Congratulations to our new Senior IT Software Developer!

I am very proud to announce the job advancement and promotion of Gray Z., as the first Senior IT Software Developer at Beachcomber Hot Tubs.  Gray has made many contributions to Beachcomber Hot Tub/Plus products success over the past 12 years, contributing his talent to help us make the finest hot tub and spa in the world.  I want to personally thank him for the great job he has done, and all of us within Beachcomber cheer him on as he takes on a new challenge!

Technology and the Internet are going to be a very powerful tool for the Beachcomber Group of Companies moving into the Next Generation, and the next 35 years in the hot tub and spa industry. This past February 14^th, 2013 was our company’s 35^th Anniversary - we specialize in building only hot tubs and spas!  All of us along with Gray look forward to a very bright future.

Keith Scott

CEO and Founder

Beachcomber Hot Tubs

The 2012 Tethys Award of Excellence

I am very excited for 2013! This year is Beachcomber's 35th birthday and we plan on celebrating all year long. One of our new initiatives coming this spring is The Beachcomber Voice, an all new website for all platforms from smartphones, to tablets, laptops and desktops. This will be the source for everything you wanted to know about hot tubs and spas!

We work closely with our retail network and recently held our annual regional conferences in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal. We came together with our retail store owners and staff to provide quality training, introduce new programs and set our goals for 2013. This is a very exciting time for Beachcomber; with our exceptional people, products and programs, we see a bright future in Beachcomber for the Next Generation!

Recognizing the hard work and commitment of our Beachcomber team is very important. The 2012 Tethys Award of Excellence was awarded to ‘Tropical Pool & Spa’, of Prince George, B.C. this year in Vancouver, to honor a store that performed above and beyond all expectations. They exemplify the best in looking after current Beachcomber owners, generating referrals, and attracting new business. Tropical Pool & Spa has been a long standing Beachcomber retailer in their network of stores and I want to personally congratulate them again on an amazing 2012 year, and look forward to their success in 2013!

The Beachcomber Tethys Award Recipients: Tropical Pool & Spa of Prince George, B.C.

Pictured Left to Right:

Blake Scott, Executive Vice President, Beachcomber Hot Tubs;
Derek Devlin, Tropical Pool and Spa, Prince George B.C. Canada;
Deanna Devlin, Tropical Pool and Spa, Prince George B.C. Canada;
Karen Dennison, Tropical Pool and Spa Prince George B.C. Canada;
Dave Dennison, Tropical Pool and Spa Prince George B.C. Canada;
Dion Scott, Expeditor, Beachcomber Hot Tubs;
Blaine Martian, Business Development Partner, Beachcomber Hot Tubs.

All New book released “The Nature of Beachcomber”

This new 60 page book goes to its 5^th edition – it’s becoming a best seller! With over 100,000 in print, it has become hugely popular for providing information about hot tubs. It’s available to order on this website, and available from our stores from coast to coast.  Buyers today tell us that they want information to make a proper buying decision – we work hard to provide honest, straightforward information about how hot tubs are made. Take for instance our Factory Tour DVD which we make available to our customers to order from our website – it’s a candid tour of our Factory Process, something that we are very proud of, something that we consider a ‘jewel’ here at Beachcomber. We make the highest quality hot tub with a modern, simple design. And this new book, “The Nature of Beachcomber” talks about that design philosophy and how we think when it comes to building hot tubs or spas. Because that’s all we build – we have been specialists in making hot tubs only, for the past 34+ years – since 1978. Ask for a copy of our new book, “The Nature of Beachcomber” and get the information you need about hot tubs.

100% Cavity Seal Insulation

Even though summer is just around the corner, proper insulation still matters in a hot tub! Our Hybrid Edition takes the pumping equipment outside the cavity of the hot tub, and underneath a safety access step. The hot tub runs at the proper temperature all year, leaving the 100% Cavity Seal Insulation to do its job inside the hot tub, by keeping heat inside the shell. Building the pumping equipment in its own compartment outside that cavity allows the hot tub to maintain its temperature at a constant rate and to maintain energy efficiency. Our Hybrid hot tub is a combination of three things. Ask for our new booklet called The Nature of Beachcomber, to read page 6 and 7 about how our Hybrid system works.

Beachcomber Reinvents Online

These are exciting times at Beachcomber! As we move forward with a totally new website, we can’t wait to share with you more information about buying, owning and using hot tubs. There is a lot of confusion for buyers today, how many jets is enough, how much should I pay – and even things like how a quality hot tub is our should be built. Watch for it in the coming months. And if you have suggestions on how we can provide you information, ask us for a copy of our new DVD, or our new book ‘The Nature of Beachcomber’, or our newsmagazine ‘The Straight Goods’. We would be happy to send you copies of these and other materials to help you make an informed buying decision.

