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1st time buyer...narrowed to 3 choices...help please
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote from: cstew74 on May 26, 2019, 08:17:37 pm ---
So i keep going back and forth..i dont want to end up with buyers remorse.....and this is a huge investment for us.
I guess i just need you guys to tell me which of the 2 to buy....LOL.
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I know EXACTLY which one you should buy! Whichever seems like the winner after the wet test, (all other things being relatively equal of course).
Wet tests are very important yet more opt out of that step than follow through.
If any of the spas you are considering are lounge spas its 3x as important to wet test them because lounges are not for everyone, take up a lot of space and you won't know if they work for you until you are in it filled up (dry testing only means so much)!
cstew74:
Went a wet tested the D1 Aurora. Here is what my wife and I took away from it.
Great jets. Very powerful.
Seats are comfortable
Able the control each jet and amount of power it produces is nice (similar to a radio volume knob)(i assume most hot tubs have this feature these days )
Foot well is nice. Again, nice power.
Did not like the lounger. It is called an Ultra lounger and it really lays you down quite a bit. Almost horizontally.
The adjustable head rest at the lounger is just not well designed in my opinion. It doesn’t easy go up or down. And when the head rest is all the way up the Jets coming out of the head rest will splatter and splash water all over your face, which obviously is very annoying.
I really wanted to like the lounger with the Jets coming out of the head rest, but it just doesn’t feel right to me or my wife. I feel like we would end up not even using the lounger and therefore cutting half the tub away and not using it.
The touchscreen panel is really nice but if there is any water on there you must dry it off in order for it to work. Nothing that a towel couldn’t solve really quick when needing to operate it.
We are wet testing a Caldera Seychelles Monday. It is the same as the Caldera Reunion but it has a lounger. The lounger on the Seychelles is way more upright than the lounger on the Aurora and we think we will like this lounger a lot more. If we don’t like the lounger on this Seychelles, then obviously we will go with the caldera reunion (non-lounger version)...(same price)
Cash price for the Seychelles (with fresh water salt system)-$8,100
bebopdeluxe76:
--- Quote from: cstew74 on June 03, 2019, 05:17:18 pm ---Went a wet tested the D1 Aurora. Here is what my wife and I took away from it.
Great jets. Very powerful.
Seats are comfortable
Able the control each jet and amount of power it produces is nice (similar to a radio volume knob)(i assume most hot tubs have this feature these days )
Foot well is nice. Again, nice power.
Did not like the lounger. It is called an Ultra lounger and it really lays you down quite a bit. Almost horizontally.
The adjustable head rest at the lounger is just not well designed in my opinion. It doesn’t easy go up or down. And when the head rest is all the way up the Jets coming out of the head rest will splatter and splash water all over your face, which obviously is very annoying.
I really wanted to like the lounger with the Jets coming out of the head rest, but it just doesn’t feel right to me or my wife. I feel like we would end up not even using the lounger and therefore cutting half the tub away and not using it.
The touchscreen panel is really nice but if there is any water on there you must dry it off in order for it to work. Nothing that a towel couldn’t solve really quick when needing to operate it.
We are wet testing a Caldera Seychelles Monday. It is the same as the Caldera Reunion but it has a lounger. The lounger on the Seychelles is way more upright than the lounger on the Aurora and we think we will like this lounger a lot more. If we don’t like the lounger on this Seychelles, then obviously we will go with the caldera reunion (non-lounger version)...(same price)
Cash price for the Seychelles (with fresh water salt system)-$8,100
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I am not a dealer, but I worked my you-know-what off to get a Martinique - with everything (cover, lifter, stairs, delivery/removal, etc) for $9,000 cash. Getting a Seychelles - which is probably $1000-1200 more than a Martinique - for just over $8,000 cash sounds ridiculous.
Is that $8,100 include EVERYTHING (cover, lifter and everything else), including tax?
Hottubguy:
--- Quote from: bebopdeluxe76 on June 03, 2019, 11:08:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: cstew74 on June 03, 2019, 05:17:18 pm ---Went a wet tested the D1 Aurora. Here is what my wife and I took away from it.
Great jets. Very powerful.
Seats are comfortable
Able the control each jet and amount of power it produces is nice (similar to a radio volume knob)(i assume most hot tubs have this feature these days )
Foot well is nice. Again, nice power.
