There's a physical shop nearby selling them. Looks empty all the time. Might not even be open nowNot even from discount hot tubs.com ?
I imagine hot tub sales are extremely poor in this climate!
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the trick with hot tubs (I did a lot of research and have mates with them) never buy a cheap on as the corners cut are on insulation. pay for the best insulation upgrades you can including on the base underneath it as well as the lid for the top.
also for a home hot tub you probably don't need it at 38-40 degrees like you may get at a spa. 36-38 is likely fine when you are paying for the leccy bill . those 2 degrees will save you a fair bit.
IF I get one I will be looking to get it up to temp using off peak electricity pricing .
Who knows what this was. But it was more than I expected. Even in summer at 38c.
I'm not really a hot tub person anyway.
It was using twice as much juice as the entire house. Unjustifiable for me
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I love a hot tub but the way things are I should maybe just pay for 3 or 4 over night spa breaks a year with the wife instead. I get a spa, and earn brownie points at the same time for similar price
also don't have to faff around with the chemistry set needed for water quality
also don't have to faff around with the chemistry set needed for water quality
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Still uses a bucket load of electricity with current costs. Fair enough if you use it plenty. Ours is off.
Agreed. Saves on all the cleaning and maintenance. It was fun during lockdowns and at least makes our current energy bill look normal.
Wouldn’t fancy trying to sell a hot tub right now.
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Tempted to give ours away.
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Gas prices are falling – so why aren't your bills?
Shameless energy suppliers must not use net zero as an excuse to keep bills high
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Rather than trying to disprove your point, I was just pointing out how our usage gets to that level using utilities that we use most days
You'll probably have to pay someone to take it off your hands.
I can use over 40kwh per day in the winter thanks to stupid storage heaters. 2 heaters x 2kw x 7 hours = 28KWH on their own every night in a really cold snap and with crappy not-that-much-cheaper economy 7 rates it costs a fair penny.
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I'm using an average of around 9Kwh per day, but there's little to no heating involved with that.
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I know we use a lot, washing machine, tumble drier, dishwasher, hot tap, 6' f/freezer, 6' fridge, 6' freezer, tv projector on all day, countless PC's, servers, home automation, phev charge etc. etc. + hot tub in the summer!
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The trick I've found with the hot tub is to fill it every night with fresh hot water off the gas boiler - it worked out about £1:35 a night.
Free food too.
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Got home, upstairs was down to 10C, figure I may stick the heating on for at least an extra hour tonight 
That along with the huge trampoline that the wife bought and used a handle full of times. You can guarantee we’d lockdown again the moment I get rid of them. I wouldn’t fancy moving the hot tub again either. The problem is that while I ‘winter prepared it’ a load more water has leaked in through the cover, probably back into the system. Doubt we’ll use it again, so it probably doesn’t matter.
That along with the huge trampoline that the wife bought and used a handle full of times. You can guarantee we’d lockdown again the moment I get rid of them. I wouldn’t fancy moving the hot tub again either. The problem is that while I ‘winter prepared it’ a load more water has leaked in through the cover, probably back into the system. Doubt we’ll use it again, so it probably doesn’t matter.
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We've just had our Smart Meters fitted at the new house, turns out the Gas pressure was low so the guy reckons that might be why the estimated Gas usage was loads...
See how long it is before Shell offers tariffs though as we were told that they won't offer tariffs at the mo so we are variable..
Electricity 32.81p/kWh and a standing charge of 45.75ppd
Gas is 10.24p/kWh and 28.48ppd standing charge..
A fair jump over what we were paying on the BG fixed tariff we were on at the old house...
See how long it is before Shell offers tariffs though as we were told that they won't offer tariffs at the mo so we are variable..
Electricity 32.81p/kWh and a standing charge of 45.75ppd
Gas is 10.24p/kWh and 28.48ppd standing charge..
A fair jump over what we were paying on the BG fixed tariff we were on at the old house...
Apart from Octopus, none of the providers are offering fixed tariffs due to the Government price fix scheme. The earliest that will change *might* be April, but unlikely since the scheme will still exist then but with a slightly higher cap rate
Yep. I was one of them at the time and thought you was making the bad move. But who would have thought things were going to end up the way they did. One thing I did not take into account was you said you managed to get zero exit fees on your contract. I did not think that would be possible on such a long term fix.
You did very well in the end