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What sold me on Arctic was the way they were built.The way they insulate their spas made the most sense being able to utilize the heat off the pumps also so that heater becomes a secondary source of heat.
Man that's a lot of cabbage for a tub. You can get a lot of tub within a stones throw of $10k. Wowsers....
I got a price quote on an Arctic Kodiak spa, but the price seems high to me. Quote shows "Spa with Options and Upgrades" with a total of $19,595, with a $2,062 reduction in price due to "Winter Order Incentives", so a total of $17,995. Upgrades include: Spaboy and Peak 2 Ozone, Ultimate Led lighting, the Aquatremor sound system, Skyfall Fogger and Therapy Air. The cover and a cover assist, and a set of steps are also included in that price. The dealer didn't have one on the floor for me to wet test, but I did wet test a Summit that had the spaboy system and the aquatrmor deluxe sound system, which we liked how the salt water system felt and I did like the sound of the stereo system.It did have the led lighting and the skyfall fogger, which was ok I guess, along with the therapy air. The sales person just through out a price of $18,000 for the Summit on the floor, but didn't give me an actual quote. I was looking for a spa with a lounger, hence the Kodiak model. I also briefly sat in a Cub with less options, but it has a lounger that I could try. I have been trying to do a fair amount of research on the web about spas/manufactures and I have read comments on being able to wet test spas, especially ones with loungers. In my area, it seems many places are not really set up to do wet testing.The Arctic dealer didn't offer to get a Kodiak in for me to wet test, and it is hard to make such a purchase with out doing so.Before looking at the Arctic spas, I was leaning on getting an Epic from Marquis but did not wet test. I do not have much experience as to what spas and jets feel like since the only ones up to this point have been outside hot tubs that are merely big round warm soaking tubs. When I sat in the summit, it seemed nice as I didn't know what to expect, tried the different seats for a brief moment at each. Then sat in the Cub, and noticed a big difference in how one seat massaged my back. So how does one decide on a brand or model of spa when your limited to just looking at a spa online, or in a showroom, maybe wet test but probably can't? Also, searching for reviews on spas can be really difficult to say the least. At one point I was close to pulling the trigger on the Kodiak after the dealer offered me $500 off if I placed the order soon because he said his shipping cost would be lower if I ordered it with a few other orders he needed to place.... hmmm.... but I did other search on Arctic and was scared to even consider them, but the post were older and now I found this site to hopefully get some help.Getting frustrated..... any help would be appreciated.