Hot Tub Insulation

Hot Tub Insulation: Hot tub insulation serves several purposes:

1. It keeps the heat in, creating energy efficiency.
2. It reduces the noise of the equipment in the hot tub.
3. It keeps the plumbing in place by reducing vibration.

While you're shopping, you may experience several different types of spa insulation. Generally, all manufacturers place hot tub foam insulation along their hot tub shells. Some place spa insulation along the floors, and some place insulation inside the cabinets. These hot tubs are called "partially insulated." Hot tubs that are full-foam insulated - ones that have foam along the shell, the floor, and the cabinet - are the most energy-efficient hot tubs on the market.

While some manufacturers claim that partial insulation forms a "thermal plane" or a "heat keeper" pocket, we believe the most efficiently engineered hot tubs and spas are foam-filled.

You may also hear that full foam insulation makes servicing a hot tub more difficult. This may, in fact, be true. However, it's important to take into account the entire cost of owning your hot tub. If full foam hot tub insulation reduces your energy costs by adding efficiency, is it worth giving up your savings to make hypothetical repairs a little easier? You're probably better off buying a fully insulated hot tub or spa from a hot tub manufacturer with a good reputation, sound warranty, and well-built components. Overall, you'll spend less in the long-run, and enjoy your spa more.

• Does the hot tub have full foam insulation? Is it insulated along the shell, inside the cabinet, and along the floor? Are the plumbing fixtures housed inside the spa insulation, to soundproof the hot tub, reduce vibration and leaks?

Taken from: http://www.hottubguide.com/hot-tub-insulation.php

PoolCo Energy Use Guarantee

Spas are wonderful.
Big energy bills are not.
We've been measuring and recording the energy usage of our showroom hot tubs. Pictured here is the Brutech ECM-1220 Monitor/Logger. It tracks and records the real power consumed by an electrical load.
The "load" here is a Hot Spring Vista. (load = an appliance or any electrical device which consumes electrical power.

                                                                            We've been keeping track of the energy usage of this Huge Vista hot tub from Hot Spring. (500 gallons!)

Our Vista is only costing us $ 23.26 to use this month...very, very low.

PoolCo's Energy Cost Guarantee

PoolCo considers it our responsiblity to offer you only the highest quality and the most energy efficient hot tubs in the world.

Hot Spring^® spas set the standard when it comes to energy efficiency. You just can't find a more energy-efficient hot tub. 

We are so confident in the time-tested energy efficiency of our hot tubs that we are willing to guarantee in writing the monthly operating costs of each model... and pay if we're wrong. (The difference for 1 year!) This guarantee applies to Hot Spring, Limelight, Tiger River, Hot Spot and Solana hot tubs.

Hot Spring hot tubs have the most high performance jets

Quality vs. quantity. The therapeutic value of a great hot tub is not dependent on the number of jets. The best hot tubs have a wide variety of jets for targeting specific major muscle groups. Choose the proper placement and right combination of jets for your particular needs.      

Quality jets equal lower energy costs. The more jets you have, the more you must increase the horsepower to increase the pressure from the jets. Consider this example: You have 2 hot tubs, each with a 2 horsepower motor. The first hot tub has 20 jets. The second hot tub has 40 jets. Which tub do you think will feel powerful? Obviously the first tub will feel twice as powerful as the second. The only way to create the same amount of pressure in the second hot tub is to increase the amount of horsepower. Twice the horsepower will also mean twice the energy cost.

More hot tub math Let's suppose that you are sitting in front of 20 jets in a 100 jet hot tub.  What do you call the other 80 jets?

Answer: RELIEF VALVES!  The worst part of that equation - you are paying the electricity to run those unused 80 jets...  

Most people aren't even aware that hot tubs can actually have specialized jets. But then most people assume all hot tubs are alike. Hot Spring hot tubs are so different.

We hope you enjoy watching the following jet demonstration video, produced by the "Hot Spring Girls" from PoolCo! (We had a lot of fun making this video!)