We bought our first hot tub early in the spring of this year. So I’m not sure how valuable my advice will be to you given we are not even one year in yet. Having said that, I don’t regret our purchase for a minute. Would do it again in a heartbeat. It’s true that we don’t use our tub as much now as when we first got it, but we do still use it and it is just so comforting to soak in a hot tub.
I had always wanted a hot tub and just never lived anywhere that I could have one. A couple of years ago I inherited a family cabin, which we tore down and rebuilt, and now we have a hot tub on a roof deck. We love it!
So I guess my advice would be if this is something you’ve always wanted, and you can afford it, then go for it. From the tone of your post, it appears to me that if you don’t buy, it might be one of those things you will regret that you didn’t do.