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I've always wondered about that thermal area that uses the pumps heat to keep costs down. If the spa has to be running to keep heat generateing around the spa cabinet area. How can that be efficient? Air space in cold weather will become cold very quickly. I have a feeling that the 3-4 amp motor will have to run a lot during the day to keep temperature in the water. Has there ever been a third party test from Coleman, Arctic or Master that stated official testing standards by equipment and not theory?
While we haven't made our minds up, we happen to like the sculpted seats on the Tundra model and find them as comfortable or more so than anything else we tested.
Any spa can leak. Arctic. Hot Springs, Cal Spa, D-1, Sundance, etc... If a customer asks me what can break on my spa, I will flat out tell them everything. Not that everything will break, but everything can break. Every jet, every pump, every hose line, the heater, the electronics, the topside, the list can go on and on. Every spa that anyone sells will break just the same. Every car will break, every TV will break, and every mechanical thing will break. So every spa will have down time. So the question is can you fix it and how fast? With an Arctic you can see everything, so the down time will be reduced if there is a problem. Michaelwww.HeavenlyTimes.com
Ed's right (as always) but I would also add the quality of the dealer as a deciding factor as well.Steve