General > Beating a dead horse
Filtration in hot tubs
Ronald5599:
Phil and Bill: If you didn't see in my other post, thanks.
MarKee:
If you want to take it down to the total gallons per day filtered, Marquis has Hotspring beat using filtration cycles. When Marquis had a circ. pump it was the number one warranteed item. When you watch a Hotspring filter water, watch the surface movement of the water. Usually you only see movement in 1/4 of the tub. When Marquis uses the jet pumps to filter, you will see water movement across the spa, meaning oil, hair, skin, other debris is being pulled out. You also have no bottom filtration in the Hotspring, it only pulls from the top where the filter gate is. You get 4 corner seating in the Epic, where 1 corner of the spa in the Envoy is taken up by the wall filter. Both brands are solid, you'll be happy with either one, but I hope you have wet tested both units.
MarKee:
One more big thing, warranty. You have 2 more years on plumbing in a Marquis, 2 more years on the Marquis DuraWood cabinet which covers fading and warping. Hotspring specifically covers only the cabinet's structural integrity. All the small stuff is at least 3 years on the Marquis such as an ozonator, usually only 1 year on a Hotspring. To top it off, Marquis has a transferrable warranty that can help when selling your house or the spa. Also, check out the Hotspring warranty on their pillows :)
Vanguard:
MarKee is pretty much trying to escape the fact that Hot Spring is the only company with 100% NO BYPASS filtration. The argument that there is no bottom filtration does not work in swimming pools with no bottom drain and it does not work here. All the water will be filtered and clean. I am not going to say you won't get clean water with a Marquis, but sorry, MarKee, your argument is lame. You can't have as much pump as any hot tub out there and not at least have all the water circulated in a short amount of time. All the jets insure that water is moving all throughout the tub. Just remember, all the water circulating in a Hot Spring is going through a filter first. When you are in the water, it will remain the cleanest.
If you really want to get too much information, go the section on beating a dead horse. All of this is pretty much covered there ad nauseum.
The Envoy is the number one selling spa for Hot Spring. It got there because it is a great spa. No matter where you get into the spa, you will enjoy it.
Dr. Spa™ Ret.:
If a little circ pump is moving 5 gallons a minute with 100% filtration, and a jet pump is moving 20 gallons a minute with only 25% filtration, which is filtering more water?
Come on guys, all the water coming out is simply diluting the main body of dirty water in the spa. They all work! If one was really that much better wouldn't everyone be doing it the same?
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