Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: donnaduck on February 06, 2015, 09:34:07 pm
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Our new Hot Springs Aria tub will be delivered on Monday! (which happens to be our 6 month anniversary :-*)
We have well water - house has a softener/filter and we also have unfiltered well water spigot as well. Our dealer mentioned a Hot Springs fresh start .... "pre filter" -- $80. Seems to me, its like a charcoal filter of some sort - says it will last 5 years of 5,000 gallons? I can't imagine a filter lasting that long.
You guys who are all much more knowledgeable than I am -- any thoughts?? I believe it will attach to the hose for filling the tub?
I am going tomorrow to get the water analyzed - both with our regular house/spigot water as well as the completely natural from the well spigot to see what we are looking at.
Just wondering about this "prefilter"
Thanks you all!
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you could skip the pre-filter if you can run your softened/filtered water from the house to the spa...still may want to have the pre-filter on hand if you will be "topping off" the tub from your exterior spigot though, and yes a good quality filter will run $75-$125
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Thanks! Oh, can't wait to come home from work tomorrow with a new spa on the deck! Woo Hoo!!!
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you could skip the pre-filter if you can run your softened/filtered water from the house to the spa...still may want to have the pre-filter on hand if you will be "topping off" the tub from your exterior spigot though, and yes a good quality filter will run $75-$125
A 50-50 mix of soft water and regular water through the pre-filter is a good idea but you shouldn't fill the entire spa with soft water.
The pre-filter probably lasts 5 years because they assume you're going to use it to fill the spa only 3 times per year or so.