Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The instructions, while helpful, I'd give a 2/5 stars because not only do they contain numerous grammatical errors (albeit minor), but the drawings of where hoses go (for inflating and draining) aren't clear and rely on you attempting to use trial and error. That said, because their are few steps and parts involved, setup is still fairly simple. This product comes with a thin, black, plastic sheet/tarp (like a heavy-duty trash bag) that can be placed underneath the tub to help protect the surface underneath. The drink stand/holder is L-Shaped and slides under the tub; it's functional but very flimsy and feels very cheaply made. Since neither the tarp and drink stand are mentioned in the instructions (and their use is optional), it's important to remember to place them before filling the tub with water since the tub will be too heavy to place them afterwards. While the tub's overall material and construction is fine, compared to another tub I tried (the Coleman SaluSpa 4-person tub) it does seem to be of noticeably lower quality; especially since this Aleko tub is about $100 more in cost. This tub's built-in controls may be what differentiates the prices between the two. Also, the package this tub arrives in weighs probably around 50 lbs, and can be moved by 1 person (albeit awkwardly); which is easier than the above Coleman which weighed about 85-90 lbs and suggests 2 people to move it. The tub's cover overall works fine but it will collect rainwater/pollen/debris, so care needs to be used when removing it or all of that debris will fall into the tub. In about 70 degree weather with the power off and the cover on, the tub seemed to lose a little under 1 degree of heat every hour. The controls on the tub are very basic (a Temperature setter, Heat button, Filter button, and a Bubble button [called Jet everywhere in the manual; again numerous errors]) but are all that I'd ever want to use anyways; there is no timer function if that is needed. The manual states that once the desired temperature is reached the heating system will turn off, and turn back on if the water temperature falls more than 2 degrees below the set temperature. Also, the jets (this is mentioned in the manual and I can confirm) will automatically shut off after 20 minutes and can't be turned on again until 10 minutes pass (I don't get the design decision behind that). Outdoors in approximately 70 degree weather, the tub heated up about 4 degrees an hour with the cover on. After sitting in the tub using the jets for 20 minutes, the temperature in the tub had dropped about 3 degrees (from 102 to 99), even though the heater was running during that time as well. For those that might want the power usage info, the manual states that the heating device uses 900W (assumingly per hour), jets 600W, filter 30W. Assuming all 3 are run continuously (also the filter always runs while the heater is running), for me this worked out to about $0.17 to run per hour, and $0.80 to fill with water.