Hot Tub in Your Campsite

Bucky Badger wrote:

Lantley wrote:
The whole idea is nothing but a headache for the CG. Who pays for the 250 gallons of water. 250 gallons on a well is significant. Who pays to heat the water?
How/where will the water be discharged.
I see no upside for the CG owner.

He has a happy camper:W

I agree.
It's a neat idea. But there are lots of variables.
I can see where the campers will love them. I can also see where the CG's will be forced to ban them.

I paid $35 a night for that spot in Mexico on the beach which includes FHU sewer water electric.

I would guess that a family of 4 in those nice big $300,000 buses uses plenty of water taking 4 hot showers a day, electricity with their res fridge, 2 big tvs, sat dish, 20 lights inside and out, water heater, microwave, etc.

I don't feel like I used half the elec of them and maybe the same water.
In a regular campground I would not use it, but on the beach I can easily drain the water right into the sand and it barely has any chlorine in it which dissipates right away. I could have drained into the sewer, but that just adds more volume for them.

It sure was relaxing after coming out of the cool ocean, or hanging out in the hot water at midnight under the full moon looking over the ocean......you gotta live a little.

dodge guy wrote:
Ok so you flip the owner of the campground $20 for your stay to run the hot tub. Where is the problem? If you have a FHU site just run a hose into the sewer. And even if it were treated the chemicals will dissipate when mixed with other water.

I seen these at Walmart over Christmas for $299. I had thought about it for camping, but wasn't sure how fast it would heat up 60deg water. Now I wish I would've gotten it!

The problem is you may have the courtesy to flip the guy 20 bucks most will not. Most will feel they have the right to use the extra water and dispose of it on the ground. If these tubs become widespread I see them being banned in some campgrounds.

Ok so you flip the owner of the campground $20 for your stay to run the hot tub. Where is the problem? If you have a FHU site just run a hose into the sewer. And even if it were treated the chemicals will dissipate when mixed with other water.

I seen these at Walmart over Christmas for $299. I had thought about it for camping, but wasn't sure how fast it would heat up 60deg water. Now I wish I would've gotten it!

At a rate of 11cents kW/hr it'll cost about $4/day or $120/month if the heater ran constant. Your mileage may vary.

The whole idea is nothing but a headache for the CG. Who pays for the 250 gallons of water. 250 gallons on a well is significant. Who pays to heat the water?
How/where will the water be discharged.
I see no upside for the CG owner.

How much of a mess does it make when you leave 250 gallons of water in the campsite for the next person to deal with.I'm all about Glamping, but really ?

12 hours is typical for any hot tub when you fill with cold water. I have a rather high end spa (10 years old now). It has always taken this long. How many times we run the drier has much more impact on the bill than whether I have the spa running or not.

I guantee any of the Class A's with multi-unit A/C (some with 4 now!) are pulling way more current than a portable hot-tub plugged into a Class C.

That said.... treated spa water cannot be discharged as grey water. It does need to go into the sewer just like black water. Now, some folks choose not to treat, and then it still is classified as grey-water, but once chemicals or even salt is added, it should really be disposed of properly.

12 hours is a long time.