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The Artesian Quail ridge or Dove Canyon?
sore muscles:
Looking for a lounge chair with good back and shoulder massage. Anyone here own either one these and can give me some more first hand experience? Going to wet test some artesian's today. I like the Platinum elite with there separate individual control stations.
I'm also interested in the Antigua elite and grand Bahama elite with the high neck and shoulder jet with the lounger. The one thing that really concerns me on those two is the lack of direct control near the lounge and that they only have 2 seats with direct flow.
sore muscles:
Just tested the artesian grand Bahama elite and the pelican elite. The pelican bay was a pretty awesome tub, all decked out with individual controls for each seat, and the control knobs where super easy to turn to any pressure you needed. Was to big for what I needed though.
Next I tested the Bahama elite and I've got to say the lounge chair has plenty of power and was also adjustable with a diverter valve "easy turning too." The two other chairs had separate individual control panels that you could easily adjust to any setting at your finger tips and within arms reach. I'm 6' ft and had no problem laying in the lounge, it fit me like a glove. The other two seats where just as good, but being tall I had to slouch down slightly to fit under the neck jets.....no biggy.... my feet where then right over the big foot jets..win ..win. I now know why the Bahama is a good seller, it's an all around great tub.
Now I would like to test the quail ridge, it's got a smaller foot print but with all the same lay out and it's an elite. The antigua elite I will be wet testing this week, it's slightly smaller than the grand Bahama and it's got no over the shoulder jets, but it's got all the controls at your finger tips on each seat. 8)
sore muscles:
WOW...thanks for all the replies. I traveled over a 100 miles today and nada reply...maybe I should ask vinny about his tub?
MrLobster:
Morning Sore Muscles, been away a couple of days else I'd have been all over this.
I took delivery of my Artesian Antigua a couple of weeks ago. Only the base model, not the Elite, but I'm very pleased with it. The seats are a good size, I'm a little taller than you at 6'3" but fit into the lounger easily and the shoulder jet seat if I'm careful how I sit. I think the Antigua Elite still keeps the shoulder jets.
If you're going to have a lot of people in the tub you'll probably want at least the Grand Bahama rather than the Antigua. We had five of us in the tub on Saturday and while we were still far enough apart to be polite, the water level got pretty high.
Happy to help with any questions, I did a lot of research before buying my tub so know a fair amount of the technical details too.
sore muscles:
Thanks for the reply Mrlobster, I'm not looking for a large party tub or one that will hold a lot of people at one time. I do like the grand Bahama elite, it's not to small and not the pelican bay. I read on this forum you should get a slightly larger tub than needed, just for the simple fact you'll regret playing footsie with other people and not having enough room to feel comfortable myself. I know the tub I need will be only for two people most of the time and when family comes in they will use it, 4-5 people max on rare family gatherings. Looking at the grand and the Antigua, the are almost the exact same lay out, just that the Antigua is missing approx. 8 smaller jets and it is slightly smaller. It seems the smaller you go in tubs, the less features it comes with. I looked at the nevis but it doesn't really have enough back jets, even with the other options. I know I need a lounge chair for the back of my legs because I have "restless leg syndrome" which is a cause on many sleepless nights :(. The fact that the lounge chair has those little wrist jest will also come in very handy, since I work with my hands all day long.
This has narrowed my search down to the Grand Bahama elite , Antigua elite, dove cove, and the Quail Ridge. I really like the elite series for the individual control settings and dedicated pump for each seat, which makes it easy to adjust to any setting I like or who ever is in the tub at the time. You will pay more for that options, but I consider this purchase very personal and a long term investment, and am willing to spend the couple extra bucks to get exactly what I need and not have a 5k buyers remorse.
Now comes the choice between the 4 tubs. Hmmmm
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