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Buying an Artesian Island Series, and need advice from experts!

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Sam:

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--- Quote from: Sam on June 25, 2020, 01:41:49 pm ---1.  That is true about the elite vs. regular.  Go regular.  The diverter is nice to full power to one of the seats.

2.  Footblasters are a must have.  They are sorta correct about the shower nozzle thing, but if you don't get the clear light up ones, they can be removed.  With the jet nozzles removed it's a crazy powerful vortex that is amazing.

3.  Crystal AOP is the ozone with mixing chamber system.  It's my favorite of all the options.  Also, who wants to mess with changing a UV bulb.  Inline @ease is an option.  When combined with the crystal aop, it's my favorite system out there. 

Those are good prices by the way.

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Thank you!! With the elite vs. regular debate...my husband is obsessed with having the controls right next to his seat...do you think we'll truly feel the difference in massage and be disappointed in the Elite (if we're not 'beat me up' types)?

Artesian tech service says that although the regular has a larger more powerful pump going to those seats, the pipe has to travel to those seats from the front of the tub, whereas the smaller pumps in the Elite are directly behind the chairs and pumped right in so that you don't feel a difference in power.

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While true, you will still notice a difference.  If I were buying one I would not get the elite.

Red MC:
We have an Artesian Emerald, which was from their old Gold Class and has since been replaced by the very similar Grand Cayman.  We compared it against the old Piper Glen, which was almost the same configuration.  In our model, each of the two larger pumps (6bhp/3hp) is plumbed to a diverter which feeds two corner seats.  One of them also feeds a side seat, but we usually keep the jets closed there, so it's just two corner seats per pump.  In the Piper Glen, each corner seat had its own 3bhp/1.5hp pump.  When wet testing, we noticed that if the diverters in the Emerald were set to provide equal flow to two corner seats, the jet pressure would be about the same or slightly less than we got in the Piper Glen.  However, the diverters give you the option of concentrating all the flow from one of the larger pumps into one seat.  So I think the answer to your question is that you can get a stronger massage from the regular Isla Margarita in one seat if you sacrifice the other.  I know they've redesigned the lines since we purchased, but they're still using the same pumps and jets with variable flow control, so I believe our observations should still hold true.

On the other hand, we thought the Piper Glen provided adequate jet pressure, stronger than some other brands we tested, and enough to give me itchy back after a while.  In our Emerald, we occasionally set the diverter to give a little more flow to one side or the other when one of us wants a mellow massage and the other wants a strong massage, but we never divert all to one side because it's overkill and uncomfortable.  DirectFlow is nice because you can dial-in just the jet pressure you want without leaving your seat or affecting anyone else.  In the Emerald, it requires me to manipulate the combination of diverter and variable speed control and coordinate with my wife to make sure we're both happy.  DirectFlow can also save energy in circumstances where you'd otherwise be running jets in an unoccupied seat.  On the other hand, there's more pumps and controls to potentially fail.

Regarding the foot blasters, I prefer the foot dome.  The smaller jets in the foot dome are higher pressure and you can put your feet right up against them and target the pressure where you want.

swilly1000:

--- Quote from: kelclsub on June 26, 2020, 11:56:24 am ---
--- Quote from: swilly1000 on June 26, 2020, 09:18:21 am ---You're massage and foot blaster questions scream for a wet test.  Other people's opinions are good to get but only you know how much you're going to like the feel.

BTW  I totally agree on the foot blasters.  Must have.

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I wanted to, but they don't have a model with footblasters (or elite) in my area. So disappointing! I was only able to try the Tahiti and Cayman (regular). Do you have the footblasters from Artesian? Do you have Elite?

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I have a Master Spa TS 8.25.

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