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What is the difference between the Caldera's and the HotSprings both manufactured by Watkins?
Speaking as a fellow new spa shopper:Most if not all the Calderas have a center raised foot area molded into the middle of the spas, to brace yourself if you tend to be pushed out of the seats at high-pressure settings. None of the HS units have this.This feature may or may not be a "plus" for you.We so far have visited local area dealers of both (which happened to be same dealer at different locations), along with Jacuzzi and others.We wet tested the HS Vanguard, but not the Calderas yet. The Vanguard, which was slightly overfilled, made my wife float out of the seats on high settings.We have also wet tested a Jacuzzi J-365, which is their only model with the same footrest type feature. We, at present, prefer it over the HS, but are still going to wet test the Calderas also.There are other differences between the two, ask your dealers. And don't feel bad about inquiring their opinions of the other competing brands vs theirs.
on a crisp saturday morning we went from the 365 wet test, right down the street, and with in 30 min's got in the caldera niagra.
Chas make sure you wet test before putting the Caldera in your back yard.