Home show

[Chas]

"Slab-top" refers to the older style D1. They look like the photo below, though actually I think the ones at this show were even older than the style in the photo. What I'm getting at is that D1 makes better-looking tubs than the ones this dealer chose to put up front.

Another one:

[socal]

chas, which home show are you at??? ive heard of a few being advertised....just cant remember which 1 is going on this weekend! there goes the rest of my mind  

mendos right. somewhere the idea of "blowout" prices and "super" deals fallow home shows.  IMO i feel like im at a flee market trying to sell sun glasses @ $5, but this guy only offering $3.

[J._McD]

"Slab-top" refers to the older style D1. They look like the photo below, though actually I think the ones at this show were even older than the style in the photo. What I'm getting at is that D1 makes better-looking tubs than the ones this dealer chose to put up front.

Another one:

I will assume that is a D1 but it looks very much like a HS, does that make a HS also a "slab-top" style and the acrylics are not?

[East_TX_Spa]

I will assume that is a D1 but it looks very much like a HS, does that make a HS also a "slab-top" style and the acrylics are not?

I'm not sure what brand that is but it does look like they've tried to copy HotSpring.  You can't really blame them as that design sold A LOT of spas.

HotSpring still offers the Endurol in the Classic Series featuring the Grandee, Vanguard, Sovereign, and Jetsetter.  We still sell a ton of the Sovereigns in white because it's available in 110V.  That's a huge selling point for a spa that size.

Terminator

[Chas]

I will assume that is a D1 but it looks very much like a HS, does that make a HS also a "slab-top" style and the acrylics are not?

Yes, that is a D1, right off their web site this morning. And if you think that it looks like a HS, you haven't seen a HS in about 10 years. HS hasn't had such a slab-topped design for a decade or more. They have gone to the more stylized curvy look that everyone else had adopted. Even our Endurol tubs have more curves and look more up-to-date, IMO.

Yes we still offer Endurol - the white product, and as Termite-eater said, they are still sellin'. There are a handful of spas in this product and they are called the "Classic Series."

I'm not itching for a fight MdD - I'm just saying this dealer put the best-looking spas in the back of the booth, not the front.

D1: HS:

[Chas]

chas, which home show are you at??? ive heard of a few being advertised....just cant remember which 1 is going on this weekend! there goes the rest of my mind  

The one I visited was in Ventura, at the county fairgrounds. There is also one going on down in Los Ageles this weekend.
LA - http://www.thehomeshow.com/
Vta. - http://www.capitalshowcase.com/

[socal]

The one I visited was in Ventura, at the county fairgrounds. There is also one going on down in Los Ageles this weekend.
LA - http://www.thehomeshow.com/
Vta. - http://www.capitalshowcase.com/

hmmm, downtown la huh??? ill pass on that one   i dont have much luck up there with traffic  

but thanks for the heads up. i know there is a show coming up over here at pechanga casino. i guess its that time of year for about one a week

[J._McD]

I'm not itching for a fight MdD - I'm just saying this dealer put the best-looking spas in the back of the booth, not the front.

D1: HS:

Well Chas, I'm not lookin to tango, but I just find it unusual you would say that when it looks sooo much like what a HS is, or as you say has been.  I can see you like the new look that HS has adopted after what, 20 years of that beautiful white.  I hear, D1 originates from one of the largest HS dealers back in the 70's and is a well respected manufacturer as well.

I think all Hot Tubs are good, but you are right, shows are tough on good quality and honest dealers.  Shoppers seem to have this idea all spas should sell cheap when your wholesale cost for a HS is greater than they want to pay retail.  Our local HS dealer dosen't do home shows either for much the same reason.

But, thanks for the answer, I have never heard the term "slab-top" before and was surprised it came from you with it looking sooo much like what you sell or sold, now that you are selling more colorful acrylic.  I think you have a good looking product and it is a good choice for the consumer along with several other top notch manufacturers.

Consumers just can't go wrong with good quality, a good dealer, and a long life Hot Tub.  Maybe someday enough consumers will learn and tell others, a bargain price is not what they should be attracted to.

[drewstar]

I went to a local Home Show last weekend. I breifly checked out the Hot tubs.   I belive there was HS, Artic, D1 and a small company "Spa Discounters".   None of the dealers hasseled me or try to sell me.  since I wasn't buying I also didn't want to detract them from "real customers"

 Artic had the biggest display (most tubs, largerst area).
I did get to see the new HS blue (azzurite?)   Yuk.    I much perfer the silvers and smooth blue colors than the sparkely flecks in this new blue.  

[Chas]

I just find it unusual you would say that when it looks sooo much like what a HS is, or as you say has been.

I certainly meant no disrespect by using the term slab topped. Yes, a couple of decades ago HS did have the very same design, and as Term said we sold a bunch of them. I don't see anything wrong with the design, and I should have made that more clear. But let's face it, just as in every other consumer product from cars to blenders, styles change.

I was not trying to insult D1 - or HS for that matter - I was just noting that this dealer put the oldest design right up front, in white while the back of his display contained spas with newer styles.