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2013 HS Grandee W/ ACE Salt Progress Real Life results

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TwinCitiesHotSpring:
Nice review...we sell a lot of ACE but still plenty of people doing standard chlorine and/or silver ion...its nice to have various options to offer.  As far as its cost it doesn't really bother me as I work in sales, If I can sell stereo upgrades (on a fairly regular basis mind you) on spas for $1,000 - $1,500+ I don't really see the point in getting bent out of shape on a similar priced item that is much more useful to the actual soaking experience in the spa than a stereo is

dunecritter:

--- Quote from: Jacuzzi Jim on February 12, 2014, 07:45:33 pm ---  Doesn't really matter either way does it??

  And I only have to mow about an acre, I live in the Pacific Northwest and have more trees than grass..   I do however have a lot of really cool trails through the woods..

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Sounds very nice!

dunecritter:

--- Quote from: Hottubguy on February 12, 2014, 08:11:09 pm ---Is it worth the upfront costs plus the replacement cell every couple of years though?  Draining and refilling a hot tub is very easy plus with ace you need to drain almost as much. Aren't they still having a number of problems with the ace system?  I have 2 hot springs dealers close by 1 pushes them and the other tells customers they aren't worth it. To me I think its a good idea albeit one that was pushed into the market far too early. For now I will stick to the old fashioned way of dichlor because to me it's rather easy

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That's the big question and I guess its a matter of what one's time is worth and also how well one can actually understand the water chemistry to correctly care for their water versus having the spare cash to pay for the convenience factor...I have heard that the ACE system when it was first released a few years ago that there were some issues no doubt.. In fact I have even heard from other retailers at the last show that the first release had issues...what issues I'm not sure but mostly were having some sort of an issue.. and they were staying clear of selling them until the bugs were worked out just like a brand new model car...never buy the first year out .Not sure what revision that is out right now as I've only been involved selling HS for 4 mos...actually only been selling them for two...the first two months I was bzy doing a tenant Improvement on a new retail store.

dunecritter:

--- Quote from: Hottubguy on February 12, 2014, 08:16:55 pm ---This post makes much more sense now that I see your a hs dealer.  You omitted that the first time I read this so I see you updated. You really should have put that in your sales spiel the first time lol

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This is my original post non revised...The forum would show it if there had been any revisions what so ever...Maybe you just didn't have you glasses on??? Just Saying :o

dunecritter:

--- Quote from: TwinCitiesHotSpring on February 12, 2014, 11:20:50 pm ---Nice review...we sell a lot of ACE but still plenty of people doing standard chlorine and/or silver ion...its nice to have various options to offer.  As far as its cost it doesn't really bother me as I work in sales, If I can sell stereo upgrades (on a fairly regular basis mind you) on spas for $1,000 - $1,500+ I don't really see the point in getting bent out of shape on a similar priced item that is much more useful to the actual soaking experience in the spa than a stereo is

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Thanks TwinCitiesHotSpring. I appreciate it. There are basically 6 members of our retail staff that get involved with selling tubs with the ACE option..The owner and myself are the only ones that do actually sell it. Why is that? Because we are the only two that actually own one with ACE. We sell it passionately!!!The owner has recently (6 Mos now) installed a new high life model equipped with the ACE in his home...He ranted and raved about it to me and actually stated he would never go back to a non ACE system. Knowing this guy you don't take that lightly...so I decided to jump on the band wagon and swap out my 2007 model Vista that I purchased from The owner years ago way before ever being involved in the HS  Tub Business and try it for myself. I actually wanted to try a tub without the lounge anyway and I also really liked all the bling that my tub lacked that the newer models now have. After personally owning the ACE My opinion is that there is no better option that one can buy for the money...Even tho its still not cheap. But then again one doesn't buy a HS product because its cheap. The other sales staff are starting to pick up on the ACE thing now that we have installed it on some Hot Tubs on all of our showrooms and they have had a chance to actually experience how easy and effective it is for themselves.

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