Wood fired hot tubs are popular amongst sauna enthusiasts from all around the world. Combining a wood hot tub and a wood sauna stove, you will have the ultimate hot tub soaking experience. Generally, most wood burning hot tubs are used in rural areas as they have great accessibility to wood.
As a result, it certainly minimizes the overall operational cost of using a hot tub. In fact, the hot tubs don’t use electricity and thus there is no forced circulation system available on other jetted hot tubs. Instead, the natural thermosiphon principle is used.
When it comes to buying hot tubs, you will come across two basic above-the-ground hot tubs – wood and acrylic (plastic). Both of them have their own share of advantages; but the wooden hot tubs stand out top in the head-to-head comparison. Ultimately, it comes down to a personal preference of every sauna enthusiast. Take a look at the best reasons behind choosing a wooden spa over others:
Cost
In most circumstances, a top-quality wood fired hot tub will cost you less than an acrylic or fiberglass reinforced plastic model coming with same features. Smaller wooden hot tubs – useful for two persons can be as little as $1200 whereas those made with other materials can be $1800 or more.
Appearance
Woods like redwood, cedar, teak, or oak are used to manufacture wooden hot tubs. Generally, the wood symbolizes the rustic beauty and charm. Its geometric shapes are appealing as well as the rich colors and grains are visually amazing.
Whether you want to install it in your yard or home, it will look great for sure. A wood hot tub is a good option to go for, if you want to have natural materials around your home and surrounding. The overall appearance of wooden ones are really incredible than their counterparts.
Fragrance
A hot tub session is all about turning on your senses. However, a wooden hot tub provides you with natural experiences over artificial products. It exudes pleasurable and natural fragrance when it’s hot and wet. Out of all the woods available, cedar exudes wonderful natural fragrance. But the plastic hot tubs give off only chemical or artificial aromas.
Long-Lasting
However, wood burning hot tubs are preferable options for two reasons, i.e. their unique benefits when immersed in water and their durability. Oak is a legendary solution for its sturdiness and durability; that’s why it’s so rewarding in all types of furniture and most spas.
Exceptional Properties
Particularly redwood and cedar offer important benefits to all sauna users available. When these woods get wet, they start expanding and don’t shrink back to the smaller and original size when dry. This is paramount in a wood burning hot tub as all spaces and seals should be completely leak-proof when the spa is full. Though redwood, cedar, oak and teak are durable woods, they are mostly used in the hot tub industry.
Bottom Line –
Cedar Tubs is a premier name in the hot tub manufacturing industry using the 100% clear western red cedar in all of their hot tubs. All of their hot tubs are manufactured by their skillful craftsmen with extensive years of experience and knowledge of precision wood construction. For more information about our hot tubs and their accessories, please visit our website