Firebird_Guy

Some of your points are valid (others are not) but this statement above is the most common mistake made by big box purchasers. There wasn't a HydroSpa made that is comparable in quality to any spa on a Sundance showroom floor (unless of course the Sundance dealer happened to take in another Hydrospa in trade and actually resells it rather than scrap it). You didn't save $, you just decided to spend less and if you're a DIYer then Costco can work out for you. Hydro going bankrupt didn't change much, your warranty wouldn't have been worth much even if they were around. I bought the Lazboy spa from Costco in April, biggest problem was arranging shipping, I do my own electrical so there wasn't much else needed, except fill & use A local pool & spa guy in the area that his main business is pools told me the $5K investment was sound would beat the value of most other spa's. I's been running fine from day 1 and usually have 7-8 people in it once a week, so the size really paid off. It's been a god send for my lower back pain relief & my wifes knee's range of motion has also improvded from a surgery 2 years ago. I use non Lazboy chemicals, can't find them locally in Toronto, but the test strips always check out ok It has too many features for our needs, but has been a pleasure to own.