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Thanks to all who have replied. My husband and I are looking for a 2-person hot tub to place on our covered, concrete patio. The patio is narrow with columns, so a rectangle or oval is a must to get it to fit. Anyway, in our area is one pool/spa dealer that sells Zen Spas and Tuff Spas. We are looking at the Zen Getaway priced at $3500 with cover and tax, delivery to our patio and an ozonator. That same dealer also sells Tuff Spas, and the comparable model a TT150 is $4440 tax delivery, and ozonator.Meanwhile, another dealer nearby recommended the Artesian Garden Spa Azalea at $4000 including cover, tax, and delivery or the Freeflow Spas (made by Watkins) Mini at $3000. I don't have a price on adding the onzonator option for the those yet.We don't need or want a super fancy spa, and to wire a 220 line to our patio would be difficult and expensive, so we are looking at the plug and play models. We just want low maintenance, soothing jets and a hot soak.
The Azalea is a nice, well made, but basic spa. My only personal complaint about it is that the jets aren't very strong. You'll get a little more power in the Tuff Spa. I would lean toward the azalea over the TT150 personally because of the depth, though. The 150 is very shallow and the azalea is actually pretty deep for it's size. Most small spas are shallow. Now if you can bump up to the TT250 (or zen equivalent) I would change my opinion. The 250 is deep enough and has better, stronger jets than the azalea. Obviously the Tuff Top cover is a huge improvement over the azalea as well. Either way, you are looking at really well made spas. They may not have a lot of flash & dash by my extensive experience with both is that they are every bit the quality of much more expensive spas. I give a slight nod to Tuff for using better, more powerful jets plus the cover, but I would also be totally happy with an azalea.I have very limited experience with Freeflow so I won't address them.