I’m excited about the future!

Never have we been stronger than right now. As I look back over Beachcomber's 34 year history, it's been a steady incline for us as more and more people find out how a hot tub can heal bodies, settle minds, relieve mental stress, improve health and so much more. There's more research now to prove how hot tubs benefit us! We are going into the 2012 year with tons of new innovations. We just completed a brand new photo shoot right in our own factory facility, showing all new features that will keep Beachcomber in the forefront of 'form, fit and function'. Here's a quick candid shot of our beautiful new Roman Arch Waterfall feature - we are proud of our product. Watch our literature for all new photography that shows the beauty of our product!

"Legends of the Millennium” and “Salute to the Record Breakers” Revisited

One of our great passions is art. My wife Judy and I have been collecting art for many years, and have a wide collection of different pieces from African to Modern and other eras, and includes furniture, weavings, paintings, bronzes and other creations. We are fascinated by the limitlessness of the human creative spirit! One of those amazing talents that we have enjoyed is artist Paul Ygartua, see him here: www.ygartua.com He is among other things, a mural artist that is unequalled on the world stage today. Imagine painting a face that is 10 or more feet high! Then imagine painting 31 of them, that is exactly what he is doing now at the Beachcomber Hot Tub Factory in Surrey BC, some 12 years after completing the original work of art. Back then, Judy and I wanted to wrap our factory in art, not just for us, but for our community, and to share it with the world to celebrate our worldwide launch. Since then, we have expanded into over 40 countries around the world. We have 31 of the most famous faces in our recent history on our Factory Wall, celebrating the Legends of our time, from John F Kennedy to Wayne Gretzky to Terry Fox and many others. Who better to paint this than Paul! You can read about his many accolades on his website. We’ll keep you posted as to Paul’s progress with this amazing work of art.

Beachcomber releases a new brochure

The newest piece of literature that has rolled off the presses at Beachcomber hit the streets this month. It is called ‘Beachcomber SLB 75’, and features this new hot tub model. Now completing the 15^th model that Beachcomber offers, the SLB turned heads when it was launched to our store network this past January. Beachcomber Marketing Services had fun creating this newest piece, with an innovative fold process called an ‘accordian fold’, featuring one piece of paper almost 40 inches / 102 cm long, with five folds to have it fold down to a square of 6.5 inches / 16.5 cm. And as always we insist on vegetable based inks, and recycled paper for the printed brochures we do make. The creative process is endless, and Beachcomber Marketing pushes the envelope with creativity in print, just like the real hot tub product. Featuring all new photos taken by Beachcomber’s in house marketing team, the SLB 75 brochure is a complement to the real product which stands on its own as a work of art! This piece features six new interesting stories that include a host of new features in this hot tub. It’s really something special!

Vacation in your tub

Now that spring is here in full force, people are out at the home & garden shows across the nation looking for things to improve their backyard living space. This little video is from the home show way up north in Prince George, B.C. That is the Beachcomber store 'Tropical Pool and Spa', and their running hot tub at the show this past weekend. See that little cruise ship bobbing up and down there in the water? They put that in the tub to show that you can 'cruise' any time you want, with no crowds, no baggage, no hassle - any time you want to, in a Beachcomber Hot Tub in your backyard. It really is the perfect getaway to improve your mental well being! Buy the highest quality hot tub - a Beachcomber! Enjoy the little video,

Lyndon Throness

Director of Marketing

Beachcomber Hot Tubs

Rob’s Story

Hello Keith,

I just thought I would drop you a quick note to tell you a little ‘winter’ story about my hot tub. As I awoke one morning last winter to get ready for work I went to start out my normal routine, arise about 6am and put on my beachcomber robe, hit the bathroom and get the sleep out of my eyes then head out to my hot tub (currently a 2008 750E) for a soak. As I passed through the kitchen I heard on the radio that we keep on in there the following: “And now for the weather…expected high to day of -31 and with the wind chill it feels like -47. Current conditions in the Saskatoon area are at a bonechilling minus 36 with wind chill dipping to a balmy -52, the following buses are not running today (list of about 15) and the following schools are closed (list of about 10) Then I went and turned on the TV in our bedroom and watched some of the morning news where a reporter did an experiment with a cup of water, she brought the cup out of her vehicle filled it with water then threw it up into the air….. it began to freeze before it even hit the ground!! I must say I contemplated my usual routine at that point!

Now with not only my Beachcomber robe on but also a toque, I ventured out to see if I had a huge block of ice for a hot tub. After my sprint out the door, down the two flights of steps and across my deck I was ecstatic to find that when I peeled back the ice sealed cover my display read 104 just like it had the day before!

