With the current cost of living in the UK rising alongside the rising gas and electricity prices throughout 2022, you will more than not find yourself asking about your hot tub running costs and how it will affect your energy bill.

Whether you’re looking to invest in a luxury home spa or have had one installed for some time now, you’ll no doubt have a few questions about how your hot tubs running costs, what the electricity, service and maintenance costs are along with how to ensure your hot tub is as energy efficient as possible.

In this blog, we’ll cover all you need to know about running a hot tub efficiently and answering that all-important question ‘how to reduce my hot tub running costs in 2022?

Keeping Your Hot Tub Electricity Cost Low

The most prominent factor in your hot tub running costs will be down to the amount of electricity the hot tub uses to operate. Without getting too technical it’s difficult to fully put a figure on how much a hot tub will affect your electricity bill due to the number of variables that play a part in the hot tub’s power consumption including:

  • Size
  • Insulation
  • Insulating cover
  • Heater
  • Quality of pumps
  • Location

Just as with any electrically run product the size plays a part in how much they consume to operate. This is even true for hot tubs, the bigger the hot tub, the more water it holds and the more it costs to heat.

With this in mind, the size of your hot tub should not only facilitate your available space but also take into account your budgeting availability and what impact a larger hot tub will have on your electricity bill.

The Importance Of Hot Tub Insulation

Although a cheaper hot tub may offer you a similar effect as a more expensive model, a well-insulated tub is where you will save the most money over time and is certainly worth paying a little more for. With less heat being able to escape from the hot tub, less power is consumed as it runs to main a constant temperature.

Here at Blue Lagoon Spas, we work alongside and exclusively sell HotSpring Spas to offer only the highest quality of luxury energy-efficient hot tubs to all our customers. HotSpring specialises and aims to manufacture the most energy-efficient spas possible, this is ever so present within their Highlife Collection with each model being insulated with high-density, polyurethane foam which is used to insulate commercial freezers.

HotSpring also assists your hot tub running costs within their Limelight Collection by utilising their innovative FiberCor® insulation, which fills the cabinet completely to a density that is four times greater than the foam used on most spas.

Over time heat rises and water evaporates out of your hot tub even when, not in use, this can be prevented with a well-fitting, good-quality cover that provides a tight seal and foam insulation ensuring you’re not losing heat and therefore money.

After having a hot tub cover for a while, you may start noticing it getting heavier, this can indicate that the insulating foam within the cover has taken in water and is slowly losing its insulation capacity allowing more heat and water to escape. This loss of insulation will cause you to have to refill and heat your hot tub with more prevalence, increasing your hot tub running costs and electricity bill.

Over time our partners at HotSpring Spas have developed and manufactured all their spa covers to a custom-fit for each individual hot tub with tight seals to lock in warm air and with a high R-value dense foam core, they are guaranteed to seal your hot tub tight, not allowing any unnecessary heat or water to escape.

Depending on your chosen hot tub the efficiency of your hot tub heater can play a big role in the cost of running your hot tub and can impact your overall power consumption.

The most energy-efficient way to run a hot tub is to heat it to the temperature you want and then let it sit at the designated temperature, this is not only the most efficient way to run your hot tub but is also the most convenient.

HotSpring Spas set the standard when it comes to hot tub manufacturing, designing their own heaters to maximise the transfer of heat to the water for maximum efficiency and lowering hot tub running costs.

Power, Location & Costs

Don’t Sacrifice Powerful Pumps For Efficiency

When you think of owning a hot tub you probably want a powerful pump and to not have to worry about them ramping up your hot tub running costs. Luckily with the HotSpring Spas Energy Smart™ system, they implement a series of high-powered energy-efficient pumps throughout all of their hot tub collections, this includes:

Continuously circulating spa water with the SilentFlo 5000™ circulation pump that uses less energy than a 40-watt light bulb
Featuring the powerful WaveMaster™ jet pumps dedicated to powering the jets and are only activated when you need them
Featuring the SmartJet™ system that lets you direct power only to the jets you choose, for less horsepower and energy

Although we can’t, unfortunately, control the weather or climate around us, we are able to control the area our hot tub is installed allowing you to shelter your hot tub from the elements.

Ensuring your hot tub is sheltered will help it maintain its temperature, meaning less regulation will be required and the hot tub’s heater is not under as much pressure.

This can easily be achieved by having your hot tub placed in a more secluded area, not only giving you privacy but protection from the weather, and where this is not possible the introduction of a Covana hot tub cover is perfect for keeping out any unwanted weather conditions and saving you money with your hot tub running costs

So, How Much Does It Cost To Run A Hot Tub In 2022?

For this, there is no straightforward answer as a range of determining factors play a part in your hot tub running costs such as which model you own, the temperature you set, your frequency of use, the mean ambient temperature and the cost of electricity where you live.

We here at Blue Lagoon offer only the highest quality of the HotSpring Spas collection, it’s clear to see how they lead the industry in the design, engineering and manufacturing of energy-efficient hot tubs. With their state-of-the-art Energy Smart™ system, each hot tub is built with a combination of energy-efficient features that simultaneously provide you with lower operating costs and the best value over time.

Available throughout all of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire you can contact our fantastic team now on 01270 586655 to learn more about how you can keep the cost of running your hot tub down whilst sacrificing non of your relaxation.