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pnopper:
I can recommend Eco Spa with flying colors. I bought one eleven years ago when they were called South Pacific and it is still serving me well. It looks just as good as the day I bought it and I live in east county San Diego. My covers did not warp nor did the levers break like I am reading with other comments. I saw the upgraded version of my spa at a show this weekend and see they changed their name to Eco Spa and really made an effort to improve the product.

I fill mine five months out of the year and have had three issues over 11 years. Once a fuse blew (probably my fault), once I had a leak at the light and finally the covers take on a bit water when it rains but I just drilled holes on the ends and when I open the covers the holes are on the bottom and the water drains out. All easy fixes done by myself.

That being said, my kids are getting too big to get in the spa with my wife and I so I am looking to upgrade size. I do believe the Tuff spa is a great product and am going to another show to compare both Eco and Tuff. We do have a view and the Eco spa lid does block our view so Eco Spa may lose out to the Tuff spa because of the lid. However I want to be clear after reading some negative comments on this blog. In my experience Eco Spa is a great product and if Tuff spa did not offer a more suitable lid for my view I would not even be looking around and just buy another Eco Spa.

Peter

Tman122:

--- Quote from: pnopper on June 20, 2017, 01:38:53 am ---
I fill mine five months out of the year and have had three issues over 11 years. Once a fuse blew (probably my fault), once I had a leak at the light and finally the covers take on a bit water when it rains but I just drilled holes on the ends and when I open the covers the holes are on the bottom and the water drains out. All easy fixes done by myself.
Peter

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So less than 5 years of use? The cover can't be very energy efficient, which may not matter depending where you live, if water leaks in and holes are drilled into the air space to drain it.

Sam:
From what I understand, it's cold climates where the cover warps and the arms break.  The difference in temperatures between under the lid and above in the winter are what cause the warping and they absolutely refuse to cover it in their "lifetime warranty".  The cold temperatures are also the major contributing factor to their plastic arms breaking, which is also not included in the warranty.  They sell those arms for about $75.  It's a sham.

Tuff Spas however fixed all of these problems and has a true lifetime warranty.  They are a fantastic company that takes care of their customers and does the right thing.  I strongly endorse Tuff Spas.

pnopper:
OK, warping at cold temperatures makes sense and I live in a warm climate. The Eco (South Pacific) uses 2 large pieces to cover the spa and the Tuff uses 4 smaller pieces to cover the spa therefore any warping will be minimized on 4 pieces assuming it is a materials issue of roti-molded plastic and not a design or manufacturing issue. Thank you for the clarification.
As a side note, I noticed they moved the handle on the eco to the outside on the current models therefore stopping the issue of taking on water inside the lids. Maybe I just got lucky but my spa has served me well for 11 years and the roto-molded plastic looks as good as the day I bought it with really no maintenance. And yes it does look a bit like a coffin but even the strongest storm never blew the lids off my coffin while I slept hard and I never had to replace a ratty looking sun damaged lid, and yes it is quite efficient.
Also when I bought mine it was really cheap and maybe that is why it exceeded my expectations. The Eco has come up on price quite a bit since then and when you pay bigger dollars you have higher warrantee expectations.

pnopper:
Just a final note. I went to the Del Mar fair to check and see what kind of a deal (show price) I could get on a Tuff Spa. Their show price was considerably less than the Eco spa show price so I purchased the Tuff Spa. It looks like the old South Pacific (eco Spa) is trying to improve their product and come in at a new price point. At that higher price point Eco should replace the plastic arms on the lids with something better and work on providing better customer warrantee service.
Thank you Sam for your input and hopefully this subject will help someone make an informed decision.
Peter

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