Hot Tub Accessories Complete the Spa Experience

Popular hot tub accessories include steps, cover lifters and even towel warmers.  A step with a hinged lid can provide additional storage space while a three tier step can even provide an integrated towel rack and beverage holder.

A snack tray can create more space within reach to stow beverages of your choice.

The cover lifter is a handy device that mounts to almost any hot tub style to allow one person to open and close the cover with one hand and little effort. 

Spa steps not only provide a safe entrance and exit opportunity from the spa, but also are slip resistant for safety. These steps are all but necessary on deeper tubs as climbing into a 36" spa without a step is not fun and downright unsafe. Some of the better designed spas also continue this safety feature by including walk-in steps inside the hot tub so that you have steps on both sides of the spa wall.

Sure there are also floating playing cards and yellow rubber duckies that float around in circles in the spa.

One necessary set of accessories is the hot tub chemical set. This can include pH up and down, test strips, bromine or chlorine (never mix the two), shock treatment, Sparkle clarifier and Protect stain remover. 

Bromicharge is used to top up bromine salt systems and hot tub fragrances can provide instant aromatherapy.

Of course the accessory that needs regular attention is the hot tub filter. These cartridges last about a year and should be cleaned every few weeks. 

One handier accessory is the movable spa pillow.  Unlike the mounted pillows, these weighted pillows can be draped over any edge of the spa near any seat for an instant pillow. They can also be used over existing acrylic pillows or hard plastic pillows. These soft, weighted large pillows are a welcome addition to almost any hot tub. They don't work so well for in ground spas since the weighted end should hang over an edge, but are ideal for most portable spas to give those seats without pillows a cushion.

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Hot Tub Parts Online - Hot Tub Outpost

Get your hot tub parts online for less and find replacement spa parts for most makes and models. Some of the parts needed include pumps, covers, filters, PVC plumbing parts and electronic controllers, circuit boards and spa packs.

The first step to getting hot tub parts online is to be sure you order the correct part. This is usually based on good troubleshooting and isolation/identification of the problem component. Then there is usually a model number or part number on the actual component that is needed, so that a suitable replacement can be sourced.

Note that sometimes, for example in the case of an ozonator, there will be a new improved replacement model which may have a different part number.

No sense in repeating the problem by installing an older version of the part, so always buy replacement parts from sites that update their inventory regularly like the folks over at www.HotTubOutpost.com.

Balboa, QCA Spas, Filter Outpost, Waterway and other brand name hot tub components are available online at old-fashioned, discount prices from www.HotTubOutpost.com.

Hot Tub Fragrances, Aromatherapy and Accessories

Hot tub aromatherapy invites the sense of smell to the hot tub spa experience.  Simply add a dash of liquid or crystals directly to the spa water and enjoy instant enlivening of mind, body and spirit - or just enjoy the nice smell!  Got friends coming over?  Mask that chlorine or bromine smell with the fragrance of your choice.  A bonus with many of these liquid and crystal fragrances is that they also have skin softeners included.

Inspiration is one of the leading hot tub fragrance manufacturers with over 40 years of experience and sold online by Hot Tub Outpost. 

Most of these fragrances also have a moisturizer component to help soften skin that can dry out from hot tub chemical use. Spa fragrances some in a wide variety of types including liquids, crystals and pouches.

The liquid fragrances are easy to use and add directly to the hot tub water as needed.  They come in bottles or trial size packets.  These liquids are foam-free and specially made for use in hot tubs and tested by Dupont, Aristech and other leading acrylic manufacturers for suitability in hot tubs.

Does your Jacuzzi spa need aromatherapy?  These liquid fragrances come in a wide variety of scents and fragrances.

Some of these hot tubs have canisters where you put a dry pouch of fragrance. The disadvantage to these types of Aromatherapy canisters is that these are built into the air line, so typically the spa blower needs to be activated in order to circulate the air through the aromatherapy canister and then through the air jets in the hot tub.  Sometimes we just want a quiet water massage in hot water and to enliven the senses with fragrance without activating the spa blower. Also the dry pouches are offered in more limited fragrances. Some hot tubs do not even have a blower or provision for an aromatherapy canister. So the liquid or crystals are the best and easiest to use option. 

The crystals are created with a variety of blends to sooth muscles, soften skin and provide a custom aroma experience.

Hot tub aromatherapy manufacturers are constantly coming up with new scents and series. Some are made just for kids while others like gingerbread are made just for the holidays.  A new collection called Happy Hour features spa scents like Apple Spatini, Blue Hawaiian, Merlot, Mojito, Spaberry Daiguiri and Moonshine.  I think I'll have a Mojito but use a more traditional scent like Eucalyptus.

Another benefit for aromatherapy in the hot tub is to mask the existing odor of chemicals while
enjoying the spa.  Normally the chemicals should not smell too bad, because if they do you may have a water imbalance issue, but any residual chemical scent can be trumped by a nice liquid or crystal aroma fragrance. These make great gifts too.

The liquid spa fragrances do not contain any alcohol and are completely water soluble.  The liquids come in 9 ounce bottles or 1/2 ounce single serve pillow packetes.

Try one of the more than 50 fragrances in your hot tub tonight. Get your hot tub aromatherapy fragrances at www.HotTubOutpost.com.