Updated October 2026Independent hot tub research
Find the right hot tub. Know what to pay.
Hot Tub Finder reads the spec sheets, the price lists and the warranty fine print for 390 hot tubs and 186 swim spas, so you walk into the showroom knowing more than the salesperson.
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- Maker’s list price$13,599
- Seats6 seats · lounger
- Jets and pumps40 jets · 2 pumps
- Water317 gal
- Footprint7′2″ × 7′2″
- Power240V
Shown: Wellis Malaga Life
15 / 15
Two ways to start. Both free.
The quiz · 2 minutes
Tell us how you’ll use it. We’ll find the three tubs that fit.
Ten quick questions on seats, size, power, budget and how you want to sit, checked against all 390 hot tubs from every brand. You see why each one fits, and the price where there is one.
Who's getting in on a normal night?
The course · 30 minutes
Know more than the salesperson before you walk in.
10 short lessons in order: how a good tub is built, what it really costs, what to ask at the showroom and how to get the best price. Ends with a cheat sheet you take to the dealer.
- 1 What you're actually buying
- 2 Size, seats and the lounger question
- 3 How a good hot tub is built
- 4 Jets, pumps and the features worth paying for
- + 6 more, and the cheat sheet
Or jump straight in.
I want a swim spa
Swim, exercise and soak at home: 186 swim spas by length.
A few to start with. One per brand, by what you need.
All 390 hot tubs
How we picked: one tub per group, each from a different brand. Luxury is our team's pick; in the others it's the tub owners have posted the most prices for. Tap a tub or a group to see every tub in it, that tub first.
22 brands, A to Z.
Compare brands- American Whirlpool22 hot tubs · 9 swim spas
- Arctic Spas8 swim spas
- Artesian Spas41 hot tubs · 9 swim spas
- Bullfrog Spas25 hot tubs · 3 swim spas
- Cal Spas57 hot tubs · 9 swim spas
- Caldera Spas23 hot tubs
- Coast Spas10 swim spas
- Dimension One Spas15 hot tubs
- Dynasty Spas6 swim spas
- Endless Pools9 swim spas
- Hot Spring24 hot tubs
- Hydropool9 swim spas
- Jacuzzi19 hot tubs · 10 swim spas
- LPI45 swim spas
- Marquis25 hot tubs · 4 swim spas
- Master Spas29 hot tubs · 15 swim spas
- Nordic Hot Tubs26 hot tubs
- PDC Spas14 hot tubs · 18 swim spas
- Sundance Spas19 hot tubs · 4 swim spas
- SwimEx8 swim spas
- Vita Spa20 hot tubs
- Wellis31 hot tubs · 10 swim spas
Some of these brands share an owner. See who owns what
Who’s behind this
We’ve seen this industry from the inside. Every side of the counter.
We’ve run showroom floors, so we know how a hot tub sale works from the seller’s side. We’ve worked fairground booths and traveling road shows, and watched brands get bought, merged, sold again and disappear. Most importantly, we know how a good hot tub is built, and how a good hot tub company is run.
- years of combined experience in the hot tub industry
- 50+
- brands we’ve worked for over the years
- 10+
- retail floors, fairgrounds and traveling road shows
- Every angle
How it works. Take your time, then get the price range.
- 1
Research
Read up and browse every hot tub and swim spa, at your own pace. No account.
- 2
Shortlist and compare
Save the ones you like and put them side by side.
- 3
Get the price range
Tell us which ones. We send you what a good deal looks like, then introduce you to one dealer near you, and no other dealer unless you say so.