Did not like the lounger. It is called an Ultra lounger and it really lays you down quite a bit. Almost horizontally.
The adjustable head rest at the lounger is just not well designed in my opinion. It doesn’t easy go up or down. And when the head rest is all the way up the Jets coming out of the head rest will splatter and splash water all over your face, which obviously is very annoying.
I really wanted to like the lounger with the Jets coming out of the head rest, but it just doesn’t feel right to me or my wife. I feel like we would end up not even using the lounger and therefore cutting half the tub away and not using it.
The touchscreen panel is really nice but if there is any water on there you must dry it off in order for it to work. Nothing that a towel couldn’t solve really quick when needing to operate it.
We are wet testing a Caldera Seychelles Monday. It is the same as the Caldera Reunion but it has a lounger. The lounger on the Seychelles is way more upright than the lounger on the Aurora and we think we will like this lounger a lot more. If we don’t like the lounger on this Seychelles, then obviously we will go with the caldera reunion (non-lounger version)...(same price)
Cash price for the Seychelles (with fresh water salt system)-$8,100
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I am not a dealer, but I worked my you-know-what off to get a Martinique - with everything (cover, lifter, stairs, delivery/removal, etc) for $9,000 cash. Getting a Seychelles - which is probably $1000-1200 more than a Martinique - for just over $8,000 cash sounds ridiculous.
Is that $8,100 include EVERYTHING (cover, lifter and everything else), including tax?
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It is a crazy price. You did good on your Martinique price. 8100 for that tub is stupid low. After paying shipping and guys to deliver there is practically nothing left in that tub to make any money. On that tub he’s about 3k lower then most dealers will even think about going with all those accessories he’s getting
cstew74:
Here is the breakdown of the price including my discounts:
Caldera seychelles
Sale price : $9,700
10% off - paying cash ($970)
5% off - teacher discount ($485)
Rebate if purchased from may 31-june 10 - $500
No tax - wife has Rx from her doctor for medical purpose. She has a titanium rod from back surgery ($530)
So total discounts equal $2,485
This price includes EZ cover lift , cover , steps , startup chemicals.
We are wet testing it monday and 95% sure we are going with the Seychelles
--- Quote from: Hottubguy on June 03, 2019, 11:16:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: bebopdeluxe76 on June 03, 2019, 11:08:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: cstew74 on June 03, 2019, 05:17:18 pm ---Went a wet tested the D1 Aurora. Here is what my wife and I took away from it.
Great jets. Very powerful.
Seats are comfortable
Able the control each jet and amount of power it produces is nice (similar to a radio volume knob)(i assume most hot tubs have this feature these days )
Foot well is nice. Again, nice power.
Did not like the lounger. It is called an Ultra lounger and it really lays you down quite a bit. Almost horizontally.
The adjustable head rest at the lounger is just not well designed in my opinion. It doesn’t easy go up or down. And when the head rest is all the way up the Jets coming out of the head rest will splatter and splash water all over your face, which obviously is very annoying.
I really wanted to like the lounger with the Jets coming out of the head rest, but it just doesn’t feel right to me or my wife. I feel like we would end up not even using the lounger and therefore cutting half the tub away and not using it.
The touchscreen panel is really nice but if there is any water on there you must dry it off in order for it to work. Nothing that a towel couldn’t solve really quick when needing to operate it.
We are wet testing a Caldera Seychelles Monday. It is the same as the Caldera Reunion but it has a lounger. The lounger on the Seychelles is way more upright than the lounger on the Aurora and we think we will like this lounger a lot more. If we don’t like the lounger on this Seychelles, then obviously we will go with the caldera reunion (non-lounger version)...(same price)
Cash price for the Seychelles (with fresh water salt system)-$8,100
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I am not a dealer, but I worked my you-know-what off to get a Martinique - with everything (cover, lifter, stairs, delivery/removal, etc) for $9,000 cash. Getting a Seychelles - which is probably $1000-1200 more than a Martinique - for just over $8,000 cash sounds ridiculous.
Is that $8,100 include EVERYTHING (cover, lifter and everything else), including tax?
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It is a crazy price. You did good on your Martinique price. 8100 for that tub is stupid low. After paying shipping and guys to deliver there is practically nothing left in that tub to make any money. On that tub he’s about 3k lower then most dealers will even think about going with all those accessories he’s getting
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