could you maybe angle it towards the middle but place it closer to one end than the other so it isn't sticking so far into the tub? the water could still flow out at the middle of the tub, but maybe have the actual hole for the filler be farther up towards one end? if it swivels, you could push it out of the way once the tub is filled as well. also, try thinking about placing the 4 parts (filler, hot & cold, spray) separately & see what ideas you come up with. i have a different tub but similar style & have my hot/cold on the opposite end from my filler since there was not enough room for all three on either end. lisa

Just a quick update. I spent days reading material on air tubs and whirlpools and got my decision down to a 36 x 72" Jason and Purebath. To get an outside opinion, I called an online bath dealer in the Richmond, VA area where I used to live (Whirlpooltubs.com, Steve) and after discussing a lot of models, which he sells as well, he steered me to Mansfield, an UN-fancy company that offered a ton of features and everything I was looking for, at a nice price. I ended up with the Baywood 6 Ariance GentleTouch (air bath version) which has back jets with heated neck/back rest, heated silent air (all offer this), included neck pillow, chromatherapy. This combined the features I thought my husband might benefit from (back jets) with the surround air jets, in a quiet system, as we will put the motor on the other side of the wall with insulation. Mansfield offers the Ariance in 3 models: HealthTouch (whirlpool), GentleTouch (air bath) and DualTherapy. I would love to tell you what I think about this bathtub, but we are still building our home and are months' out yet. This dealer was on the ball and very helpful.

HydroSystems has the worst customer service we have ever experienced. This is so disappointing because we made a conscience decision to purchase an American-made bathtub and it was a big mistake. We received three bathtubs and all three were damaged. Bathtub #1 and #2 had huge cracks in them. Bathtub #3 was delivered with a bad pump. Our contractor called and spoke to an agent and they offered to send a new pump if we agreed to send back the original one. We had to pay our contractor to install a new pump on a brand-new bathtub. We spoke to Barbara, a customer service agent and we asked to be compensated for the labor to replace the pump. Barbara said they have no record of them sending a new pump because they only track and record "email correspondence" and not telephone calls!!! Barbara said they would have sent a "bathtub technician" to replace the pump, but we didn't ask for a technician when we originally called. The offer of sending a technician was never conveyed to us. I told her I thought it was odd that she could not find any record of our phone correspondence but could tell me what was said on the phone call!!! Barbara also asked us to send back the old pump so they could be reimbursed by the company who made it, but we should not expect to be reimbursed for having to replace it on our brand new bathtub! I asked Barbara to let me speak to her manager, but she refused my request. She said they would just tell me exactly what she was telling us. We asked her who the CEO was of HydroSystems and she refused to tell us. On our own, we discovered that Scott Steinhardt is the president and owner of HydroSystems. I wonder if he knows how rude and uncooperative his agents are with customers. It saddens me that I cannot recommend this "American" company because their focus is on profit and not customers. We have done business with thousands of businesses over our careers and lives and we have never experienced customer service this bad. Let the buyer beware. Avoid HydroSystems at all costs.

Yee, we're using a TOTO Clayton airbath in our masterbath. We didn't do any research on the Bain Ultra tubs (b/c we were always set on the TOTO), but they seem to receive pretty good feedback on this and the bath forums. The airbath seems like a perfect compromise...bubbly water & the ability to use girlie bath products- I love it! We have a dealer in our area that carries the Clayton, and we were able to have it filled with water so that we could try out the functions. Not the same as actually bathing in it but still an adequate trial!