Types of Hot Tubs
- Portable vinyl-liner hot tub: these are cheaper and smaller, and require less power, e.g. 110-120V 15A household power circuits in North America.
- Roto-molded hot tubs are constructed with the shell and surrounding cabinet as a single piece. They have molded seating.
- Acrylic: these hot tubs have a cast acrylic shell, supported by a frame structure, and are usually surrounded by a skirt of either cedar or simulated wood-grain plastic. They typically can seat two to seven persons or more.
- Cement: hot tubs can also be built of cement, above-ground, or in-ground like a small swimming pool.
- Wood hot tubs: round wood hot tubs peaked in popularity in the 1970s, having now been replaced by modern construction methods. Wood hot tubs are often made of redwood or cedar and assembled from vertical staves and the structure is held together like a wooden barrels, with metal bands.
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