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I'm guessing you are dealing with Ocean Spray for HS on Long Island? Those guys are great and care about their customers. Just my two cents.
Yeah JC...Its a loaded question....I sell HS and have personally owned 2 Jacuzzis and one SD Optima and I've recently replaced my HS Vista with a new Grandee to utilize the ACE Salt system....Here's my results...My SD Optima was a nice looking tub and I liked it until I started having things fail...This is not a reflection on SD tho...I think that their products are at the top of the list along with Jacuzzi and HS....They in fact took care of the issues under warranty every time and eventually ended up replacing the tub with a brand new one.(I'm staying out of the issues I had with it) But the most important thing is they stood behind the product and warranted it...Not happy with the cost on my end tho (Shipping and installation totaling roughly $1000 bucks), I liked both Jacuzzis and never had any issues to speak of with them. Lastly the Vista I've owned for 7 years without any issues and loved it and now the new Grandee, Loving it as well without issues either. I personally tell people that my personal opinion is that the Jacuzzi, Sundance and Hot Spring products are the best of class products and cannot go wrong with either....I'm bios and I will tell you HS is the BEST regardless the price but you need to determine this for yourself....You can't go wrong with Either of these products you've mentioned here. This is my first year selling Hot Tubs but I have owned many tubs in my 20 plus years of Tubbing and you can take this as my personal opinion.
I'm curious as to the foot jets that you have referred in your last post with the Aspen/Maxxus tub. By now You have wet tested the Vista? Is it similar as far as the foot jets are concerned in comparing wet tests?
We didn't make it to wet test the Vista yet but it looks like it has only two jets and they are in the sides of the foot well (which wouldn't necessarily do the bottoms of your feetWith that feature in mind, it looks like Sundance and Jacuzzi are my only real options.