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Bill_Stevenson:
Mendocino,

As I understand it, the standard Endless Pool holds 2,500 gallons of water.  This is a whole lot less water than would be held in either a conventional pool, or in a lap pool.  The typical swimmer likes the water at 82-85 degrees F.  So if you compare apples with apples, a swim spa would require a lot less energy to heat than would a conventional pool and is a superior training device as well.  The power to run the water cirulation system is not high at all.  The Endless Pool company has a website and could probably provide you with much more specific information.  

Wisoki's point is well taken.  A swim spa is for swimming and would not be practical for hot tub use.  There are combination units out there.  I think Dimension 1 makes one for example, but in my opinion these are a definite compromise.  In our case if we decide to buy a swim spa it will be separate from and in addition to our hot tub.

Regards,

Bill

Drifter:
watch out for those endless pools, a friend of mine was all hot to buy one at around 18k, until we checked them out and found out typical installation costs were another 18k! :o  :o  There are several good web sites that talk about how much it costs to put one of those things in! Not like laying a slab down and dropping a tub on top of it!

r100rs:
Thanks again for the information. I know an inground swim/spa will cost about 22k fully installed.  Thats about 5-6k more than D1/Royal/Calspas for about the same size.  So it will probably be about equal.  And that would be I am more broke than before.  But since I am still crunching numbers and designing my layout, it will still be a while.

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