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Swell-Tub · « **Reply #75 on:** February 25, 2008, 01:26:43 pm »

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And realistically I would put them up against Hot springs, Sundance and Jacuzzi, any day!! � �No matter how they are today, I still prefer the Jacuzzi over the Artesian for different reasons than how they are built.

What different reasons do you prefer a Jacuzzi over the Artesian?

Scott �:-?

Hot Tub Forum · « **Reply #75 on:** February 25, 2008, 01:26:43 pm »

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #76 on:** February 28, 2008, 01:20:04 am »

OK, I learned something simple today. After you look at a tub give the salesman the dial-a-prayer phone number as your cell phone number. What was I thinking?

Scott

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #77 on:** March 06, 2008, 02:01:07 am »

Saturday I will be wet testing a Coast Spa Radiance with 3 - 5HP motors and an air blower. Do any of you own a Coast Spa and what do you think of them?

Scott

Spatech_tuo · « **Reply #78 on:** March 06, 2008, 11:00:13 am »

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Saturday I will be wet testing a Coast Spa Radiance with 3 - 5HP motors and an air blower. Do any of you own a Coast Spa and what do you think of them?

Scott �

In case you are comparing with other spas those are 5 BHP pumps (marketing horsepower rating), in true HP that's more like 2.5 HP I'd suspect.

East_TX_Spa · « **Reply #79 on:** March 06, 2008, 11:31:43 am »

Deja Vu all over again.

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #80 on:** March 07, 2008, 07:03:31 am »

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In case you are comparing with other spas those are 5 BHP pumps (marketing horsepower rating), in true HP that's more like 2.5 HP I'd suspect.

Of course the salesman told me that his 5 HP motors were really like 7HP motors because the other manufacturers use bhp. I'm not sure how to tell for sure because there seems to be a big debate over HP.

Scott

Spatech_tuo · « **Reply #81 on:** March 07, 2008, 10:54:19 am »

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Of course the salesman told me that his 5 HP motors were really like 7HP motors because the other manufacturers use bhp. I'm not sure how to tell for sure because there seems to be a big debate over HP.

Scott �

Well that's not a good star becuse his info is inaccruate. There is no way those are three 5 real HP pumps or you'd need about a 100A breaker. Maybe his untruths are due to ignorance which would be funny since he's calling out others for giving BHP ratings. The dealer is a key ingredient, you may want to factor it in.

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #82 on:** March 11, 2008, 01:43:22 am »

I wet tested the Radiance Coast Spa tonight and WOW, what a powerful tub. If I turned the jets all the way up I would have trouble staying in my seat. The 3 - 5HP motors plus the air blower created a lot of action in the tub. So next wet test will be the Jacuzzi 470.

Scott

hottubdan · « **Reply #83 on:** March 11, 2008, 10:33:48 am »

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I wet tested the Radiance Coast Spa tonight and WOW, what a powerful tub. If I turned the jets all the way up I would have trouble staying in my seat.

Scott �

Is this a good thing? Is it relaxing?

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #84 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:47:31 pm »

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Is this a good thing? �Is it relaxing?

Well it had plenty of power but the key was to dial down the jets until you had the right amount of pressure. Also as you reduced power then you had more power to run other jets. Also the wide waterfall was relaxing to sit under and the gatlin gun jets felt great. This coming weekend I have scheduled a wet test of the Jacuzzi 470.

Scott �

Steve · « **Reply #85 on:** March 12, 2008, 11:14:45 am »

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Is this a good thing? �Is it relaxing?

LOL... spoken like a true spa owner! �

I just wanna know when Coast is going to upgrade those old "5HP" �

�motors to the new Binford 6000 12 HP motors? �

I'd want at least 4 of them in any tub I consider...

Brookenstein · « **Reply #86 on:** March 12, 2008, 10:08:14 pm »

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LOL... spoken like a true spa owner! �

I just wanna know when Coast is going to upgrade those old "5HP" � �motors to the new Binford 6000 12 HP motors? � I'd want at least 4 of them in any tub I consider...

Is this a tooltime joke... I swear Binford was the brand from Home Improvement.

Steve · « **Reply #87 on:** March 12, 2008, 10:42:44 pm »

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Is this a tooltime joke... I swear Binford was the brand from Home Improvement.

You are as sharp as you are beautiful!!

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #88 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:39:55 am »

If three 5HP motors are not enough you can get two Big Red 7HP (20 amp) motors that get you closer to the Tim Allen mode. One 7HP in the floor volcano jets can help you out of the tub when you are done.

Scott �

Swell-Tub · « **Reply #89 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:28:48 am »

So today I wet tested 2 tub's. Jacuzzi J-465 and a J-345. The J-465 had too many jets for the 2 motors and the family members thought it was a boring tub with weak jet action. The J-345 had less jets so we got better pressure and my son-in-law didn't want to get out of it.

So like the three bears, the Hot Springs Envoy was too weak. The Coast Spa Radiance was too strong. Maybe the Jacuzzi is just right. If we go with Jacuzzi we would probally order the J-365.

I'm thinking we may need to retest the Coast Spa and try the Artesian Piper Glen.

That's it for now....
Scott �

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