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Hey Gang, I am going to apologize in advance, as I know I posted essentially the same question about a year and half ago on this forum, so some of you have seen this before. I'm in the market for my second spa. My first spa was a Vita Spa, Cordoba model. We had it for nine years before we moved and sold it along with the house. It had some issues and needed service once or twice, but overall we were very happy with it. Specifically, it didn't jack our electric bill through the roof (less of a concern with solar panels on the new house), we liked the three separate motors (one for each side (two seats), and one for the foot jets. It had plenty of power, more so if you focused all of the motor's power on one seat. We are in the market for a 7 x 7 tub again, although this time we'd like one with a lounger. We gave our old dealer first dibs on our business, as we enjoyed working with them before and found their service to be excellent. I was thinking of moving up to their Artesian Spas (we almost bought the Dove Canyon last time). The dealer suggested the Master Spa Twilight Series 7.2 or the Artesian Waikiki, both roughly the same price. Neither was full to wet test. Dry, the Master Spa felt more comfortable to me, but I don't put much weight on a "dry test". I've seen some of the vitriol on the forum regarding Master Spas, which has put me a bit on edge. I would obviously be buying from a dealer I like and have experience with, not one of their traveling road shows (one model was discounted by about 2 grand as a road show buyer backed out and sacrificed his deposit, but I wasn't comfortable plunking down 8 grand without the wet test, and I imagine it'll be gone by the time I finish my research). So...for the more learned...are the Master Spas a poorer product, or do we just hate the manufacturer and their sales tactics? I saw some criticism of the product itself, but it was all from posts about five years ago. The next subject I'd like some input on is other options. We are looking, as I said, for a 7 x 7 (ish) tub with a lounger that will stand up to New England winters. I would like a bluetooth sound system, but that seems to be an option for pretty much every tub out there now (although I have no clue about the difference in the quality of the sound systems). I have wet tested spas within the past year from Jacuzzi, Sundance, Caldrea, and Tranquility (random walk ins over time...sorry, don't recall the make or model of those) and found none of them comparable to my Cordoba in terms of power or their ability to customize the direction of said power. I was interested in the Marquis "Show", but haven't wet tested one. Simplicity of operation is also a (slight) consideration, as my elderly mother and disabled brother will need to be able to operate it. So, again, with apologies to those who were kind enough to reply to my previous post with the same question (albeit with less detail), any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. -Jonathan
Personally I am a big fan of Belize tubs. I compared the E850L against every brand out there before I made my purchase and it just can't be beat.