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  1. Thanks everyone for your feedback! This is a great forum, and one I'm sure I will continue to visit often as I come up to speed on spa ownership.
  2. I have a new D1 on order, and In discussing chemicals with the dealer, he suggested that minimal chlorine is required because of the Vision cartridge system used in the tub. I understand that it uses 500mg of silver to kill off those nasty microbugs. Is this reasonable advice? I understand that I cannot use Bromine in combination with the silver... How much am I likely to need to mess with chemistry as a newbie spa owner? He also said that water shouldn't need to be changed any more often than once every 6 months if filters are kept clean. Reasonable? Thanks in advance!
  3. I'm in the SF Bay area. We received a quote yesterday of $825 plus 100 for the GFI box- Total bill $925. It's a 50 amp 55 foot run through our crawl space. I'm in the wrong business!
  4. Just as a follow-up- I'm pulling the trigger on the D1 Californian. We wet tested the HS first, and the D1 immediately afterwards. The size, layout, and features were nearly identical. I found the motojet feature in the HS to be annoying. It felt like driving over speed bumps! I didn't like the HS jets in general. They all seemed to pound you with a solid water jet. The D1 had a nice mix of interchangeable jets with a lot more finesse out of the box IMO. The HS sales person also gave me a lot of bad info even though he'd supposedly been selling there for several years. He said the D1 we were testing was a bypass system, and was unsanitary because half of the plumbing under the shell is never filtered, and gets bacterial buildup inside the tubing. Ugh...Give me a break. The HS was the 'wet test' display model- an '05 and they offered me a 'screamin deal' @ $8900. The 'zero bypass' D1 Cali rang up at $7700.
  5. I'm in Northern California. We don't have the cold weather you do, but our electricity prices are pretty outrageous. I need an efficient tub, or it's going to be a giant cash sink
  6. Thanks for the feedback. We've been looking on and off for a while, and went to the spring home & garden show. I'm always skeptical of buying at an event like that. It's the old, 'we had 10 at this show price, and I have 2 left' pitch (or, if the price is as good as you say, maybe in this case they really do). 'In any case, they asked for a $500 deposit to hold it- fully refundable if we change our mind within 2 weeks. Then we can go wet test and see how we like it compared to the HS we're thinking about. Is it common for dealers to cut corners on the cover quality, lifter, etc... on a deal like this? I don't know a lot about those components yet... I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop- like, 'oh, by the way, you'll surely want to upgrade to our premium lifter system for an extra $bzillion.
  7. I was offered an '06 D1 Californian today for $7700 including cover, lifter, step, lighting, delivery/setup. Any thoughts on that price? I'm in the SF Bay area. Thanks!
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