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It seems that the spas that have a 24 hour circulation pump tend to put me above my price point ($7000). Would you consider getting one that does not have this feature?Why or why not?
On top of that there are low flow circ pumps and high flow circ pumps.
I can't speak for other brands, but I know the Marquis system which doesn't use a circulation pump will typically filter more than most spas with a circulation pump. For instance:Marquis - 80 gallons per minute x 60 minutes in an hour x 5 hours of filtration per day (factory default setting) = 24,000 gallons filtered per dayHotSpring - 5 gallons per minute (MAX) x 60 minutes in an hour x 24 hours of filtration per day = 7,200 gallons per day When you look at these two spas filtering, you will see surface water movement throughout the entire spa on the Marquis, but very little surface movement on the HotSpring.
The "fish pump" circ on HS (and others) is nearly useless IMO but Beachcomber uses a 56 frame circ that draws .6amps and filters 42,000 gallons of water a day. Still one of the best filtrations out there as far as I'm concerned. I hear Marquis might be going back to a circ... Steve
I mostly agree with ya.... Where I differ in opinion is that ozone does not need to be introduced into the water 24 hours a day in order to be effective. In fact, it's a waste at that level and extremely hard on jets, pillows, humans, the cover, etc. Steve