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WET TEST!!!!! I wanted a lounge so much when I started, but ended up after wet testing with no lounge. Don't buy until you try!!!!Have you looked at the Caldera geneva? Same company as Hot Springs but the control panel is in front.
I have only seen a couple of Calderas in person, they were all smaller than I wanted. That Geneva looks a lot like the Hot Springs one, except....does it have waterfalls or some sort of Water feature? I like those...they don't seem to serve any purpose except to sound and look cool (but that still is interesting).
Don't let the side control panel on the Hot Spring dissuade you from their spas. They have a remote control that operates all the functions of the spa. It actually does more because you can control the speed of the color loop on the lights from the remote and you can't do that on the main control. Plus, you can keep the remote inside the house and check the temperature setting, run the jets if you just feel like it, etc.
I can tell you that I love my Arctic
Arctic is a smaller company,
and there have been a few warranty issues posted here
I do think that Arctic's "MSRPs" are high, but I think they also bargain a lot.
What is the financial condition of Phoenix? There was some chatter here a week or two ago that they were closing up shop.
Really? That's not good because they had several of my favorites there. Was this something that was an actual news story or just whispers in the wind?
Well that's good, I'd hate to end up picking up a tub and have the company go under all of a sudden. That factory looks pretty huge, so I guess they're not two guys in a garage or anything.
That Phoenix factory looked pretty scary to me! I don't think I'd want a spa from there.....do they sell those empty ones that were sitting in the sun with the panel off? Kind of looked like a junkyard to me.Now, Watkins.......that's a factory I feel good about getting my spa from!