Hot Tubs Rock!!
Ok I know this is embarrassing but until recently I had never been in a Hot Tub(HT). Well now that I've been aquainted with them I'm totally sold!
I had always assumed HTs required a lot of energy and upkeep but actually due to the better insulation of todays HT and products maintainence looks to be easy.
I wasn't prepared for the relaxation you get from a 20 minute soak. Every time I tub I'm so ready for a good nights sleep. Anyone else here a HT fan? I can't imagine living without one now. There's something special about soaking and looking up at the stars or even better tubbing while snowflakes drop lightly.
Any other tubbers here on AI?
I had always assumed HTs required a lot of energy and upkeep but actually due to the better insulation of todays HT and products maintainence looks to be easy.
I wasn't prepared for the relaxation you get from a 20 minute soak. Every time I tub I'm so ready for a good nights sleep. Anyone else here a HT fan? I can't imagine living without one now. There's something special about soaking and looking up at the stars or even better tubbing while snowflakes drop lightly.
Any other tubbers here on AI?
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I'm thinking about getting one, although it would be somewhat useless most of the year here, since it's hot and steamy outside 6 months out of the year. Right now I'm trying to convince the company to buy one since we need a steam + immersion test chamber to test one of our products.
which, IIRC, were one of the first commercially marketed Hot Tubs back in the 70s/80s.
(Nice looking wood from the outside, but not very comfy bench seats.)
Semantics or brand confusion perhaps, but I'd always distinguished Hot Tubs (primarily for soaking, with some jets), from Jacuzzi (all about the jets). Maybe that's the Jacuzzi brand doing the Xerox/Kleenex thing and defining itself as the product.
IIRC, the number one cost/replacement/MTBF concern is usually the motors for the jets... sometimes absurdly expensive to replace (or hard to find) and frequently the first thing to go wrong.
One house in HK with several balcony-mounted single jacuzzi tubs got flooded during a typhoon. Replacement cost for the motors was almost the cost of the whole unit, but worse was the fact it took 3 months to get a replacement shipped due to the fact the model had been discontinued.
Look for reliability or long term testing reviews on the maintenance if you're concerned about warranty.
Some tubs have conformal seating like a lounge chair stretched out, with jets strategically positioned for that person, as well as 'regular' jets spaced around the rest of the tub for the other users. Since not all users come in the same sizes/shapes, it may be useful to identify where you'll want the jets and try to find a tub that 'fits' all the likely users. One user's perfectly placed muscle massage might be pranging another user's funny bone.
If safety of your small one is an issue, find one with steps and a pole so there's a wee seat/shallow area. If cold climate usage is an issue, find one with better insulation and snugly fitting thermal cover to minimize heat loss.
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Of course, be careful about drug/alcohol use combined with immersion in hot water... multiplies effect.
(Drugs are bad, mmmmkay?)
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Originally posted by BRussell
We've been thinking about getting one once the little one (year and a half old right now) is a bit older. Any suggestions?
Wow the little one is already 18 months. I thought about the same thing. I believe you can lock down the insulating mats on most of the tubs. My girlfriend says that for small families the round tubs are the cheapest and can hold 4-5 people easily. If you actually plan to let others in the square tubs can hold up to 7 easily. Next you decide on just how important jets are to you. Some people like to be stimulated directly by the jets but I prefer to get between them and let the water swirl. Next thing up will be rigging an outdoor speaker or something for some nice soothing sounds.
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Of course, be careful about drug/alcohol use combined with immersion in hot water... multiplies effect.
(Drugs are bad, mmmmkay?)
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very true. I thought that was a myth but after a bit too much wine and some tubbing and I became woozy<sp> quickly. I asked about the monthly electric bill increase and my girl said it wasn't significant at all. In fact someone replacing old appliances like Fridge,W/D etc with new more efficient models may recoup enough electricity cost to make adding a HT a 0 increase in electricity.
There are few things more relaxing and enjoyable than chilling(ironical) in a hot tub on a clear night, watching the moon and the stars come out, with a nice cold one and/or(preferably and) your girl.
The colder it is outside, the better. I spent countless nights drinking beer and soaking up chlorine in our hottub when I lived at home. It was great out there even at -40 celcius. Your hair gets wet from the steam and freezes solid. heh heh
It would be -35C or something, and we'd jump out, run down to the grass, and roll around in a snow drift, then back in the tub. For some reason hot water feels very good on your body just after you've been rolling around in snow. It's weird.
A buddy bet me $5 once I wouldn't run down the street and touch a church and back. It was -37C. I know the church is about 180 yards away, because I could hit the roof with a 7-iron from my yard in the summer.
But man, double that distance, add a slight slope becaue it's along a creek, and add a road in there that makes you time your run just right to miss traffic... and that is one F**KING COLD run. I probably got a cold out of it, but dude, we're talking $5 cash!
Yeah, hottubs are a blast. That's next on our list.
But the Bullfrogs are forever customizable, have no worries about flooding and those associated picks, and are simply amazing in comfort and reliability...
Glad you started this thread...MMmmm...Hot tub....[/homer]
Originally posted by murbot
A buddy bet me $5 once I wouldn't run down the street and touch a church and back. It was -37C. I know the church is about 180 yards away, because I could hit the roof with a 7-iron from my yard in the summer.
But man, double that distance, add a slight slope becaue it's along a creek, and add a road in there that makes you time your run just right to miss traffic... and that is one F**KING COLD run. I probably got a cold out of it, but dude, we're talking $5 cash!
Originally posted by murbot
A buddy bet me $5 once I wouldn't run down the street and touch a church and back. It was -37C. I know the church is about 180 yards away, because I could hit the roof with a 7-iron from my yard in the summer.
But man, double that distance, add a slight slope becaue it's along a creek, and add a road in there that makes you time your run just right to miss traffic... and that is one F**KING COLD run. I probably got a cold out of it, but dude, we're talking $5 cash!
Remind me never to move to Canada. -40 is way, way too cold. I remember running about that distance last winter (in NJ) in nothing but a grass skirt as part of a bet, but (1) I was drunk, (2) I wasn't wet, and (3) it was more like -10.
+40 doesn't phase me, but you polar bears are simply insane.
I'm thinking of rigging a hottub so I can have polar bear dips in the summer months.