Best Hot Tub Covers, Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Best Hot Tub Covers in the World made out of?
SpaCap Hot Tub Covers are made from the absolute best outdoor marine grade fabrics. The typical rigid foam hot tub cover is made from the cheapest material that still appears to have quality. Spa Vinyls are rated by hours of exposure where as Sunbrella Marine Acrylic is rated by years. The largest most expensive yachts in the world use the exact same fabric used on the SpaCap Hot Tub Covers. Sunbrella is quite literally the world
standard in outdoor fabric. All vinyl including the top of the line
Marine grade is rated by HOURS outdoors and Sunbrella is rated by
years.
The underside of the SpaCap Hot Tub Covers are a vinyl-coated
fabric similar to that used for Achilles and Zodiac inflatable boats and commercial truck tarps.
It has a base polyester fabric that is then coated with vinyl on both
sides. It is the same fabric used in commercial fertilizer bin tarps.
That means the material can handle some of the most extreme chemical
exposure. The thread used to join the SpaCap Hot Tub Covers together, is the same strength and weight thread used to make
truck tarps. Every SpaCap Hot Tub
Cover is custom made to order in the USA, built to last,
and to look good for years to come!
Can a Hot Tub Cover that does not use foam handle a snow load?
SpaCap Hot Tub Covers can handle more heavy snow than any
rigid foam filled spa cover because the bottom of the cover is supported by the water in the hot tub. The typical rigid
foam filled Spa Covers try to act like a bridge over the spa water. When the snow gets too heavy,
the rigid foam Hot Tub Cover will sag or break. As opposed to SpaCap Hot Tub Covers
that rest right on the surface of the water, no matter how deep the snow the weight is evenly supported by
the water. These air filled Hot Tub Covers have gone through world record
snowfalls and to date with thousands sold around the world there has
not been even one crushed by a snow load.
Checking the Spa Cover for the proper inflation
I have had Hot Tub Covers get blown off during wind storms. How do the Worlds Best Hot Tub Covers handle the wind?
The Custom made Hot Tub Covers that use air rather than rigid foam panels do quite well
at staying in the on the spa, basically because it makes a lousy wing. Again, because these Hot Tub Covers lay right on the water’s surface, there
is no negative pressure, caused by airflow, to allow the Hot Tub Cover
to lift off of the spa. Even when your rigid foam cover is too saturated to lift it will still fly given enough wind. As the
wind moves over the flat foam spa cover it creates lift, once it does
more air rushes into the space between the water surface and the bottom
of the rigid foam hot tub cover. This increases the lift and makes the hot tub
cover fly.
My cat likes to get on the hot tub. Will the cats claws puncture this Hot Tub Cover?
Most animals
leave SpaCap Hot Tub Covers alone because being an air chamber it is not that
comfortable to walk on. There are animals that master it, but it would have to be something larger than your average cat do not damage the SpaCap Hot Tub Cover at all as a rule. It would be safe to say that if they didn’t hurt your rigid foam filled hot tub cover they
for sure won’t hurt a SpaCap Hot Tub Cover. If you’re replacing your
hot tub cover because of pet damage you should figure out a way to keep them away from the spa before you replace it with ANY new cover.
What if something falls on the Hot Tub Cover?
The SpaCap Hot Tub Covers can typically handle far more abuse than any rigid foam Hot Tub Covers
ever could. The SpaCap Hot Tub Covers have been on the market for nearly thirty years. During that time, with thousands of covers in use on hot tubs all over the world there have been plenty of impact occurences. Everything from
trees to patio roofs collapse on the SpaCap Hot Tub Covers and they
always hold up better then any regular foam Spa Covers.
A SpaCap Hot Tub Cover after a direct hit from a treefall.
The Spa Cover was undamaged.
What about children and this type of Hot Tub Cover? Will they be safe with this Spa Cover?
We firmly believe that these Hot Tub Covers are the safest on the
market, however, it is no substitute
for diligent supervision. We recommend that you use the same
precautionary action that you would take in any other situation.
We recommend that turnpost fasteners be used for customers with small
children and if requested we can install the same locks on our Hot Tub
Covers that are used at large in the spa cover industry. However
because of the design of this Hot Tub Cover, the locks will not be in
the same places as a rigid foam spa cover would be.
Can I see one of these Hot Tub Covers at my local spa dealer?
Every SpaCap Spa Cover
is custom made, out of the best quality materials available, here in
the USA. In order to do that and be price competitive with foam Hot Tub
Covers we sell direct to you the spa owner. Spa dealers make a lot of
money selling foam Hot Tub Covers. If they were to sell the SpaCap Hot Tub
Covers they would have to mark it up as much as they do the foam hot
tub covers and it would cost you a lot more. It also would
make it very difficult to make a custom hot tub cover with someone else
between you the customer and us the manufacturer.
A Deck mount Hot Tub Cover in Hemlock Tweed
What about the Hot Tub Cover warranty?
The SpaCap Hot Tub Cover warranty covers workmanship and material defects for three years from the date
of purchase. The warranty does not cover damage due to abuse. Many SpaCap Hot Tub Covers are still in use after twenty years. These hot tub covers still weigh the same as the first day they were put in to service and insulate just as well.
Visit SpaCap.com today to get more information about these Hot Tub Covers and then have one built for your self.
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