Filters??

[donnaduck]

Our new Hot Springs Aria tub will be delivered on Monday!  (which happens to be our 6 month anniversary  )

We have well water - house has a softener/filter and we also have unfiltered well water spigot as well.  Our dealer mentioned a Hot Springs fresh start .... "pre filter" -- $80.  Seems to me, its like a charcoal filter of some sort - says it will last 5 years of 5,000 gallons?  I can't imagine a filter lasting that long.

You guys who are all much more knowledgeable than I am  -- any thoughts??   I believe it will attach to the hose for filling the tub?

I am going tomorrow to get the water analyzed - both with our regular house/spigot water as well as the completely natural from the well spigot to see what we are looking at.

Just wondering  about this "prefilter"

Thanks you all!

[TwinCitiesHotSpring]

you could skip the pre-filter if you can run your softened/filtered water from the house to the spa...still may want to have the pre-filter on hand if you will be "topping off" the tub from your exterior spigot though, and yes a good quality filter will run $75-$125

[donnaduck]

Thanks!   Oh, can't wait to come home from work tomorrow with a new spa on the deck!  Woo Hoo!!!

[Spatech_tuo]

you could skip the pre-filter if you can run your softened/filtered water from the house to the spa...still may want to have the pre-filter on hand if you will be "topping off" the tub from your exterior spigot though, and yes a good quality filter will run $75-$125

A 50-50 mix of soft water and regular water through the pre-filter is a good idea but you shouldn't fill the entire spa with soft water.

The pre-filter probably lasts 5 years because they assume you're going to use it to fill the spa only 3 times per year or so.