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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: t6texan on October 10, 2004, 02:32:11 pm

Title: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: t6texan on October 10, 2004, 02:32:11 pm
Hello Has any one tried using your spa in the Rain? My wife and I tried this last nite. I didnt like the cold rain but my wife enjoyed it.

T6texan
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: UnderTheStars on October 10, 2004, 02:42:08 pm
I've done it once - it was a real gently rain.  There were two things I didn't like:  1) I wear specs so of course within minutes I couldn't see (hate that.)  2) I couldn't stop thinking about what the rain was doing to my water chemistry (LOL!)

I plan to try it again next time a gentle rain comes.  This time I'm going to wear a ball cap (so I can see) and not worry about the water chem. . .I figure that's what Spa up/Spa Down are for!
Stars
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: t6texan on October 10, 2004, 05:45:15 pm
I wear glasses also and the rain does make it hard to see . I will try a hat next time also. ;D

T6texan
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: bethshar on October 10, 2004, 05:51:07 pm
Do your glasses get fogged up from the steam?  
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: t6texan on October 10, 2004, 06:18:43 pm
Yes bethshar my glasses did fog up in the rain worse than normal.
T6texan
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: UnderTheStars on October 10, 2004, 06:19:07 pm
My glasses don't get fogged from the steam at all.  (Rain is a different story.)  However, I think as the weather gets colder the steam might be a bigger issue.  (We've been tub owners just over 2 months)  We'll soon find out!
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: Elle on October 10, 2004, 06:57:06 pm
My hot tub has not been delivered yet, but we will have it under a gazebo.  I think sitting out there in the rain will be fantastic...with no harm to water chemistry.  :)

Elle
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: rocket on October 10, 2004, 06:58:20 pm
I like being in the spa while raining.  I don't wear glasses.
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: autoplay on October 10, 2004, 07:57:35 pm
I like it in the spa with the rain. Wife,she could do without the rain lol.
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: Nhbeacon on October 10, 2004, 08:18:18 pm
It was nice when it was hot to be in the tub during rain and we have a bunch of baseball caps hanging in the inside porch to tuck my hair up in. But, the big problem is having dry towels near by, so I think we will skip it during the colder rainfalls. Umm, I will have to think up an invention to keep towels dry and warm when it snows...
Jan ;)
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: IBinit4fun on October 10, 2004, 08:46:57 pm
Here's something different. Sometimes in the rain, we use the cover lift to prop up half the cover on about a thirty degree angle. You can sit under the edge and let as much or little rain as you want hit you. We lock the   cover locks on the side that we leave down so the cover can't slide off the tub. In other words, it's like only lifting up half your cover to a thirty degree angle and propping it there with your cover lift.  
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: ZzTop on October 11, 2004, 03:27:50 am
You haven't lived until you have done it in the snow.
Just ask us Canadians   LOL
Regards, Zz
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: windsurfdog on October 11, 2004, 10:17:49 am
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But, the big problem is having dry towels near by, so I think we will skip it during the colder rainfalls. Umm, I will have to think up an invention to keep towels dry and warm when it snows...
Jan ;)

Try preheating your towels in the dryer for a couple of minutes then storing them in a cooler (or 'warmer', as it should be called in this case) by the tub.  Maybe even get one of those rechargable (by microwave) heat packs to place in the cooler as well.  Cheap, easy and will keep'em dry and warm.  Might as well throw your robes in there, too!
8)
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: Nhbeacon on October 11, 2004, 03:08:22 pm
 :oLike, duh, a cooler to bring outside with a heated grain bag. Before the hot tub, I used to have to bring microwaved bags of grain to bed for my cold feet.

Great idea! Thanks for reminding me!

Jan
Title: Re: Hot Tubbin In the Rain
Post by: CalicoskiesNC on October 12, 2004, 04:42:42 pm
We have a canvas gazebo with open sides up over our tub.  Tubbing in the rain is one of our favorite times to be out.  The soft patter of the rain sounds so relaxing, it smells good too.