SPA-Article # 4: What if Regular, Routine Maintenance Isn't Enough?

If It's a Habit, It Gets Done. Right?

Most certainly yes! But what if you are regularly and routinely performing your hot tub maintenance steps and you still are experiencing cloudy water, itchy skin, etc?

Well, it may not be you. It could be the hot tub.

Some hot tubs require more maintenance than other hot tubs.

Just like anything in life, you do get what you pay for - superior water quality, with little effort on your part or average or poor water quality with A LOT of work required by you.

25 Square Foot Filter ?

65 Square Foot Filter?

First of all, does your hot tub have the proper amount of filtration?

325 Square Feet of Filtration

It makes sense that more is better when it comes to hot tub filtration.


Hot tubs that have several filters or larger filters can filter more particles out of the water. That means longer time between filter cleanings.

Multiple filter design not only makes water care easier, it extends the life of the filters,

saving the customer hundreds of dollars over the life of the spa. 

Because only one filter works all the time, if you rotate them like tires on a car, they should last 3-5 years! 

Easier on you (your budget) and the filters and the pumps...

If you have 350 gallon hot tub (average size of most tubs), which would you prefer:  25 square feet or 325 square feet?

Silent flo 5000 Circulation Pump

Secondly, how many hours does your hot tub filter and circulate the water daily?

How many hours a day does the water pass through the filter(s)? 

Image if the water was filtered 24 hours a day. That would mean particles were being filtered out of the hot tub water continuously. Not just a couple of hours a day (or less if programmed to do so) Yuck.

A circulation pump is a small, independent pump that continuously filters the hot tub water 24 hours a day. Some hot tubs have them, some hot tubs don't.

Some hot tubs that don't have a circulation pump, may have a (larger) 2 speed pump, that includes a high and a low speed. When there is a drop in temperature the low speed pump turns on and circulates the water. Better than no circulation pump, but still not 24 hour - constant - filtration. 

If your hot tub doesn't have constant filtration, you will work harder to maintain to cleaner, healthier water.

Lastly, is every drop of water filtered?

Is every drop of water filtered before returning back to the hot tub or does some of the water go through floor drains (by pass fittings) and back to the hot tub unfiltered? ONLY Hot Spring offers 100% No-Bypass Filtration.

The Difference between No-Bypass vs By Pass Filtration

Question: The most important part of your hot tub experience is the water. 

How much do you want to work on your water?

How much do you expect your hot tub to work for you?

A little or a lot?

Shouldn't the thing you experience the most - the water - be the thing that should require the least effort from you? 




A Ozone System

Standard with all Hot Spring hot tubs, the FreshWater® III high-output ozone system.

Working 24/7, it continuously injects millions of tiny, highly concentrated ozone bubbles into the water. These ozone bubbles neutralize contaminants on contact.

The system uses a corona discharge cell, requiring virtually no maintenance.


Additional Water Care Option:

Want the easiest, most carefree and cleanest hot tub water?

Check out the "ACE".