Hub and I have done many hours of research, several trips to dealers. We've gotten our short list down to the Caprio and J345. Factors were: dependable local dealers, roomy for our $6000 price point and the space available on our deck, comfy seats, good warranties offered, variety of jets, large footwells. We esp. loved the adirondack lounger in the Caprio, but were also very comfy in the J345.
My hub seems a little curious about the Caprio having just 1 1.5hp pump compared to the dual pumps on J345. If we dont notice the dif in jet power, does that even matter? The Jacuzzi dealer told us that the J345 was 60gpm, but I think that would be times 2 pumps. The SD guy says 150gpm out of that one pump. Seems that the J345 is not as efficient then if its got 2 pumps and still not as much gpm. We're thinking that if all the seats are being used in Caprio, water may not move as well.
We get more features (variety of jets, 2pumps) for our dollar in the Jacuzzi, but I really like the seats in Caprio better, they were deeper and we are all tall.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to this forum, there is alot of extremely helpful information here.