Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: dunecritter on February 10, 2014, 08:22:14 am
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I personally enjoy my tub best at 100F and she likes it hotter at 102F. My High Life HS controller actually will max out at 104 at least so I thought until recently...My HS sales guy showed me that if you hold the temp up button for 4-5 seconds the display turns red and reads 105 and then again it will go to 106 but no higher. I was amazed that someone would actually enjoy a tub that high??? He explained that in other countries and climates they like it HOT! Is this even healthy? He also showed me that the screen reverses as well which I had no idea of this either by holding the back button for 4-5 seconds. When the water temp is 102 I'm constantly getting up and sitting on the entry step to cool down often during a soak.
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I like about 140-150 but I go out and jump in the snow or lake to cool off depending on the time of year. Oh you mean hot tub water. Sorry I am thinking sauna. The bottom bench is about 120 and the top about 160 depending on how much water I throw on the rocks.
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Now that is just depressing, my Sauna heater is broken at the moment and we have 3 inches of snow in the forecast for tomorrow night (the last month we have experienced the most snow we have had here in years, 3 inches is a once in 30 year event around here, and this will be the 2nd time for it in a month)
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Sauna the same as Tman (no snow though)...hot tub, 106
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106....WOW
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Wow! 106!
No way I could stay in that for very long.
The temp I use depends on the time of year, but usually my max top setting is for 102 unless it's summer. I keep a temp where I can stay a good ten to fifteen minutes or more.
I also have checked my indicated temp with a calibrated thermometer, and cannot help but wonder if people using 106 are on the money.
106 is so hot to me that I have to get out after a minute or two. I start feeling lightheaded and worry about passing out. When on vacation, my son stayed in a quite hot tub and did pass out. No injuries or issues, but that is scary to me since I am often in the tub by myself. What if I passed out and slipped under the water?
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What if I passed out and slipped under the water?
Wake up or drown.
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I have a 2013 HS sovereign and have seen 107 on my display, i actually got in the water, it cooled down to 103 quick enough, but would i ever want it at 107, absolutely not. I prefer 103 or so in the winter, 98 in the summer.
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100 in the summer and 102 in the winter. I saw 105 on mine this summer and it was rather warm and got in and it cooled down to 102 after a while. Would I want it that hot all the time..nah.
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When we got our in the summer 40°C was far too warm.
In the winter we find 40°C, nice, but depending on the ambient temperature and how long we stay in.
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Were st 100-101....more than that....too hot for us!!!!!! Snowing out now....taking a customer out for dinner and then just hubby and I back home and hittin our NOT GREEN ANYMORE tub!!!!!
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106 in the winter, 102 in the summer
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Wow! You guys don't like to soak very long. If we had our tub over 96*, we wouldn't think we were getting our money's worth. We pour a glass of wine, get in, then an hour and a half later, we get out, totally relaxed; not exhausted from the heat. I tried running the temp up to 99*-100* and the longest I could stay in was a few minutes. That's just not worth having one, but then that's the wife and I, and I'm glad we are on the same page with the heat tollerance.
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I you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. :)
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96? That's a pool, whole other forum.
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You guys are funny! If I wanted to get into a tub of 104* for 10 minutes, I would have just passed on a hot tub and drawn a small tub of hot water, gotten in long enough to put burn blisters on my butt, then get out, sit in front of the television with a glass of wine. I'd rather get it just hot enough to be totally relaxing and be able to sit in it just as long as I wish without worrying about health issues from the prolonged heat exposure. Sometime, we even have to turn the overhead fan on during the winter months if we start sweating. 8)
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Sauna 165 ish
Hot Tub 102-103
had a customer with an inground spa built into his house, he refused to upgrade to a newer/more efficient heater (small pool heater) because his old mechanical heater could be "rigged" so he could soak at 107...told him he was crazy and he just laughed
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Some like it hot - I'm good at 104, friends can't handle it though, so it's usually set around 101.
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I'm with spoiledrotten, lower temp and longer soak time.
I usually leave mine at 99 and very occaisionally bump it up a degree or three.
Minimum soak time no less than 20 minutes and 30-60 minutes frequently.
104 too hot for 10mins or more unless I've been drinking a ton prior to entry and during the soak.
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While I am still fairly new to hot tub ownership I find that I need 102+ to help with my back pain, anything lower just does not cut it, I am still fine tuning that number though at 104 the soak time before I have to get out is a bit short, so I am thinking ideal balance is probably around 103.
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I'm with spoiledrotten, lower temp and longer soak time.
I usually leave mine at 99 and very occaisionally bump it up a degree or three.
Minimum soak time no less than 20 minutes and 30-60 minutes frequently.
104 too hot for 10mins or more unless I've been drinking a ton prior to entry and during the soak.
Glad I'm not the only one. High temps and short soak times are about the equivalant of putting in an in-ground swimming pool, then jumping in one end and swimming a lap and getting out.
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Its funny how just that one or two degrees makes such a difference...I can hang out in the tub for an hour or two at 100-101 but at 102 I want out after 10-20 min....One degree? Wild!
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That is true, dunecritter. Then just think how one degree body heat makes a difference as well. If I had 103* temp growing up, my mother would give me a couple of aspirin and tell me to get my butt in the bed. If it went up to 104*, she'd rush me to the emergency room, afraid I was fixing to have a stroke.