Hot Tub and Spa Cover Lifter Buying Guide
Why buy a lifter? What is available?
Why buy a lifter?
The simple answer is to gain the full enjoyment and opportunity
of use of your spa or hot tub and to save the hot tub cover from
wear and tear. Many people who own a hot tub, have to schedule
their relaxing hot tub time, around the availability of enough
people to remove the hot tub cover, or around the official cover
remover in the family being available. This especially holds
true in the 3rd - 5th year of your hot tub cover, when the
saturated cover can weigh over 100 lbs.
(by
the way it is time for a new cover at this point). The
point is, with a lifter one person can remove the hot tub cover
and enjoy the spa, no struggle, no pain. The other important
feature of a hot tub cover lifter is that it saves major wear
and tear on your cover. How many have torn their skirt pulling
off their cover? The lifter keeps the cover out of the way in a
neat and tidy manner and when you're done your relaxing soak
returning the cover to its position is easy as well. This is
extremely handy in the middle of winter!
What is available?
There are many lifters available. There are assisted,
non-assisted, bars, baskets, shelf's, low mounting systems and
lip mounting systems.
Assisted vs. non-assisted - clear and simple choice if you are
not on a budget go with the assisted version. Assisted simply
means that the hot tub covers moves up and down with the aid of
hydraulics, for the non-assisted you will need to push the cover
up into position. The
Valet and
Cover Caddy assisted Pneumatic piston
system makes them the jewels within the sea of cover lifters
available. And at under $200 this should be the simple choice.
The Valet is perfect if you have limited space as well because
the mounting is on the lip of the spa and only 8" of space is
required behind the spa. The Caddy is also a great lifter and
hides the cover behind the spa while the tub is in use. The
Caddy requires about 40" behind your spa so this might not work
for everyone.
If you are on a budget you can pickup a great lifter called the
Rockit for under $100. The
Rockit hot tub cover lifter fits most
spas up to 96." This is a non-assisted lifter that requires 30"
of clearance in the back of your spa. If you are not sure what
lifter to buy because you are not sure which will work in your
application the look to the
Ultralift Hot tub cover lifter which
has telescopic bars that allow many variations to your
installation and will work for any spa in any location.
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