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Everything You Need to Know Before Buying Your Perfect Hot Tub

WhatSpa? is the UK’s leading consumer hot tub buyer’s guide magazine and has advised and informed hundreds of thousands of hot tub buyers across the UK for over 10 years. This edition is full of spa reviews as well as top tips on buying, owning and maintaining your very own hot tub. Don’t buy a hot tub or swim spa without it!

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Expert reviews of the latest hot tubs
WhatSpa? Best Buy 2021 Awards
Professional and independent hot tub pre-purchase advice
Hot tub installation advice and inspiration
Over 100 pages of reviews, tips and inspiration
Exclusive hot tub showroom discounts

Over 100 pages dedicated to buying a hot tub

Containing invaluable INSIDER SECRETS and TOP TIPS for every potential hot tub buyer to avoid common pitfalls and potentially hazardous grey imports commonly sold via the internet.

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WhatSpa? Best Buy Awards

The Best Buy Awards section within the magazine, features 24 pages crammed full of hot tub specifications, ratings and our WhatSpa? verdict!

Hydropool Self Cleaning 670 Gold

Seats 6

WhatSpa? Verdict

The best-selling 670 Gold by Canadian manufacturer Hydropool is the smaller sibling to the award-winning 790 Platinum and does everything to the high standard but in a more compact package. The 670 incorporates a no-float lounger plus five additional seats with a versatile second combination lounger swivel seat. The 670 packs in all of Hydropool's unique features such as the 'self-cleaning' floor drain system and dual pressurised filtration, which cleanses 100 per cent of the water in under 15 minutes. A self-draining ice bucket and auto chemical feeder are rare luxuries and a focus on energy-efficiency hits the sweet spot!

Caldera Spas Vacanza Series Marino

Seats 6

WhatSpa? Verdict

The Marino by Caldera Spas® is a nine-time Best Buy Award-winner and is the smaller sibling to the Palatino, both of which are best-selling models in the Vacanza Series of six models. Like the Palatino, the Marino oozes quality, with a stylish ergonomically sculpted shell, a beautifully contoured lounge seat and roomy non-slip footwell. Barrier-free seating makes moving from seat to seat easy and finishing touches like the Acquarella waterfall ensure a sensory experience that is guaranteed to relax! Built in Spa Frog® tops off the package for easy water maintenance. An amazing spa by a manufacturer of good repute!

Vortex Spas Mercury

Seats 5

WhatSpa? Verdict

When Olympic gold medallist and swimming icon Ian Thorpe became a brand ambassador for Vortex Spas, it was obvious that this was a brand on the move! The 2019 launch of the award-winning IKON model paved the way in the UK for the back-to-back award-winning Mercury and its stablemates that were new for 2020. The dual-lounger Mercury is the smaller sibling to the award-winning Cobalt Hydroplus and is Vortex’s best-selling compact family spa. The Mercury comes packed to the rafters with equipment including a 24-hour circulation pump, air blower, touch screen control panel and a Bluetooth® stereo system. Incredible!

British Hot Tubs Spencer Hot Tub

Seats 5

WhatSpa? Verdict

British Hot Tubs has brought hot tub design and engineering excellence back to British shores and their lineup of 15 new models has knocked it out of the ballpark in the last 18 months. The new five-seater Spencer has been designed as a hybrid lounge-seater model that can be configured either as a 13-amp ‘plug & play’ model or hard-wired on a 32-amp electrical supply so that both the hydrotherapy pumps, which power 70 jets, and the heater can run simultaneously. The huge spec defies its price point, which explains why the Spencer has been so popular with British buyers. The Bluetooth® stereo system is an extra bonus!

Be Well Canada Spa Executive Vancouver

Seats 6

WhatSpa? Verdict

With a name like ‘Be Well’ you would expect this Canadian company to deliver a product range with a hydrotherapeutic performance worthy of the very best; luckily the Vancouver delivers in spades with a neck-to-toe lounge seat massage to die for! Besides feeling great, it looks awesome, featuring a unique scalloped front and rear design unlike no other spa, plus an array of lighting that rivals all-comers after dusk falls. All the latest technology comes as standard, including a WiFi touch screen control panel, Bluetooth® stereo system with subwoofer, and back-lit jets and topside controllers. A true show-stopper!

Artesian Spas Artesian Elite Pelican Bay

Seats 9

WhatSpa? Verdict

The Artesian Spas ELITE Pelican Bay packs all the same punch as its smaller siblings, just on a much bigger scale! It's a huge family spa that has to be seen to be appreciated! With the launch of the ELITE Series, Artesian Spas thoroughly deserve their position in the luxury spa premier league. The Pelican Bay is a stunning eight-seater including a comfortable lounge seat. The scope of the specification and design is also first rate, particularly the unique Direct Flow™ system, which puts each bather in control of their own massage experience. If you believe that 'size matters', the Pelican Bay certainly doesn't sacrifice performance for the sake of size!

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