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Fall
Your Hot Tips For Buying A Hot Tub
The Fall Warmup
The weather is turning crisp and it’s time to turn up the heat in your hot tub. What’s that? You don’t have a hot tub? Well, why not? At Mountain Hot Tub, they have heard all the excuses in the book. “My yard is too small.” “It’s too expensive.” “It’s a pain to maintain.” “I don’t have the right electrical system.” To dispel some of those myths, Max Blaser, General Manager of Mountain Hot Tub, chatted with us about what you really need to know when it comes to hot tubs. Mountain Hot Tub has been serving the Bozeman community since 1979, when two high school buddies started
hand-building cedar hot tubs. From that first foray in wooden tubs, Bozeman was hooked on the hot water oases.
hot tub buyers and users are focused on emotional wellbeing,” Blaser says. “It goes without saying that for many, stress levels are running high. So, having a place to escape, unplug, and relax with family has become the primary benefit for most hot tubbers right now.”
“Bozeman has always been an incredible hot tub community,” Blaser explains. “Between the climate and the active lifestyle, it’s just a perfect fit for hot tubs. Additionally, Blaser says hot In fact, we internally refer to tubbing offers physical benefits (Bozeman) as ‘The Hot Tub Capital of The World’. That being like improved circulation and deep tissue massage. said, the recent interest in hot tubs is totally unprecedented.” “We hear from new customers on a daily basis saying what a In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers’ appetite terrific investment the tub has been,” he says. “Not just to help for hot tubs grew as insatiably with an ailing back or muscle as it did for a second season soreness but because it’s given of Tiger King. And with stress them a place to spend time with levels ratcheting through the their kids, with no cell phones. roof, everyone was looking for For many of our customers and ways to decompress at home. most of our employees, hot tub “Lately we’ve seen that many
time is family time.”
If de-stressing, getting the family to put down the devices, and a deep tissue massage were enough to pique your interest, Blaser says there are a few things to keep in mind when shopping for a hot tub. The biggest consideration for customers right now should be timeframe. “With demand where it is currently, and production offset from COVID complications and supply chain issues, some spa models are pre-sold until Christmas and some brands are well into 2021,” Blaser says. “So, if you’re considering a hot tub and you want to be soaking while the snow flies this year, the time to buy is now.” After you decide when to buy, you need to decide how big a tub
