[Buying Spas From Distant Dealers And Salt Water Issues]

I wonder how long the $75 fee will be ok with the dealer with gas prices as they are, I would charge you $300 for a 2 hour travel at least, thats a 4 hour journey plus labour time, say an hour, thats 5 hours. Plus your dealer is cutting in on someone elses territory.

*LOL* From your reply it sounds like you just might be a hot tub dealer. Wow, I sure am glad I didn't buy from you!

[Buying Spas From Distant Dealers And Salt Water Issues]

We bought our hot tub from a dealer that is almost a two hour drive away. They brought the tub out, and set it up. They will also handle the service. There will be a $75.00 service charge to come out for repairs, but we are ok with that.

[Hot Tub Filter?]

We have had our Lotus Bay for one week, so it is time to clean the filters. We bought two extra so we could switch out. Do you leave the thin paper band on the filter? It looks like it would be easier to clean deep down if the band was removed. I have not taken the band off for fear that it would be the wrong thing. Please tell me what to do.

Thank you,

Pam

[D1 Service?]

MY OPINION IS THAT THE LOTUS IS THE BEST HOT TUB FROM D1! MY PERSONAL FAVORITE! BUT IF YOU ARE INTO THE LOUNGERS THAN THE CHAIRMAN II WOULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO THE POWER OF THE JETS IN THE D1 MAKE SURE ALL TEH JETS ARE TURNED TO THEIR FULLEST POWER AND THEN TURN THE DIVERTER TO PUT ALL THE PREESURE IN TEH SEAT YOU ARE IN! THAT IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT D1 IS THAT YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE SEAT YOU ARE IN! IF YOU FEEL UNCONFORTABLE IN TEH STORE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR AFTER HOURS WHEN NO ONE IS THERE! GOOD LUCK!

We bought the D1 Lotus Bay. We don't have it yet because we are not ready for it, they are hanging on to it for us. My sister and her husband bought the Chairman II two years ago and they love it. He likes the jets hard and she likes them softer. There doesn't seem to be any problem changing it from seat to seat or changing from hard to soft in the lounger.

[Fence Around Pool Or Backyard?]

Hi BWD, It is of course up to you, but I would put a fence around the pool with a gate that locks. I think feeling closed in would be well worth the piece of mind it would give you. Sounds like you are going to have fun next summer.

[D1 vs Hot Spring]

I am so glad that I checked out this forum! We are shopping for a hot tub and were thinking about getting a D1. The prices we were quoted here in Fayetteville (NW) Arkansas are as follows. Sarena Bay- 16,065 Lotus Bay- 14,265 and Chairman II- 12,465 (2006 models). What is going on around here? The next closest place to look at D1 is in Tulsa, OK, a 2.5 hour drive from here. (Looks like it might be worth it)

Thank you to all that have posted here. As you can tell this will be our first hot tub.

P.S. We have already contracted for the deck and will have our hot tub (what ever it is) installed by the second week of November.