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wmccall:

--- Quote ---I agree with Tony that the Lavender is the most powerful. 
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For those of you who have the Sundance Aromatherapy system, describe for me what the container that you drop the crystals into looks like.

Here is why I ask.  On my Dynasty, you unscrew a cap on the top of one side of the tub and drop in the bag of smelly crystals.   It goes into a chamber that appears to be an upside down T.  If you can imagine this you are dropping the bag into the vertical part of the T and the horizontal part of the T looks like its a main air line heading to the diverter for pump number 2.   There is a single screen that prevents the fragarance bag from falling all the way in.  However, the bag never goes past the vertical part of the T so it is not in the direct air flow. (unless perhaps you take the cover off?)   If they put 2 screens on the horizontal part of the T and allowed the crystals to set directly in the air line, perhaps it would work better?  I'll have to recheck the owners manual to see if they recommend keeping the cap open. I'm curious to see if yours is diferent, if I was able to explain myself clearly :)

doodoo:
wwmcall - The Sundance aromatherapy is similar in approach to what you describe for your Dynasty. You unscrew a main cap and then unscrew a secondary cap underneath which has a seal built in. Inside is a cavity which has the cappacity to hold a sealed container of beads. You can only insert the Sundance aromatherapy container because it is shaped in the same manner and is a perfect fit. The beads never come in contact with the water as the airblowers rush air past the beads on their way to the tub. So this is more or less the same approach.

You raise a good point empolgation. The open space within the thermopane style has only enough air to supply about 1 second of air to the tub. Which must be replaced by outside ambient air in order to feed the demand.

The biggest difference is that on the full foam the intake does not impede air flow as it is set within the cavity of the mechanicals. The mechanical space on the Optima has vents on the top to permit air movement with the rest of the skirting having a 1'' insulation.  I am uncertain and perhaps the termopane owners and dealers can clarify this, but I remember a dealer we visited and he used this as a selling feature that warm air for the blower was better than cold air. A quick visit with some basic mathematics and we quickly established and agreed that the capacity of the air blower on that product meant that the warm air in the cavity was gone in just under one second.  And therefore like a house that is very drafty, and when air is forced through cracks and cavities or through insulation you get a a gradual breakdown of the effectiveness of said  barriers in insulation thereby reducing the effectiveness R value over time. I don't remeber vents on the product we saw. IMHO

usuallytrue:
I have the Altimar and I for one love the air jets.  I don't know why - just a different sensation - maybe it's a girl thing ;) (you know, bubble baths, champagne...)
That was one of the features that swayed me over HS and now I like the option of using it or not.
As for the aromatherapy - I've been using the lavendar and it works ok - not as intense as I thought it would be, but pleasant...I wouldn't use it as a deciding factor though...

bulmer4nc:
All this talk about the air basically coming from outside the cabinet is probably true (even though the dealers say it is taken from inside).  

My question now is this: Is this not also true for the air that is added to the regular jets?  The dealers have told me it's a valve that opens up at the pump itself to allow air to mix with the water.  If this is cold air, then wouldn't this 'cool' down the water as much or even more than the small air jets?  It seems like lots of air gets added to the water stream when you turn it up to get more action in the tub.

Ken

empolgation:

--- Quote ---My question now is this: Is this not also true for the air that is added to the regular jets?
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The air has to come from somewhere, no tub has a hot air storage tank whether it's full foam or thermopane.

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