New user with questions for you experienced users and or dealers. We are considering buying a large spa bath alternatively swimspa. It will be used primarily as a play place for our kids (8 and 11 years old) as well as some water therapy for mom and dad and maybe some swimming if we land on a swimspa.
We live in Norway (cold climate in winter but nice and warm in summer and the swimspa will be used year round. There are not many established makes represented here and we have narrowed it down to three potential candidates:
The two regular large spa models we've is Sundance Maxxus (Large and expensive almost as expensive as the most expensive Swimspa) and Hotspring Limelight Gleam (a little smaller and cheaper in line with the cheapest swimspa). These large spa baths seems more "proven technology" but works good at recreation but probably not as well as a playground for the kids as a swimspa.
The swimspa alternatives we have identified are:
Canadian produced Coast spa Wellnes II Size 384 × 229 x 135 cm - 5043 liters Only 3kw heat, no (one) massage seat. Do not know the Coast spa and this is a quality manufacturer? Not dealership in the close vicinity, the Norwegian retailer of this make is new in spamarket. Price is the lowest of the tree alternatives approx. $19000.
Arctic Ocean - Size 436 x 236 x 129 cm - 5900 liters. Saltwater, 8 seats 6 with massage, produced by Arctic in Canada. Local dealer has been around long time. Arctic is expensive approximately $10000 more than the Coast spa.
Catalina MONTEREY 14 - Size 430 x 230 x 130 cm - 6800 liters. 4 seats with massage jets produced by Catalina in the United States, not local dealer but retailer have been in business for many years. Approximately 2500 more expensive than the Coast.
The most important for us is to get a spa that is reliable with minimal maintenance and have quality that makes us happy with the investment for a long time.
Anybody have experience with any of these models or producers? Is this quality product on our shortlist? What are your thoughts on swimspa versus regular spa bath?