General > Beating a dead horse
full foam vs thermopannels
wmccall:
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Please shift the thread to BADH.
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I'm watching, but for now, there is a little bit of originality this time, and I don't want to sqaush the enthusiasm of our newer members, but it will eventually get shifted there.
Chubby Johnson:
As far as I know, Emerald does not offer a full foam option. Back when I was ordering mine a full foam option was never mentioned. I have not been to the Emerald website or read one of their brochures lately so fo all I know they may offer it now.
One thing I think Emerald (and Arctic and Royal) does a wonderful job with is their fiberglass shell. No doubt they are strong. They will never have structural issues. Wish I could say the same of their insulating method. I guess there is good reason why most of the major manufacturers use full foam.....It Works!
Water Boy:
--- Quote ---As far as I know, Emerald does not offer a full foam option. Back when I was ordering mine a full foam option was never mentioned. I have not been to the Emerald website or read one of their brochures lately so fo all I know they may offer it now.
One thing I think Emerald (and Arctic and Royal) does a wonderful job with is their fiberglass shell. No doubt they are strong. They will never have structural issues. Wish I could say the same of their insulating method. I guess there is good reason why most of the major manufacturers use full foam.....It Works!
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--- Quote ---As far as I know, Emerald does not offer a full foam option. Back when I was ordering mine a full foam option was never mentioned. I have not been to the Emerald website or read one of their brochures lately so fo all I know they may offer it now.
One thing I think Emerald (and Arctic and Royal) does a wonderful job with is their fiberglass shell. No doubt they are strong. They will never have structural issues. Wish I could say the same of their insulating method. I guess there is good reason why most of the major manufacturers use full foam.....It Works!
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Again, please don't lump Arctic Spas in the same category as the TP spas. They are not TP. Like I said before, in a third party independent test, Arctic Spas ranked right up there with some of the top FF spas, and even tested better than most. They are as energy efficient as any FF spa, even in cold weather climates like Michigan.
Here is how Arctic Spas are insulated:
Here is what your old spa used for TP insulation:
Again, there is no comparison. That is fine that you don't want to buy a TP spa like that again, as I wouldn’t either. But hopefully you can see now that there is no comparison between Arctic Spas and your old spa! They do it differenty than the other guys!
Spatech_tuo:
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Again, please don't lump Arctic Spas in the same category as the TP spas. They are not TP. Like I said before, in a third party independent test, Arctic Spas ranked right up there with some of the top FF spas, and even tested better than most. They are as energy efficient as any FF spa, even in cold weather climates like Michigan.
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I wouldn't own a thermopane because IMO they just don't work as well as FF at avoiding heat transfer even if they promise their method works great and explain the theory. I do agree that Arctic is a different story because they don't follow the standard thermopane method and I can see why they don't like to get lumped in with the standard foil barrier methods.
crystal777:
We are looking at a Sunrise that has neither Thermal Pane or Full Foam. It has Roxul insulatiion. It is a multi-layered instulation. Supposed to be much easier to work on if problems arise plus be great at insulating. It seems to me that full foam can be a major headache to repair...somtimes even having to send the hot tub out??? Is this true?? I know most have a 5 year warranty but lets's face it, you will probably have your hot tub a lot longer than that....so then what? I'm a newbie trying to figure it all out. Any truth to any of this stuff?
crystal777
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