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Congratulations! Looks like a very familiar hot tub to me! I envy your fill time. It takes about 2 to 3 hours to fill my tub. I have low flow due to a restricted water line running to my house and I also use the Hot Spring pre-filter. The filter does extremely well at reducing the green/brown tint of my water during a fill. So far, my '08 Sov has been great. Enjoy! I'm by no means an expert, but since you have the exact same model as I do I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have.So far I've learned:1. Water care gets easier as time goes on. In the coming weeks/months, it will become second nature.2. Clothing is extremely optional in my hot tub. It doesn't take many bathing suits or much hair product to foam up the water.3. Stuff can accumulate on the filters that you can't see - particularly the filter for the 24-hour circulation pump. Keep it and the other filters clean or you might experience flashing POWER and/or POWER and READY lights indicating a high limit trip or flow problem.4. The only routine chemical that I use is dichlor. I give it a daily dose of 1 teaspoon and a weekly dose of 3 "heaping" teaspoons. I add another teaspoon or two after use, depending on how many people were in the tub and how long they were in.5. I use the Nature2 cartridge, even though I can't prove its effectiveness. It's worth the price every 4 months just to make me "feel" good.6. Ozone bubbles started to decrease after about 5 months. They came back full force after sucking on the filter standpipes with the Shop-Vac during my second water change.7. New water feels, looks, and smells amazing.8. I go 4 months on a water change to correspond with the life expectancy of the Nature2 cartridge.9. My water stays very balanced through all of this.10. I used to go through test strips like crazy. Now that I have a "feel" for what the water needs, I'm comfortable using only 1 or 2 a week.
Congrats Aduvall..what an awesome Valentine's Day present..enjoy
First soak yet? Should be a good night. We will be in ours at around 10pm. Let us know how it goes. If I was to buy again, the Soverign would be one of the ones I would test and consider.
Congratulations! It's even better when the water gets warm!
"Why a cool down seat, what a waste". But you know what? I love this seat. When we get hot we just rotate around to this seat. ****We love this spa. It was just right for the two of us.
Sovereign is an excellent choice! We love ours too! Fits my wife well when she's 4'11"!Enjoy it - best part (with our experience in Murrieta) is the service that has come with it! Love it - looks like you got the same steps as we did too -