Well we did it, we went and ordered a Jacuzzi J-385 today. Will take about 6 weeks to come in. Hopefully that's worst case since I leave for FL for the month of February so my husband will get all the early fun. We had wet tested the J-480 too but the lounge didn't pound the calves the way we had hoped and the cover sits up really high making placement odd so we decided the 385 was a better option.
Shout out to Jacuzzi Jim too for answering some sidebar questions and helping us with the process.