Hot Tub in Your Campsite

profdant139 wrote:
Think how great it would be to have one of these while boondocking in a really remote location! You could float around at night, looking up at the stars, even on a cold evening. Heavenly!

Unfortunately, I would not want to run my generator all the time to heat the water -- maybe a wood fired portable hot tub, filled with water from a mountain stream??

It'll never happen, at least not for me. Fun idea, though.

Yeah, I'm not much for bathing with strangers watching.. But remote? Heck YES !!

Problem I see, is after you fill it from the stream or lake, which you need to be 100 feet away from.. Will the ranger make you hire a septic truck to remove the grey water? Or fine you right after you dump it?

Haha! Pretty neat. I'm a frugal camper and I've only stayed in one RV park the whole 2.5 years I've been on the road that had a hot tub, it was amazing. Even better, it was in Reno, NV and was open year round. Was in it in December while viewing snow in the Sierras above.

Don't think I'd invest the time and money into getting a portable one, maybe I'll make friends with a camper who does. ;)

Wait till you turn on the bubbles.....it's serious.

LOL! Thanks for not standing up!!! :E

I now wish I would`ve picked this up over Christmas for the $299 it was on sale for! :S

Bucky Badger wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
My wife just ordered one for me, for my birthday (April 16)! $399 from vm innovations inc. No tax either! Free Shipping!

During the course of this entire topic, I keep remembering from my childhood a Bugs Bunny cartoon. I did a quick Google search and found the image. Does this kind of remind you something?

When you get it please give us an update and the ins and outs of it..thinking of getting something small for home

Here ya go Bucky Badger! It arrived today, took about 45 minutes from box to completely set up (not knowing what I was doing and even watching the video). And it's filling with water now (almost full).

Actually, our laundry room is just off the family room, so I attached a garden hose to the hot water side of the washing machine faucet and started filling the tub. The water is NOW high enough the pump is running heating the water. A 30 gallon water heater doesn't put out THAT much hot water. BUT, it put out enough I could get in the tub and try it out! It's running right now as we are watching television (actually... watching "The Profit" on Hulu right now).

My first impressions.... VERY easy to set up, and I imagine, take down is just as easy. To drain, I'll just attach the same garden hose and run it out the front door into the yard.

It's now full, took about 45 minutes to fill it. Water is filtered through our house water filter system and water softener. The pump is very quiet.

About campgrounds, I think this small tub is a non-threat! It's small enough it would fit in the bed of my pick-up truck! I could then just drive it off the campsite, pull the plug and let the water drip on the road as I drive. No different than water in the bed of one's truck after a heavy rain or winter snow! (I'm just pipe dreaming now ... don't take that serious please).

Anywhere. Here ya go!

Lantley wrote:

CavemanCharlie wrote:
The small, public, county owned, campgrounds I frequent would let you get away with it . They wouldn't care unless everybody at the campground showed up with one.

They might complain about the dead grass but, that is easily solved be setting it where the grass is already dead. These parks are so well used they have a hard time keeping the grass growing near the campers anyway.

I imagine government owned parks would be the best place to use them because utility cost are not part of the equation for the employees working there.
Taxpayers will provide all the funds necessary no matter what. Making a profit is not critical. Therefore the cost to heat the pools or provide the water are irrelevant.
If water use or utilities increase the taxpayers will cover it. Use as much as you want the taxpayers don't care!

Oh , I don't know about that. At my parks they are always complaining about money and cutting back on services. It's gotten so those of us that use the park have taken to doing some of the upkeep ourselves.

Doug33 wrote:

dodge guy wrote:

kevden wrote:
A hot tub would be great when camping in the walmart parking lot:B

Especially considering the one the OP posted is sold by WalMart!

My hot tub in the the backyard has a nice view of the stars at night and my pond where the frogs sing (chirp) to us. I don't think Walmart will be as aesthetic of a setting.... :E

You just have to be imaginative! Close your eyes and imagine that the people walking by are deer! And the rats that are running around are chipmunks!!!

dodge guy wrote:

kevden wrote:
A hot tub would be great when camping in the walmart parking lot:B

Especially considering the one the OP posted is sold by WalMart!

My hot tub in the the backyard has a nice view of the stars at night and my pond where the frogs sing (chirp) to us. I don't think Walmart will be as aesthetic of a setting.... :E

My take on this after thinking about it is that I would probably be using it in the fall when it is cool. the rates are usually the same. you more than likely will not be using the A/C, so the electric will then be going to power the hot tub! the only difference is the water. in a campground that small amount of water is negligible and would never be noticed. the only real issue would be how it`s drained. I think most people would be smart and put down the drain. A small hot tub like that will take no more to run than a full size DP with 4-6 people inside. unless those 6 in the DP brought one with them!

CavemanCharlie wrote:
The small, public, county owned, campgrounds I frequent would let you get away with it . They wouldn't care unless everybody at the campground showed up with one.

They might complain about the dead grass but, that is easily solved be setting it where the grass is already dead. These parks are so well used they have a hard time keeping the grass growing near the campers anyway.

I imagine government owned parks would be the best place to use them because utility cost are not part of the equation for the employees working there.
Taxpayers will provide all the funds necessary no matter what. Making a profit is not critical. Therefore the cost to heat the pools or provide the water are irrelevant.
If water use or utilities increase the taxpayers will cover it. Use as much as you want the taxpayers don't care!