Lay-Z-Spa type hot tub - any good?

Bought one (Lazy Spa Vegas) for my wife a couple of years ago and she loves it, using it a few evenings a week once the kids are in bed. I'm not a fan of sitting in hot tubs generally, so at £350 it was a great substitute to dropping £5k on a permanent one.

Testing the water and adding chemicals is really the only maintenance and its not much faff. I reckon you can fit three adults comfortably or 4 adults if two couples (or you don't mind snuggling up).

I think I calculated around £25 a month in electricity leaving it heated all the time when we first got it - haven't measured the electricity use for a while though, not sure if the heater loses efficiency over time with prolonged use.
 
They're great (hot tubs in general, I've not got a lay z one) but after seeing the state of mine after a party and before I got an automatic chlorinator, I'm put off getting in anyone else's :p

Offhand mine costs a quid an hour to run, plus a few hours prior to heat up (2-3hrs in summer, 6+ in winter).
 
I can't stand hot tubs, no chance you'll see me in one, especially not an inflatable one, unless its my own and I know 100% what's going on with it. If I ever get one I'll do it properly, built in with a completely overspecced filtration system, including UV filter.

They are the perfect temperature for breeding bacteria, and as someone who's looked after cooling towers for years, I've seen first hand the absolutely disgusting stuff that can grow.

Not to mention other peoples' bodily fluids, dead skin, fungal infections, etc.

Gross.
 
we have their top end one with jets and better material. Its great and kids love it. I did stay in a camp site and the hot tub we had there was a proper one and it was miles better and seamed hotter than ours gets to, but the mrs prefers our inflatable one as she says more comfortable and obviously better for kids jumping around in it.
 
Beansprout said:
They're great (hot tubs in general, I've not got a lay z one) but after seeing the state of mine after a party and before I got an automatic chlorinator, I'm put off getting in anyone else's :p

Offhand mine costs a quid an hour to run, plus a few hours prior to heat up (2-3hrs in summer, 6+ in winter).
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£1 an hour seems excessive unless it's actually a small swimming pool? My GF's niece has one we use when we go over and she reckons a couple of £/day
 
Haggisman said:
£1 an hour seems excessive unless it's actually a small swimming pool? My GF's niece has one we use when we go over and she reckons a couple of £/day
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It fits ~10-12 people and has a 12kw electric heater plus small pump. To be fair once up to temp the heater won't run much.

Pool is separate and fortunately has solar panels so from a couple weeks back only costs the pump/chemicals to run, so maybe a couple quid a day, more if I use it in the evenings (running the dehumidifiers).

When I moved in the hot tub had no filter of its own so the first thing I did was rework the pipes and add a huge cartridge filter and chlorinator :eugh:
 
Malevolence said:
Why can't the other half buy one herself, why do you have to buy it for her?
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She is buying it but totally unaware of the upkeep of it and the mains power requirements. I've just educated her to the fact we need to have an outside IP66 mains socket with RCD installed. She was thinking of running a mains extension lead through the catflap :rolleyes:
 
Had a Paris last summer, but then upgraded to a proper one this year.
For the money they are great & a good indication of wether you would use a proper one.
 
FISHGUTS said:
Had a Paris last summer, but then upgraded to a proper one this year.
For the money they are great & a good indication of wether you would use a proper one.
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Yep exactly what we have done, currently running an Mspa which is OK, but just pulled the trigger on a proper tub from Canadian Spa, which is more inline with what i'm used to when on holiday etc.
 
Got one a few weeks ago so far worth it, As for a sex pond my house is far to over looked for that 3 foot fences all around sadly.
 
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