wantaspa2 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 In researching spas, and trying to get opinions about recommendations I found the website poolandsparatings.com. it appears to provide a good reference but I can't tell who is behind the site and if it is reputable. Does anyone know if it seems like a good source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaamus Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 My personal opinion is that any "rating body" that doesn't tell you who they are should be dismissed. This could be a spa manufacturer or one guy putting out his opinion on how tubs look from their websites. Either way, you'll never know because they are pretty vague on who poolandsparatings.com is. I think you'll have better luck ignoring all the online "ratings websites" and focusing on experiences of users on forums like this and teh dependability (i.e. BBB rating) of the dealer you are going to buy the tub from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggz Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 My personal opinion is that any "rating body" that doesn't tell you who they are should be dismissed. This could be a spa manufacturer or one guy putting out his opinion on how tubs look from their websites. Either way, you'll never know because they are pretty vague on who poolandsparatings.com is. I think you'll have better luck ignoring all the online "ratings websites" and focusing on experiences of users on forums like this and teh dependability (i.e. BBB rating) of the dealer you are going to buy the tub from. I agree, very vague and not logical information on that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Spa Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Registrant: CHT 137 Davenport Drive Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: POOLANDSPARATINGS.COM Created on: 13-Jun-06 Expires on: 13-Jun-09 Last Updated on: 19-May-07 Administrative Contact: Smith, Andrew allthestrangehours@charter.net CHT 137 Davenport Drive Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 United States 4342318901 Fax -- Technical Contact: Smith, Andrew allthestrangehours@charter.net CHT 137 Davenport Drive Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 United States 4342318901 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS1.SECURESERVER.NET NS2.SECURESERVER.NET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crystal Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I would recommend checking out www.spasearch.org's Certified and Approved section to see the best ratings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East TX Spa Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I would recommend checking out www.spasearch.org's Certified and Approved section to see the best ratings! I'm sorry Crystal, but any "Best Of" list that includes Thermospas (133 complaints in the last 36 months according to the Better Business Bureau) or CalSpa (75 complaints in the last 36 months) loses any semblance of credibility, in my opinion. Terminator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brulan1 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I would recommend checking out www.spasearch.org's Certified and Approved section to see the best ratings! I'm sorry Crystal, but any "Best Of" list that includes Thermospas (133 complaints in the last 36 months according to the Better Business Bureau) or CalSpa (75 complaints in the last 36 months) loses any semblance of credibility, in my opinion. Terminator I would have to agree with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crystal Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well, they all go through an extensive audit.. it's not a title given out freely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East TX Spa Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well, they all go through an extensive audit.. it's not a title given out freely Now THAT I believe! Terminator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brulan1 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well, they all go through an extensive audit.. it's not a title given out freely Now THAT I believe! Terminator HAHA that went over my head @ first. Good Eye RRRRRRRRR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I would agree that looking solely at the brochure, and even looking briefly at the product often gets fuzzy results. I can recal more than one 'reviewer' who looked at T Spa and came away with a great review beacuase one of their models offered over 150 'jets.' But that spa turned out to have only half of those 'jets' as actual jets, and the other half were air outlets. And their "horsepower ratings" were so high that it would have taken a 100 amp box to run them at the same time. Also, they had an impressive list of four pumps on one model. It turned out to be two jet pumps, one circ/filter pump, and an air blower. I'm not just picking on TSpa - I helped a customer replace a motor on a Master Spa the other day - it was marked with a large 5HP sticker. But it was a three horsepower pump/motor. What did "5HP" stand for? Only Master knows for sure, but if you glanced at the brochure, or even under the skirt of the spa without digging a bit, you would have been fooled. Many makers do the same from time to time. So - a good reviewer needs to be tub savvy, and needs to know how to look at a spa and not the brochure. I think a good rating system should include basic 'honesty' in the various promotional materials. Want to help shoppers? Tell them who has real, tested, dependable numbers and who has to be checked more carefullly. In other words - "Brand X claim they have four total horsepower, and our technician found that to be true." And, as Chris said above, if a company has many complaints, or has a history of not honoring their warranty, or especially if there are several folks who felt the need to post 'brand X sucks' web sites to chronical thier experiences with trying to get service, then I think that information should be available in a good review, along with a simple rough number indicating the approximate number of tubs a maker puts out. What I mean by that, is that if HotSpring gets five angry customers in a month, that is a tiny part of one percent. That's not a bad number, and it shows that thousands upon thousands of customers were happy. On the other hand, if a mom-and-pop tub builder/rebrander gets five complaints in a month, that very well could be their entire output for that month! This would be good to know when shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingSpaGuy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 that site is horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingSpaGuy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 d1 and Marquis have some of the worst ratings, and essential spas has a 10...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brulan1 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 d1 and Marquis have some of the worst ratings, and essential spas has a 10...lol haha go figure.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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