Any spa/hot tub owners out there on CSR?

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After wanting one for a long time I finally pulled the trigger on a spa this year. Had it delivered Friday and took the first soak yesterday.

I'm currently researching spa cover protectors and haven't found much feedback online about them. The admiral and I agree that the brown on our spa cover is about "one too many" browns out on my deck. I'm looking to get a spa cover protector (in black) primarily to solve the color problem but also extend the life of the actual cover. Anybody out there have one, use one, love or hate one??? I'm just curious if there are any downsides.

And if anyone has any other nifty tricks or tips for a new spa owner, please share! Thanks, all....
 
Congrat's on the spa purchase... we've had ours for 25+ years now and love it. Covers will usually last 5-10 years then you are buying a new one. Black would not be my 1st choice as a color because you will constantly be cleaning it.
 
Boy do I miss our spa. It went with the old house. I didn't know they made spa cover covers. My advice is to get an outdoor tv as well. Football is that much better. Also agree on the black being a bad idea. I'd find a maroon or something else that brings a little color to the area.
 
It's the color issue we're struggling with. I currently have a decent sized composite deck with saddle deck boards and balusters with almost a coffee colored top and bottom rail on the railings. The tub is mahogany and looks nice with the railing/decking but the cover on the tub is just a bit more red than the tub cabinet. On its own I'm sure it would look great but with the saddle, coffee and mahogany it's just too much variation to deal with. It looks out of place. I'm not looking to replace the cover (I've already spent enough coin) but there are companies that make cover covers or "spa caps" or whatever they want to call them.

Nashville Spa Covers is one such company.
http://www.nashvillespacovers.com/covercaps.html

I (perhaps wrongly) envision this thing as being pretty easy to remove and clean. It's thin. Practically tarp-like but much nicer looking. Black would tie-in with our grill and the table/chairs on the deck.

Hmmm...
 
We've own three spas... The one before our current spa, froze when the electric went out... The insurance it not cove anything... We currently have a gray cover. If matches our gray composite deck... We have own brown covers too... We like our gray cover. We ordered it on-line... I like the idea of black cover because it will get warmer when the sun hits it.. You can lightly power wash your covers to clean them... that reminds me, mine needs to be cleaned...
 
Get a thermal blanket that floats on top of the water.
That'll extend the life of your cover.
I like the foam pads, the bubble cover get messy when they start deteriorating.
 
That looks like a reasonable, cost effective fix for what sounds like solely an aesthetics problem, unless the main cover is already old/deteriorating. Probably most easily cleaned while installed vs. trying to wrap it onto something else to clean, or, worse, wrangling a large stretchy thing trying to get to every bit of surface area!

If you can keep it wrapped mostly around the cover and remove both from the spa at once, there shouldn't be much of a downside to using it. (A neighbor has a 6 person square spa--the cover folds in half outward so a cap would fold in half with it and be sandwiched in there while the cover stands against the deck wall.) If you have to pull off the cap first and fold/stow/whatever, then remove/stow the cover, it's more hassle, but still doable.

Enjoy your new toy!
 
Use 303 protectant on it to keep it nice. Also pool and spa forum is great resource


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That looks like a reasonable, cost effective fix for what sounds like solely an aesthetics problem, unless the main cover is already old/deteriorating. Probably most easily cleaned while installed vs. trying to wrap it onto something else to clean, or, worse, wrangling a large stretchy thing trying to get to every bit of surface area!

If you can keep it wrapped mostly around the cover and remove both from the spa at once, there shouldn't be much of a downside to using it. (A neighbor has a 6 person square spa--the cover folds in half outward so a cap would fold in half with it and be sandwiched in there while the cover stands against the deck wall.) If you have to pull off the cap first and fold/stow/whatever, then remove/stow the cover, it's more hassle, but still doable.

Enjoy your new toy!

My thoughts exactly. It's gotta fold up with the cover and not be an extra step.
 
The best thing that we ever did with our hot tub, was getting rid of it!

Make sure you keep up on you chemicals and maintenance, religiously. If you leave town for a bit, make sure that you have someone that you trust keep up the maintenance on it. Change your water at least twice a year and keep the water level topped off. Also, did I mention to keep it maintained?!

Good luck!

YMMV
 

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