Hot Tub in Your Campsite
Decided to have some fun while camping. Tried it out for the first time in Mexico on the beach and it works outstanding. Single , no kids.......gotta spend my money on something fun, only $360 ...
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DutchmenSport update:
Coleman Hot Tub still working wonderful in the family room. I've not had to ad any air to keep it blown up. Leaving the top on it when no in use eliminates water evaporation and putting moisture in the house. We keep spa chemical in it so the water is crystal clear. We clean the filters every day. We turn the pump off at night when we go to bed, turn it back on in the morning when we go to work so it will heat back back up to 104 when we get home from work. On week-ends we keep it running all the time.
Water usage in the house has dropped. Our electric bill has dropped (we're on a well) in spite of running the pump on the hot tub. I drain the tub about 2/3rd down every 2 weeks now to replenish with fresh water. I simply siphon with a garden hose and refill with the same home from the Laundry Room. I put a Y connector on the hot water side of the washing machine faucet with a quick disconnect so I don't have to unhook the washing machine every time.
Now ... about draining .... Seems everyone on this thread is most critical about draining, gray water, and such ...
I drain it when I do the water replenish out our back door right in the grass. And to settle this discussion for all the critics, it's NOT that much water! 225 gallons is not much at all. The spot where it drains in the grass gets more mushy after a gentle rain than the water from the tub when draining.
We don't use chlorine in the tub, we use bromine and it does not hurt the grass at all. Any chemical smell (which there really isn't any), dissipates in the air almost immediately. Because it drain slow, the ground absorbs as fast as it drains. No problem with wet spots, mushy ground, or water running down hill.
About usage IN the house! It's not a swimming pool where you can do cannon ball dives in, or a kiddie pool where kids splash.
Yes, we have our 2 year old grandson living with us. He LOVES the tub. He knows NOT to splash and jump around. We don't let him. We keep the cover on when not in use and keep the catches latched (there are 6 of them to secure the lid).
My cat has learned not to sleep on top of the tub. We broke him from jumping up on top of it simply by pouring a bucket of water on the top of the lid. Because its flexible and filled with air, when the cat jumps up on it, his weight cause the water to rush toward him. Well, after that happened twice, he's NEVER been back on top of the tub lid.
We absolutely love this tub. It's a lot of fun, and especially being inside the house, in the family room (which a concrete floor covered with stone tile), any small amounts of water that make the floor wet doesn't hurt anything. And to soak in the tub and watch the big screen TV above the fire place is simply WONDERFUL, 6 or 7 times a day!
The only problem we have wit the tub ... we go through a LOT of towels!
Don't know if we'd ever take this camping with us now though. We enjoy it so much in the house, I'd hate to take it somewhere, set it up, just to have a jealous camper punch it with a knife out of meanness!
Coleman Hot Tub still working wonderful in the family room. I've not had to ad any air to keep it blown up. Leaving the top on it when no in use eliminates water evaporation and putting moisture in the house. We keep spa chemical in it so the water is crystal clear. We clean the filters every day. We turn the pump off at night when we go to bed, turn it back on in the morning when we go to work so it will heat back back up to 104 when we get home from work. On week-ends we keep it running all the time.
Water usage in the house has dropped. Our electric bill has dropped (we're on a well) in spite of running the pump on the hot tub. I drain the tub about 2/3rd down every 2 weeks now to replenish with fresh water. I simply siphon with a garden hose and refill with the same home from the Laundry Room. I put a Y connector on the hot water side of the washing machine faucet with a quick disconnect so I don't have to unhook the washing machine every time.
Now ... about draining .... Seems everyone on this thread is most critical about draining, gray water, and such ...
I drain it when I do the water replenish out our back door right in the grass. And to settle this discussion for all the critics, it's NOT that much water! 225 gallons is not much at all. The spot where it drains in the grass gets more mushy after a gentle rain than the water from the tub when draining.
We don't use chlorine in the tub, we use bromine and it does not hurt the grass at all. Any chemical smell (which there really isn't any), dissipates in the air almost immediately. Because it drain slow, the ground absorbs as fast as it drains. No problem with wet spots, mushy ground, or water running down hill.
About usage IN the house! It's not a swimming pool where you can do cannon ball dives in, or a kiddie pool where kids splash.
Yes, we have our 2 year old grandson living with us. He LOVES the tub. He knows NOT to splash and jump around. We don't let him. We keep the cover on when not in use and keep the catches latched (there are 6 of them to secure the lid).
My cat has learned not to sleep on top of the tub. We broke him from jumping up on top of it simply by pouring a bucket of water on the top of the lid. Because its flexible and filled with air, when the cat jumps up on it, his weight cause the water to rush toward him. Well, after that happened twice, he's NEVER been back on top of the tub lid.
We absolutely love this tub. It's a lot of fun, and especially being inside the house, in the family room (which a concrete floor covered with stone tile), any small amounts of water that make the floor wet doesn't hurt anything. And to soak in the tub and watch the big screen TV above the fire place is simply WONDERFUL, 6 or 7 times a day!
The only problem we have wit the tub ... we go through a LOT of towels!
Don't know if we'd ever take this camping with us now though. We enjoy it so much in the house, I'd hate to take it somewhere, set it up, just to have a jealous camper punch it with a knife out of meanness!
