I am replacing a Royal Spa hot tub that I acquired with a home just I sold. My experience over 7 years was good and I'm thinking about another Royal Spa for my new home. My question... should I be looking at other brands? Royal Spas minimalistic design seems very good, but they cost as much or more than other brands with more features. I don't have a problem with that if I believe I'm getting a superior product but I thought I would ask the opinions of others who may have any personal experience or technical experience regarding hot tub designs. I appreciate your feedback. Royal Spa's claims (which seem to make sense to me) are below. Thanks.

Energy Efficient

Our hybrid hot tubs
are extremely energy efficient. Pumps and heaters are the primary
source of energy consumption on a spa. Innovative design allows us to
use less electricity resulting in as much as a 90% increase in energy efficiency.

Many
of our competitor's claim their spa is efficient. Their efficiency is
achieved by NOT running the pump. In other words, they turn off the spa.
The problem with that is obvious: stagnant water.

Fully Customizable

One size does not fit all. For the best possible experience your hot tub should be customized to fit your needs.

Our
Hybrid hot tubs are fully customizable. Choose the features you want to
create the perfect experience for you. Jet style and placement, water
features, lighting, cabinet colors and many more options. We build the
hot tub with what you want.

Jets are an important factor in your
spa experience. There are many different styles of jets to pick from.
Since you may not know what you’ll like best we can build your spa with
the most popular jets. Then, for up to 3 months from the time of
purchase, you can swap your jets (for no additional cost) to get your
hot tub just the way you like it. Try getting that at the other place.

Cleaner Water

Typical
hot tubs suck. Literally. Suction side filtration systems are common in
the industry. These systems are designed to suck water through the
filter. This is the cheap way to make a hot tub, not the best way. We
PUSH the water through the filter.

We use a unique in-wall
skimmer basket that intercepts large debris such as hair, lint and
insects, preventing the filter cartridge from becoming clogged. Royal
Spa owners may go nearly 6 months without needing to clean a filter.

Stagnant
water requires more maintenance and more chemicals (i.e. higher costs
and more time). Our spas continuously circulate the water. Additionally,
the system is infusing ozone in to the water, helping it to purify the
way nature does.

Superior filtration, ozone purification and continuous circulation means your water is cleaner and healthier.

Very Quiet

Most
hot tubs are designed to use a large, LOUD, two speed pump. Our Hybrid
spas use a small, quiet, single speed pump. Stand next to one of our hot
tubs and you won’t hear anything but the moving water.

Many
people put their hot tub on a wooden deck. Two speed pumps running at
low speed vibrate at the natural frequency of the wood. The deck will
amplify this sound. Kind of makes it hard to relax. Our pump is
specifically designed not to do this.

Easy to Maintain

Who wants to spend hours cleaning and maintaining their spa?

Our
spas require very little maintenance. The superior filtration and
purification system means water stays cleaner longer. No need to
constantly add chemicals are replace the water in the tub. Less time
spent cleaning or replacing filters. See why cleaner water is better?

The
acrylic shell on your Royal Spa hot tub is made with Bio-Lok™. This
provides a healthy, bacteria-free surface that will shine and last for a
lifetime. It will only need an occasional wipe-down.

Built to Last

Made
in the USA and built to last. We build our spas to outlast their
owners. After more than 30 years of building hot tubs we know how to do
it right.

The shell structure comes with a standard 40 year
warranty. 3 years on parts and 1 year on labor. Nothing is ever
pro-rated. The frame is extremely strong and moisture resistant. It is
built with pressure treated lumber that has been additionally coated
with a moisture resistant barrier.

We build it better by starting
from the bottom. The fiberglass bottom is ultra-strong compared to the
usual piece of plastic or plywood that's attached to the bottom of most
spas. This innovative pleated bottom raises the frame off the ground and
allows air movement under the spa. This helps avoid the rotting usually
seen with flat bottom designs. The same 40 year shell warranty applies
to the bottom as well.

Our acrylic shell is virtually
indestructible. An initial coat of vinyl-ester resin base fiberglass
followed by several layers of fiberglass woven roving and hand-rolled
fiberglass results in unrivaled strength and durability for the acrylic
shell. Many manufacturers add fillers as a way to cut costs, looks solid
but isn’t as strong.

The addition of a top rail adds rigidity to
the structure, acting as a bumper to protect the shell and making it
simpler to move.

You will not find a better built spa.

Cost Less To Own

Because
our spas last so long we can confidently say they will cost you less to
own than our competitor’s. Less money spent on electricity. Less spent
on chemicals and filters. Less spent on repairs.

Cheaper To Run

All
mechanical, filtration and heating functions have been engineered to
consume the lowest amount of electricity found in our industry. Our
competitor's system may draw as much as $767 worth of electricity over
the course of a year, ours may cost $59. How's that for a smaller carbon
footprint, not to mention a lower electric bill.

You’ll not find another spa that uses less electricity while keeping the water clean and maintaining the desired temperature.

Cheaper To Maintain

Maintenance
costs are about chemicals and filters. Our filtration and purification
systems are designed to keep the water clean. Depending on your
situation, very little chemicals will be needed. And, because of our
efficient pressurized filtration system, we can use an inexpensive,
smaller filter. Royal Spa customers may replace their $33 filter every
two years. Compare that to the other guys.

Cheaper To Repair

Computer control systems are cheap to make, but costly to repair. We don’t use them on our Hybrid spa models.

Putting
a computer on a hot tub is unnecessary. The failure rate is high and it
only guarantees expensive repairs down the road; a benefit for the
company selling the computer, not you.

Simple controls and a
common sense design (i.e. don’t use parts that are hard to find or hard
to get to) means our spas are easy to repair. Easy = cheaper.

Our
competitors make money by selling filters and chemicals, and repair
services. They do not build a spa that is cheap and easy to own. They
build a spa that is cheap and easy to make.