Hot Tub Energy and ECO Efficiency

While you search for your new hot tub you will be told many stories about Eco Friendliness, Energy Efficiency, and Running Costs! We have been selling hot tubs for years and have seen all types and brands of spa heat and filter equipment, so we hope the following information helps you.

Can a hot tub be ECO friendly and energy efficient, and how much does it cost to run a hot tub?

Hot tubs have become more energy efficient and eco friendly
however... the features and systems of a hot tub can affect it's eco friendliness, energy use and resulting running costs by 100's of ££££'s a year.

Due to high energy costs and ECO awareness, the quality producers have improved their insulation, and use heat lock principals when designing their hot tubs. Our hot tub ranges incorporate heat lock principals. In addition, our hot tubs specifically incorporate a dedicated filter/heat pump with heat recovery saving 30% heat energy. We are also happy to advise on air-source heat pump systems to cut energy costs for hot tubs.

Monthly power and chemical running costs can also vary depending upon the water treatment system. You will likely be paying 30% more for power and 100% more on the chemicals if you buy any spa with a filtering system that uses the low speed of the massage pump, and filters 4 to 6 hours a day, with or without ozone injectors.
The ozone is only effective during the 4 hour filter time, and most of the time the water is not filtered or only filtered during use, water just sits stagnant in the hot tub after bathers have left the spa.

With heat lock and an independent programmable filtration Eco Smart pump and heating, only our spas use about £30 a month electric summer time and about £50 a month winter time with average use.
Our hot tub ranges are fitted with CD Ozone and dedicated Eco Smart filter/heat pumps with heat source recovery. [Click here for diagram]
The small pump runs independently of spa use filtering out any particles in the water, and the injection of CD ozone into the water kills 99% of all germs. The ozone system zaps anything in the water straight away, so the water is clear and pure next time you want to relax and bathe.
The hot tub needs less chemicals, and enables the use of non-chlorine. (We can recommend low cost non-chlorine pure water treatments systems.)

CAUTION!!!

Any spa WITHOUT an ECO smart small dedicated programmable filter heat pump will cost a lot more to heat and run, but worst of all need up to 60% more sanitizer and only have occasional clean water, needing constant upkeep to solve water clarity issues. It is quite likely to have a much higher chance of germs and the like left from the last bathers.

Any hot tub over 5 years old will cost £70 to £100 or more a month in electricity and be very reliant on a chemical filter system costing another £200 a year or more, water balance will also be harder to maintain.

Come to our showroom and see the demo Eco Smart filter/heat recovery system in action, you will soon understand what our spas have that other hot tubs do not.

** Please note costs are based on the lowest cost electric tarriff!

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