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Don't use anyone elses opinion of what they think feels good or is a good deal. This is for you not them. As long as the brands you are considering are quality (and they are). Salesman are going to try and sway you.
Quote from: Tman122 on September 09, 2016, 06:43:52 amDon't use anyone elses opinion of what they think feels good or is a good deal. This is for you not them. As long as the brands you are considering are quality (and they are). Salesman are going to try and sway you.of course. my concern is more on the quality side of it. thanks!
Quote from: ray on September 09, 2016, 08:16:29 amQuote from: Tman122 on September 09, 2016, 06:43:52 amDon't use anyone elses opinion of what they think feels good or is a good deal. This is for you not them. As long as the brands you are considering are quality (and they are). Salesman are going to try and sway you.of course. my concern is more on the quality side of it. thanks! I was just concerned cause you were getting bombed by sales for brands your not even looking at. Glad your on top of it. You have some of the best in front of you. Narrow your choices just like your doing.
Quote from: Tman122 on September 09, 2016, 12:17:25 pmQuote from: ray on September 09, 2016, 08:16:29 amQuote from: Tman122 on September 09, 2016, 06:43:52 amDon't use anyone elses opinion of what they think feels good or is a good deal. This is for you not them. As long as the brands you are considering are quality (and they are). Salesman are going to try and sway you.of course. my concern is more on the quality side of it. thanks! I was just concerned cause you were getting bombed by sales for brands your not even looking at. Glad your on top of it. You have some of the best in front of you. Narrow your choices just like your doing.I wouldn't exactly call it getting "bombed" with a sales pitch. As someone who went through a very similar search and looked closely at the same list of tubs, I think the original poster might value my opinion. If you look closely at my initial post in this thread, you'll see that my main advice was to wet test first, evaluate the quality of dealers second and consider price third. I did exactly that, came up with a good battle plan and had narrowed things down to either a Grandee or Cantabria. At the last minute, I ventured out to explore the Aspen, and found that the Sundance dealer also happened to carry Bullfrog. After a wet test, I left having signed for a Bullfrog R8. Perhaps my purchase was driven a bit more by price - it was literally half the price of the Cantabria or the Aspen - but it wet tested every bit as good (to me anyway) as the other tubs and seemed to have a great reputation. My short time on this forum has confirmed that, with the exception of your disdain toward the Bullfrog brand for some odd reason yet to be explained. If we can't share our opinions and experiences without ridicule, then what's the point of having a discussion forum? And what harm is there in presenting another option to the original poster to consider? Ray - I don't care which tub you buy, so long as you're happy with it. I don't sell these things. I wanted a quality, 8-person hot tub and was prepared to shell out $12-$14k for the pleasure. I feel as if I accomplished that goal and only spent $7,400. Even if you can't do as good on the price, a Bullfrog R8 (or A8 for that matter) should still be thousands cheaper and I think it's at least worth a soak. Your mileage may vary and I really hope you enjoy whichever tub you choose. Frankly, they're all great options and it's really going to be hard for you to go wrong with any of them.
The OP asked about 4 specific brands and instead of helping them with their choice a couple/few tried to add something "they" think is better and/or worth a try.
Hello everyone... i appreciate all your comments/experiences... really... thanks for sharing... well... let me recap.. i wet tested the jacuzzi j495 and hot springs grandee last monday...i tested the sundance and caldera today... DKranger... didn't get to test the bullfrog... dealers are a bit far from me and didn't want to deal with LA traffic... anyway... and the winner is... sundance Aspen. The Cantabria is nice but the lounger is for tall people... i'm not... plus i think the jets are softer than the Aspen... the grandee jets were kinda has the same feel as the cantabria... don't get me wrong... they're great tubs... but the Aspen in my opinion is more therapeutic... the J495 and Aspen are very similar but Aspen has few more features like the illuminated grab bars... you can also turn off all the jets and just have bubbles... i also prefer the waterfall instead of the fountains on the cantabria and grandee... so in the end it was the j495 and the aspen... the aspen was $2700 cheaper... got it for $12800 taxes included/out the door... other dealers quotes were around that plus tax... in case you're wondering... the j495 was $13995+tax+$300delivery... yeah... delivery... all the other dealers were free delivery except for the jacuzzi dealer... Can't wait!!! again... thanks to all who took the time to respond/comment. cheers!
Read my response again. I did provide feedback / insight on the 4 tubs originally in question. I also provided feedback on another option that i felt competed very well with those same tubs - similar size, features and in my opinion soaking experience - at a significantly better price point. I'm not sure how that can be construed as anything other than trying to help.
Quote from: DKRanger22 on September 10, 2016, 12:09:13 amRead my response again. I did provide feedback / insight on the 4 tubs originally in question. I also provided feedback on another option that i felt competed very well with those same tubs - similar size, features and in my opinion soaking experience - at a significantly better price point. I'm not sure how that can be construed as anything other than trying to help. You also tried to sell the OP a different brand he wasn't even considering. Kinda like a salesman who drank to much koolaid.You feeling that it competes well means what? You feeling he could of spent less? Maybe for less tub. Maybe he didn't want less tub?Those are nice but this is better is what you did. Shame.