It didn’t take me long to jump in and find the deepest corner seat and get neck deep in the hot soothing water which at -52 felt like I was boiling!! After my half hour soak I braved the wind and cold one more time to stand up and put on my robe, I felt a bit warmer at that point but not too much, my tub on the other hand had only dropped 2 degrees despite the -52 degree deep freeze environment it was housed in!!

For all those doubters of full foam insulation being important, please share this story with them!!

Hybrid is the best!!

Sincerely,

Rob Keep

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Something exciting is happening at Beachcomber: a brand new model for four people! The newest edition to the Beachcomber spa lineup is the SLB 75. This still holds the Beachcomber DNA – but it’s a design exercise with an all new size for 2011. Based on the footprint of the popular 70 x 86 dimensions for the downsizing couple or simply for people that want an intimate, smaller hot tub, this new spa fulfills another niche for many spa buyers. The debut of the new Quintessential Surround Sound X-treme System with the BC Control Console, the SS Media Docking Station, satellite ready, AM/FM, iPod, iPhone, MP3 and USB inputs - and so much more comfort. This is everything you could ever want in a hot tub or spa, so you can escape to a stress free environment 365 days a year. The Beachcomber SLB 75 gives you the best hot tub in the world. Ask us for more information on this brand new Beachcomber Hot Tub!

What do you think?

Do you think full cavity insulation in a hot tub is a good idea, or not? Send your answer to contact@beachcomberhottubs.com before December 31^st, 2010 and we’ll draw for some Beachcomber gifts.

Great Service From Great People

Just wanted to send my appreciation for the AWESOME support I received from Stan Hughes on 7/21.

I was battling a 2 month old intermittent problem with my Beachcomber that was driving me mad (FLO Error). Every time I wanted to relax in the hot tub, the FLO error would be showing and the water temperature to low to use. Anything but relaxing.

Thought I was going to pay a couple hundred dollars for some local no brand guy to come out and sell me a pump for $500.

Found the manual on line – called your distribution center by accident – she was very nice and gave me the correct number to Technical Support.

Got Stan when I called, he walked me through a straight forward, fairly technical, troubleshooting process and we cleared up the problem in 30 minutes.

Sill working great this afternoon, and expect we fixed my problem. I might need to replace a $50 switch in the future.

This is one of the few times in the last 5 years I’ve called a company for support and had such an excellent experience. I work in the service organization of my company, and I know you never hear the good stuff when it comes to service. I appreciated the professional and expert help Stan provide.

Keep up the great work. If anyone ever asks me for a tub recommendation it will be you guys based on this experience.

Thanks for the support.

Glenn P.

IMPORTANT ENERGY INFORMATION

Faced with electrical blackouts from appliances overusing the electrical grid, in 2008, the state of California notified the Hot tub industry that energy guzzling hot tubs or spas models would not be allowed to be sold within their state. Manufacturers were asked to pay for their own tests and voluntarily send in their small, medium and large models to the California Polytechnic University to undergo independent energy testing under the new industry required standards. All 3 size models that Beachcomber sent in passed, and as of June 2010, only twenty-six percent of North American hot tub/spa manufacturers had successfully passed this rigorous testing. As the testing results became public it was found that Beachcomber had not only passed all fifteen models we produce, but we have the single lowest energy consumption of the entire industry on the hot tub/spas tested. The testing results enabled us to determine average usage costs for all hot tub/spa being used; the tests operated every other day for one half hour with the high speed massage on for half the time. We have achieved these levels of energy conservation with the use of state of the art hydraulic water flow systems, in our Energy Saver Management System (ESMS) and one of the most scientifically proven R rating insulation products available with a 4Wall option installation.

Like any other twenty–first century appliance we have a moral responsibility to conserve our earth’s energy resources without sacrificing the maximum in health and recreational benefits. Your choice of a Beachcomber hot tub will allow you to enjoy our hot tubs in all four seasons at the lowest operational costs!

Improved AutoKlean Makes For Easy Maintenance

An exciting new development at our factory for people wanting a care free hot tub is our new AutoKlean. In our filtration system, our designers improved our AutoKlean System, by improving our water flow hydraulics of the internal plumbing for a powerful self cleaning Hush Pumping Sweeping water motion. This new system lifts and pushes debris and sand out through the Gravity Floor Drain with a gentle sweeping motion to help keep Beachcomber Hot Tubs very clean. When you combine this improved system with a MicrofilterTM, our Hush Pump, and the up to the minute water flow programming with our Energy Saver Management System, it’s an amazing system that cleans and maintains Beachcomber Hot Tubs automatically. It makes me proud to see such dedicated people continue to make our products better for our customers.