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Thanks for your replys - we are going to see the beachcomber hot tubs tomorrow to see what they have to offer - have heard good things about them.Sure is confusing with all the options and styles etc - not much to choose from 15 years ago. We had a Pacific spa and it ran for the whole 15 years non stop with minor repairs each year.My husband wet tested the Vantage ( Coast Spa ), Cameo & Certa ( Sundance ) and the 460 ( Jacuzzi ) yesterday - theVantage and the Cameo as I mentioned before are the contenders - price is the difference now.