Arctic than with no spa at all.

I am by far in no way an expert in physics but how can a house(assuming everything was being used the same pre and post spa) use less energy with another item(in this case a spa) that needs to draw kwhs to work?

Thanks,

Chad

[Lars]

PM if you want customer referrals on the energy costs.  A few customers gave me copies of there energy bill.  One customer gave me a years worth.  It shows 9 months of using less energy with an Arctic than with no spa at all.  The other 3 months were a 1% increase, 8% increase, and 30% increase during Oct.  The reason for such a big increase for Oct was caused by 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so heat was turned down, lights off, etc.

Wa wa wa what?

This post makes no sense at all.

[Jacuzzi Jim]

 Sounds like there electric bill went down after they bought the spa??  I bet they used it as a bath tub, and quit talking showers, also did all there laundry in the spa, hung the clothes to dry?

 Sounds like Texas folks?   8-)

[Spatech_tuo]

I am by far in no way an expert in physics but how can a house(assuming everything was being used the same pre and post spa) use less energy with another item(in this case a spa) that needs to draw kwhs to work?

Thanks,

Chad

That certainly happens where the current bill for the month (or the year) is lower but what that means is something else has skewed the bill to the point that NO conclusion can be made relative to what the spa is contributing.