Devon

Hello everyone, I am in the market for a new hot tub and have been doing some research. I've narrowed it down to the D1 Sarena Bay or Amore Bay or thermospas Park Avenue Platinum or Diamond. I had the thermospas salesman at my house for nearly 3 hours telling me how nothing compares to thermospas and I want to check the veracity and relevance of his claims. It is very hard to navigate in the world of hot tubs because of the wealth of information out there so please help me. Please tell me what you guys think by explaining the veracity, significance, and importance of each claim or whichever you have knowledge and experience with. He claims the following: 1. Thermospas has the 3-layer insulation, Thermofoil, thermoblanket, and Thermoboard. He claimed that foam is really bad because repairing a leak takes days and they have to rip out the foam and it's a whole lot of work with refilling the spa and that it can be home to rodents. How true is this? Is foam really that bad? How often do they leak? Does it cost a lot more time and effort to repair than a leak in a thermospa? 2. They use 3 times the fiberglass that any other manufacturer uses. How important is this? Does this fiberglass make the spa more durable than a D1? 3. The shell is made out of Continuous Cast Acrlyic. This is the best out there. Is this true? How does this compare to D1 shells? 4. A vinyl ester resin helps it adhere to the acrylic. Is this true and/or important? 5. They offer the best warrantee in the business 6. Other hot tubs pump in cold air whereas thermospa uses the heat trapped within the insulation. 7. Fixing a leak is very easy because it's accessible on all 4 sides of the tub and eahc panel is reversible. 8. The cover is twice as thick as the competitors and is a 2 lb cover whereas others are 1 lb (even though it weighs 50 lbs) 9. Heater has titanium coils which is better than the stainless steels of the competitors which corrodes. 10. The pumps have 22 psi and the competitors have 17 psi and have a .25% failure rate and the competition has a 7% failure rate. The pumps have viton seals, corrosion resistant. How important is that? They pump out 40 gallons a minute as opposed to the competitors 4 gallons per minute. Is this true and does it make a difference? The pump weighs 17 lbs and competition weighs 2 lbs. Diameter is twice as big. 5 times the size and 8 times the weight. 11. The ThermOzone is supposedly weigh better than other ozonators because it goes through a mixing chamber and a charcoal carbon canister so no ozone actually eneters the water. Filters water 144X a day whereas competition does it 16X per day. Reduces chemicals by 90% instead of competitors 25%. 6,000 mg of ozone produced a day as opposed to 450 mg/day by the competition. It eliminates harmful gasses, eliminates ozone odor, protects covers and pillows, which the competition does not. How important is this ThermOzone and is it really that much better than all the others? 12. The quietest hot tub out there. 13. Has a bubbler or a wave lounger. Are these actually that great? 14. Wide variety of jets, laser jets, pulsating jets, therapy jets, swirl jets, whirlpool jets. How great are they compared to the D1 jets? Basically, the salesman just told me for 3 hours how there is absolutely no competition. I'm here to find out the truth. He's saying that the thermospa is built way better, will last way longer, and is the best hot tub out there. If i'm going to spend 15 to 25k on a hot tub, I want to get the best quality out there. I know this is a lot of information, now you know how I felt when taking all of these notes and listening to him. Thank you so much for your help. Devon