Intex Simple Spa 77 by 26 Inch 4 Person Outdoor Portable Inflatable Round Heated Hot Tub with 100 Bubble Jets, Carry Bag, and Cover, Gray

The media could not be loaded. TL; DR version: Great tub, we are using it every morning, would definitely would buy this tub again.Quick warning: This unit does not come with chemicals. You will need to buy chemicals to use with this hot tub, do not try to use this without. We got a hot tub chemical start-up/6 month maintenance kit from Amazon "Qualco Pool Care 14895 6 Month Spa Hot Tub Chemical Kit with Bromine + Shock Treatment."Placement: This tub is NOT meant for direct sunlight. It even says that in the manual. Know that before you buy it. Sun deteriorates vinyl. You can try to use in a sunny area but just know that it won't last beyond the warranty period. After reading many, many reviews on inflatable hot tubs, the common theme is that getting them to last 2-3-4 years or longer means you have to keep this indoors (mine is installed in our garage, maybe a bit ghetto but oh well it's working great for us so far).Setup: Easy. Go to the Intex website and watch the video (links to a youtube video) and read along in the provided instructions. It took me about 2-3 hours to set up taking my time/not in a rush, including filling with water and adding chemicals. My tap water started at 76, and it does heat at "2-3 degrees per hour," and ended up at the max 104 by the next morning. See my picture regarding the connections, I took thread tape to add some security to the water-tight connections. Probably not needed, but I do this to all water fittings for peace of mind. No leaks so far.Heating capabilities: Based on what I was able to find online about the several inflatable hot tub manufacturers, this company Intex was the only manufacturer that allowed the water to be heated while using the bubbles (jets) feature. This was the biggest selling point for me, I wanted to be able to continue to heat the water while using the hot tub. Other manufacturers deactivate the heating function while using bubbles so it doesn't overload your power/trip the circuit breaker, however with those models the water temperature falls more quickly (as far as I can tell) I can verify that Intex 28481E does continue to heat the water while using the bubbles on mode. HUGE! That being said, it is still limited by 110v power. After 30 minutes with bubbles on it goes from 104 F to approximately 99-100 F, another 30 minutes down to 97 F, another 30 minutes down to 95 F, another 30 minutes down to 91-92 F. (Yes we spent 2 hours in the hot tub, it was awesome, and definitely not recommended). From what I've been able to tell from others' reviews of other companies, this one holds its temperature much better than the competition. Your mileage may vary.Chemicals/smell: Using bromine now, smell is not bad and basically non-existent compared to past chlorine tubs I've been in. Get sprinkle-in bromine to go with the tablets and make sure the bromine level is sufficient before using the tub.Warranty: I'd like this to last beyond the original warranty, so I bought an Asurion warranty to go with this just in case. I've had to redeem Asurion warranties on the past and they are easy to work with.Accessories: We bought the Intex drink holder and two seats from another company on Amazon. Cup holder "Intex PureSpa Cup Holder, 2 Standard Size Beverage Containers" and seats "Intex Removable Slip-Resistant Seat For Inflatable Pure Spa Hot Tub (2 Pack)" Definitely worth it! The drink holder grips to the tub sides and doesn't move. The seats are weighted and height-adjustable and give you some versatility to sit out of the water a bit if you choose to.Overall very pleased with this tub and will update this review as needed.

We are on our 3rd summer with this hot tub It is a great value for the money. We live in Maine and use it from May thru October.

Bought this as a gift for my wife who loves hot tubs and had to give hers up when we moved to our new home that didn’t have one. Living in Arizona, we wanted a hot tub that we could use in the cooler winters but put away during the scorching summers. Thought this inflatable one would be a perfect match. Only problem is the first hot tub the company sent had a damaged motor (you could definitely see damage on the unopened box, as if a forklift had rammed it) and a tub that leaked air (once we could actually get the damaged motor to work). Reached out to the company, who was very responsive and offered to send us a replacement due to the fact that we were still within our 30-day warranty window. The company quickly sent out a new box and we thought “Great! Now we can finally use the tub!”- Nope. The tub never inflated to full capacity and lost air within 24 hours of inflating. It had a slow leak so we thought we could live with the annoyance of having to daily inflate it, however shortly after a month the tub quickly lost air. We drained it and were able to find a split in the crease of the bottom outside portion of the tub, which caused air to quickly rush out and the hot tub unable to hold air for any sort of time. We tried using the repair kit that came with the tub, which repair worked for about a week, but then the split became larger and the hot tub leaked out all the air again. Keep in mind that every time the the hot tub lost air and shrank, water in the tub would spill out and down our concrete and all over our patio. We have tried to put on a larger seal, even using half a roll of duct tape to cover a size of approximately 6 inch X 18 inch square area around the crease slit, and yet an air leak still remains and air continues to leak out of the tub, though from where we cannot determine. This tub has been nothing but annoying, unusable and disappointing since we purchased it and now that we are out of the (second) 30-day warranty for the replacement tub, we are now left with two leaking and unusable tubs, a motor that doesn’t work right, and one very disappointed wife. I would definitely NOT recommend this hot tub to anyone!

This is spa was easy to set up (YouTube video helped), it heats ups in about 10hrs, but then stays hot if left it on. It lasted 3 years for me, first picture is first time setup (2021), 2nd photo is (2023), 3rd photo is (2024). I had it in storage for most of 2022. By the end of 2023 we noticed an air leak since water would go towards one side, we tried finding the leak a few times while we cleaned it (usually every 4 months) but never found it. Last time water got into the air part of the spa, so I was done with it, since last time we spend hours searching for that leak and not doing it again.Overall it was perfect while it lasted, we used after shock and anti foam to maintain water. It fits 3 adults tight at most.