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Bullfrog R6L 1 pump
d00nut:
--- Quote from: pmang on March 02, 2016, 04:28:58 pm ---This tub was high on my list when I was shopping. Same as you, I had concern about the one pump and not enough power. I did wet test it. Yes, it was acceptable when you shut off one or two jet packs but when they were all on I found it much too weak. I ended up with a Hot Springs Aria which I'm very happy with. Although, even with two pumps in my tub, I constantly play with the diverter valve to get max pressure in the seat I want to use. This Bullfrog was still in my top 5 when I finished shopping for my needs but wasn't my favorite.
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Hear ya there! I love the Bullfrog concept, but I own an HSS Envoy personally. Love it. I had a customer in the other day that was looking at a new X series hot tub from Bullfrog and he actually didn't like the fact that there were no diverters in it! He didn't want to go through and turn each individual jet on or off to get the pressure he wanted. To each his own!...
Tman122:
--- Quote from: Compatico on March 02, 2016, 10:22:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Spatech_tuo on March 02, 2016, 11:12:16 am ---I can't recall someone's requirements including "no ozone" and using that to exclude any choices. Its typically either the customer wants it or they don't know anything about it but this sounds like someone has told you that you should avoid it. In the end if for whatever reason you don't want ozone you don't need to exclude all those that have it, all you'd need to do is ask the dealer to unplug it if you were to chose a brand that has it.
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Sorry didn't mean to sound too picky. My wife is sensitive to ozone so we don't want it. That doesn't mean we're excluding models that have it as I know it can simply be disabled - our Arctic Spa had ozone that's how we know about the sensitivity issue and that it can be disabled easily. If we find the right tub and it has ozone, it'll be disabled by the dealer for warranty coverage.
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I was under the assumption that most tubs turn ozone off when you enable pump 1? Or wait. That's just tubs with a circ pump. If you turn on a jet pump it disables the ozone. Ozone only works when the circ pump is operating.
Compatico:
--- Quote from: Tman122 on March 03, 2016, 07:28:45 am ---I was under the assumption that most tubs turn ozone off when you enable pump 1? Or wait. That's just tubs with a circ pump. If you turn on a jet pump it disables the ozone. Ozone only works when the circ pump is operating.
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The circ pump runs all the time 24/7 so the ozone will be running all the time. In a properly designed tub, it should shut down the ozone generator while the jet pumps are on. Even so, my wife can't be in or close to tubs with ozone, period.
Hottubguy:
--- Quote from: Compatico on March 03, 2016, 07:56:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tman122 on March 03, 2016, 07:28:45 am ---I was under the assumption that most tubs turn ozone off when you enable pump 1? Or wait. That's just tubs with a circ pump. If you turn on a jet pump it disables the ozone. Ozone only works when the circ pump is operating.
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The circ pump runs all the time 24/7 so the ozone will be running all the time. In a properly designed tub, it should shut down the ozone generator while the jet pumps are on. Even so, my wife can't be in or close to tubs with ozone, period.
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Unplug it. You can do that on any brand
Compatico:
--- Quote from: Hottubguy on March 03, 2016, 08:15:43 pm ---Unplug it. You can do that on any brand
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Yup...already discussed that earlier and did it in our Arctic Spa. It's not a deal breaker to come with an ozone generator by any means. But I appreciate having the option to choose whether we want it or not from the manufacturer. Regardless, we'll be looking at a couple of tubs this weekend and I know one comes with ozone.
Another thing is the circ pump...don't have a need for one since we don't want ozone. And if there's no ozone, there's no need for 24/7 circulation as the filters don't actually sanitize the water, they just trap particles. We don't go in the tub oily or soapy (rinse shower first), and we don't track grass or dirt into the tub. That's why our last tub had such clean water and was very easy to maintain. Even with daily use I only had to do a water change 3x a year. I would schedule it for end of November so we were good all winter (don't want to do it at -20'C) till end of March, then change it and change it again in July. We used the dichlor + bleach method...very easy to maintain.
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