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Coleman, Dimension1, Sundance, Arctic, Elite all have plastic bottoms. Would anyone else like to add to my list? I wasn't sure about Sundance, I just heard that from a potential customer.
Steve K,Thanks again for your post, that I personally found informative. I agree that your concern about the Beachcomber not having a suitable base, and my concern with Beachcomber not providing removable skirting is a legitimate concern. Most of these posts, including yours, come across to me as being constructive rather than bashing. In my shopping for a tub, I'm finding out that the more research I do, the more I realize that compromise will come into play when I decide what to purchase. It seems to me that the perfect hot tub just doesn't exist. Anyhow, I think that many of these posts indicate that Beachcomber produces a good product, but like with all other brands has some shortcomings. Nothing unusual there.SteveL
In my case however, the base issue was rectified by our dealer installing a treated ply wood base.
Marquis and Coleman use a plastic base, Arctic (as far as I know) is using a fiberglass base. Elite uses a sheet of "coreplas" on the bottom and I believe D1 and Sundance use a "sheet" of plastic on the bottom. There is a big difference between an enclosed plastic base and a sheet of plastic tacked to base.
Coleman, Dimension1, Sundance, Arctic, Elite all have plastic bottoms. Would anyone else like to add to my list?
I'm pretty sure that Sundance uses only a plastic sheet and not an enclosed base. WSD,No disrespect but, doesn't Master use a kind of light rubber wrap? I saw them unloading a spa at a show and it was torn in the corners by the metal frame so I went and looked. I'm sure it was rubber (Looked kinda like a pond liner) not plastic, did they change that?
It is a plastic sheet. We drilled through it to bring the electrical service in from underneath the tub. Don't know if they changed it or what--I just know what mine is like.BTW, the plastic enclosed bottom was a deal maker/breaker item for me when I was considering our spa purchase.
So yours is not really an enclosed base but a sheet tacked to the bottom?