All Hot Tubs & Spas Articles
Soak Up a Healthier Lifestyle
Enjoy the fun, relaxation, and health benefits of a hot tub and swim spa.
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Don't Sweat It!
How to buy a hot tub or spa for your space, lifestyle, and budget.
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Hot Tubs for Hydrotherapy
Discover the health benefits of hot tubs and learn how jets, pumps, and water temperature aid in hydrotherapy. Get tips on what to look for in a hot tub model to maximize your hydrotherapy benefits. Read more >>
Calming Soaks, Bubbling Options
From seating types to installation options, get to know your choices in hot tubs and spas. Read more >>
Looking for the ultimate spa zone? Learn how to choose, set up, and enjoy your hot tub, spa, or swim spa. Get tips on available models, cost, and installation. Read more >>
Warm Water Wonders
From jets to installation to test soaks, your guide to a successful hot tub purchase. Read more >>
Keep Your Hot Tub Squeaky Clean
Technical advances have considerably shortened the time it takes to maintain today's hot tubs, while innovative products like ozonators and simulated wood cabinetry make cleaning your hot tub quick and simple. Read more >>
Spa Selection—Deal Me In
After deciding on a dealer, choose the right model and understand the warranty. Read more >>
Different Soaks for Different Folks
Consider these sample character types to best match yourself with your ideal spa, features and accessories to make your soaking a truly personal experience.
Hot Tub Glossary
An aerator is an air blower that enables the hot tub user to determine the amount of air that is introduced into the water through the jets. Read on for more terms. Read more >>
What to Consider When Buying a Hot Tub
With so many brands, options and styles, how do you choose the right hot tub or spa? Consider these factors, including your budget, primary use, the seating, jets, and style. Read more >>
Hot Tub or Spa: What's the Difference?
It's a common practice to use hot tub and spa synonymously. However, hot tubs and portable spas are manufactured tubs that can be installed above- or inground and don't have to remain in the same location. Permanent spas are typically inground and often connected to a pool. Read more >>
Soak It In
Hot tubs make for versatile investments. Some are intimately designed for two, while others can host small groups. Some focus on aiding aching joints and muscles; others come loaded with entertaining accessories.Read more >>
The Building Blocks of a Hot Tub
It's a common practiceto use hot tub and spa synonymously. However, hot tubs and portable spas are manufactured tubs that can be installed above- or inground and don't have to remain in the same location. Permanent spas are typically inground and often connected to a pool. Read more >>
10 Spa Buying Steps to Guide Your Purchase
Develop a plan. Once you’ve made the decision to purchase a hot tub, you’ll need to explore exactly what it is you want in a spa and how it will fit into your lifestyle. Read on for more tips. Read more >>
How to Buy Quality...No Matter What your Budget
Our experts share their knowledge of what to look for in an entry-level model.
Hot Tub Covers & Removal Systems
Questions about hot tub covers and removal systems are answered by industry experts. Read more >>
Lift Easy With Cover Removal Systems
Learn what you need to know about hot tub and spa cover systems.Read more >>
Hot Tub Installation
What you should know about installation before purchasing a hot tub.Read more >>
Types of Hot Tub Jets
When it comes to hot tubs, jets are the biggest appeal. What kinds of jets are available? There's a myriad of choices, each with a different effect. Read more >>
The Best Jets for Hot Tubs & Spas
Our experts give you the lowdown on popular types of jets, how they work and which jets to choose for your hot tub. Read more >>
Hot Tub Jets and the Latest Jet Innovations
Innovations lead to jets that are more customized, specialized and effective in delivering the ultimate hydrotherapy benefits. Read more >>
Installing Your Hot Tub Indoors
If you plan to have your hot tub retreat indoors, make sure to take exact measurements. Read on for other installation tips. Read more >>
Optimal Options
While typically available at an additional cost, these extras can go a long way toward making your hot tub more convenient, enticing and entertaining. Read more >>
Make Your Spa Personal
Half the fun of purchasing a hot tub or spa, besides imagining slipping into the bubbling warm water in your own home or backyard, is creating a hot tub that is personalized to your needs and lifestyle. Read more >>
Soaking for Your Health
Modern medicine confirms the ages-old belief: There's healing in hot tubs. Read more >>
Arthritis Relief
The use of warm water therapy for physical ailments has been around since the establishment of the earliest civilizations. Hydrotherapy, as it is currently referred to, did not make a lasting impression on the United States until the 1930s. Read more >>
Hot Tub Therapy for Children
Hospitals and therapy centers use hot tubs for treatment of various health conditions in children, such as respiratory problems, birth defects and physical and mental limitations. Read more >>
Conserve Energy & Save Money
Homeowners already enjoying a spa's relaxing benefits can decrease energy consumption by following a few simple recommendations. Read more >>
Breaking the Myth on Energy Consumption
Portable hot tubs use less electricity than one might expect, and they have minimal effect on residential energy consumption. Read more >>
Convenient Controls
Learn how remote controls keep spa ownership and maintenance practically hassle-free. Read more >>
Choosing the Size of Your Hot Tub
The first step is to determine where the spa will be placed. There is no sense shopping for an eight-person spa if you only have room for a four-person model. Read more >>
Size, Style and Comfort: Innovative Spa Options
Today's spa shoppers want more than to feel good in their hot tubs; they want these units to look good, have the best fit for their property and be versatile enough to meet various needs. Read more >>
101 Reasons to Own a Hot Tub or Spa
Need justification for more enjoyment? Want a rationale for soothing relaxation? From health and fitness to convenience and energy savings, here are the reasons to own a hot tub or spa. Read more >>