General > Beating a dead horse
Coast Spas
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote from: footie on May 19, 2011, 05:27:55 pm ---It is a OEM cover I have and I must add that the quality of the tub is also reflected in the quality of the cover, as I said it's up to 5" thick in places. If I had one complaint to make regarding the cover it's the catches, piss poor but this is probably true on every other, why are they so cheap and brittle.
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I think OEM is the only option right now for these special covers and I question whether the after-market cover guys are going to make them so they may be fairly expensive relative to standard covers when it comes time for replacement.
I just think bartops with bumps and dips rather than a flat surface are really just style over substance. Why not have the same spillover idea without the front dropping like that so you don't need a special cover and it seals better?
spa goddess:
Hello all,
Sorry it took so long to reply. You asked why we had so many brands in 25 years. Well, Mr. Spa went out of business.
D1 was a good brand but next to the Cal Spa we sold so many more Cal that it wasn't paying for it's space.
We dropped Cal after 11 years because we were offered Coast and we went to the factory and felt it was a home run. In the first year our sales were up 40% and our warranties down by half. We are now starting our second decade with Coast.
Dynasty we brought in 2 truckloads because at the time Coast was 8 to 12 weeks out on orders. Too bad for Dynasty that when customers were offered the Dynasty at a less expensive price and they could get it right away we sold 11 truckloads of Coast with them waiting 8 to 12 weeks before we could get rid of the 2 truckloads of Dynasty. In fact, the last 2 spas we put into an auction to move them. Maybe it's because Dynasty's "7 hp" is more like a 4hp and it's really obvious when next to Coast's 7 hp.
We can still get FreeFlow and do when we need to in order to fulfill a specific need. Nordic and Viking were so close to each other at the time that it was redundant to have both. We felt and still do that the Nordic was the superior brand.
LeisureBay fills the gap in price between Nordic and Coast.
Hydropool makes a terrific swim spa.
We service ALL the brands we have ever sold.
Now about the cover for the Niagra. Yes, it's a bit more expensive than some other covers but not too bad for a speciality. We charge $699 but we run sales a few times a year that will save about 10%.
Your idea about having a spill over without the drop would be great if someone could figure out a way to make it work. However it would not be visually as exciting nor would it spill over if it wasn't at least a bit lower on one side. Or should I say it would spill over on all four sides if one side wasn't lower! Once it's not the same height as the rest it would need a specialty cover in any case.
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote from: spa goddess on May 19, 2011, 06:20:38 pm ---
Now about the cover for the Niagra. Yes, it's a bit more expensive than some other covers but not too bad for a speciality. We charge $699 but we run sales a few times a year that will save about 10%.
Your idea about having a spill over without the drop would be great if someone could figure out a way to make it work. However it would not be visually as exciting nor would it spill over if it wasn't at least a bit lower on one side. Or should I say it would spill over on all four sides if one side wasn't lower! Once it's not the same height as the rest it would need a specialty cover in any case.
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They don't need the front end to drop to have a spillover trough. The front of the trough could be at the same height as the rest of the spa with the spillover wall lower like it is now. That would mean it would use a standard cover. They drop the front side merely for visual effect (style over substance) but it means you need a special expensive cover that I gotta believe it is more apt to have issues with sealing properly over time as Footie has noticed (even if its fine when new I gotta think over time it will have more sealing issues compared to flat surface bartop spas).
I figured the cover was OEM only and more expensive; $630 to $700 is really a very expensive cover that you need to replace every 4 to 5 years. You could argue its really just like budgeting and extra $40-50 per year vs a standard cover so in that way maybe not a major issue but I’d pass just out of fear that the cover wouldn’t seal well since energy efficiency is a major buying point for me.
spa goddess:
You are right that you could have a spillover with the front trough as high as the rest but what would be the point? I mean, sure it would help with keeping the water level consistant but I can't help but think that visually it would be a bust.
Since visual appeal is a very strong reason to be attracted to something, and since it's human nature to want to have items that attract attention (and a little envy), it's my opinion that it wouldn't sell as well without the visual aspects.
The cover seals as well as any other cover. The only difference is a second folding point. Spa covers larger than 8 foot (like the Coast Mirage for an example) already have that because of weight and ease. The downward slope actually helps water drainage directing the water down off the front. Kind of like the slope of a roof instead of a flat one.
ejf The Spa Guy:
Spa Goddess,
nice to see what you have done with the brands, good move on getting away from the Cal we did them for 2 years then dropped the line( warranty),We have D1 and we could not be happier. But it is nice to see you having had Coast for that long... and represent them, Do not see many on here. ON the spillover you would think that Coast has played with the different ways to go with it, And i assume they found this to be the best way to run it...Who is building the covers for them ? Sunstar???
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