INTEX PureSpa 6 Person Inflatable Hot Tub with Energy-Efficient Spa Cover

This is my review of the Intex 28431EP PureSpa Plus 85 Inch. First off, the 28431EP at $678 appears to be identical to the 28431E at $1024. I contacted Intex asking the difference and their reply "They are almost the same but the little difference lies in color. And the pool kind is the same but they are different pool sets and would come with different pumps and other maintainence kit. Have a good day." If true, I can't see the colour difference. The pump it came with is labeled 2843100B, and appears and functions the same as the higher priced model. All of the extras, cover, controls, tool kit, appear exactly the same as the model without the P. If there is $300 in less value here, I can't find it. So, about the spa itself. So far so good. Everything was well designed and very easy to set up. The quality appears top notch. Filled water started at 57°f and in 24 hours, was 100°f (my initial setting). The pump/heater is extremely quiet, something I was very surprised and pleased to discover. I have had the small Intex pools before and, as I recall, the filter was rather loud. Of course the air pump is louder but not too bad, about the same level as the bubble noise itself. As for those bubbles, the strength of the massage was completely unexpected. I thought the bubbles were more for appearance, but come to find out, they work exceptionally well. Feels great on the old back. Really glad I got the 85" model, 6 person is a bit of a stretch, but 4 close friends would be doable. For my wife and I, it's perfect. The cover is very well thought out, and looks to do a great job of insulation. The inflatable bladder, give the cover a bit of a dome and should prevent excessive water pooling with rain. My take so far, is save $300 and get the Intex 28431EP PureSpa Plus 85 Inch for $678. Very happy with this purchase. If anything changes, I'll update this review. --Mark Edit: Three weeks of steady, daily, use and the spa is working perfectly. Using the La Crosse Wireless Pool Thermometer, I can see the spa cycles 102° to 104° without any problem. The heating, actually runs less than expected. Consumers tracks my monthly power, so I'll report back with details. I'm old and my back hurts so the biggest problem so far is lifting off the insulated (very effective), cover. The cover that comes with this model, extends to the ground, and is quite heavy. When lifting, the fit is snug, so you're fighting a vacuum to get it off! Easy solution though. When you go to remove the cover, undo the encircling strap, start the air pump, and the cover domes and easily lifts off! 😎 This also allows any rain water to drain off the top. Super easy. I generally take the insulated cover off for a morning soak, leaveing it off all day, using only the inflatable bladder. This seals well and keeps leaves and junk out of the water. Easy on and off makes it simple for a quick soak. I put the cover back on at the end of the day, or if we go away. When I originally fill the tub, I used a garden hose that was a couple years old, and the water was nasty. The hose must have deteriorated. Anyway, took several days and a couple of filter changes, and the pump/filter cleaned the water gin clear. Testing also showed are water was extremely hard. This unit supposedly had some method of softening water, well 8 days in, it tested perfect. With a few other standard pool chemicals, everything balanced out nicely. I check and clean/replace the filters every few days. They clean off well, especially with a bit of compressed air. You should get a fair amount of use before replacement is necessary. I also purchased the Intex 28620EP Handheld Rechargeable Spa Pool Vacuum. Maybe not completely necessary, but makes cleaning extremely easy. I think I read somewhere that the filter/heater timed out after 72 hour, or so. Not the case so far, but I use the spa daily. All said, very pleased with this spa. Stay tuned. Edit: END OF THE SEASON So, it's only mid October, but took advantage of one of the last nice days to store the spa. Read the instructions for storage, and it's pretty simple. Drained with the a hose a instructed and finished up with a wet vac, wiped down and deflated with the air pump. This work really well and collapsed the pool enough that it actually FIT into the provided storage bag! Other parts stored in the original box. Season summary: I used this spa almost daily for just shy of 6 months and enjoyed every minute. One E-90 filter error, when first installed with nasty water from an old hose. New filters and the water cleared up quickly and everything ran perfect all season. At first I was cleaning the filters, to extent there use, but found one one of them really doesn't do anything so just changed them weekly, swapping one with the other at that time. I am guessing the dual filters are a legal requirement, but for a spa this size, not really necessary. My only disappointment is the 104° temperature limit. I understand this is also a legal (or at least industry) requirement, but wish it was just a degree higher. I have a recording temperature gage and the spa consistently cycles between 102° and 104° which is good, but 102° is just a bit low for my taste. My friend has a $44,000 dollar spa and his does the same, so, I guess I can live with it. My electric usage was slightly higher than last year, but not by much. I am sure the spa accounted for some, but too little to put a number on it. As I was storing the spa and components, I had an opportunity to inspect everything. My original hope was to get a couple years out of this. I now suspect I can do much better as everything appears to be in excellent shape. Only a small amount a fading on the dark blue inner wall, otherwise all looks good. It's too bad that Amazon no longer allows replies on product reviews. Would love to compare notes with other spa owners. Summary: Absolutely an excellent value. See you next year, stay warm. Edit: Beginning year three, still good with one problem. At the end of year two, the insulated cover was finished. Started ripping at the seems. Intex does not seem to offer a replacement, so I irer the non-insulated "shorty". Actually, while not as efficient, it sure is easier to deal with. So, as a compromise, I'm happy, (see photo with shorty cover). Otherwise the spa has performed perfectly. Incredibly good deal and a pleasure for daily three (mostly) season use. Recommended.

Very sturdy, the 6 person actually holds 4 people. I almost got the 4 person one. I just wasn't comfortable with the smaller one. When I saw the size of the of the 6 person, the 4 oerson must look like a kids wading pool. I was concerned seeing ads with people sitting on the top sides of this...now I can see why. It's so strong and do sturdy it can definitely hold up an adult. I am very impressed with the structure I had a very expensive and gorgeous Jacuzzi, 7 person hot tub for almost 25 yrs. I only sold it because I did some remodeling with a room, making it larger, so I heartbreakingly let it go. This is pretty much like a toy compared to my Jacuzzi, but, as I said, I am so impressed with the quality of this tub. I'm not a pushover for something like this. So easy to set up. I've had absolutely "0" trouble keeping the water chemically safe. The water gets warm fairly fast..couple of hours. It's been in the high 90's here for the last 2 weeks. I turned the heater off and the water had been a steady 88° to 90° with no heater on. At night the temp does drop fast, down to the 70's. Understandable. I run the filter about 3 to 4 hrs a day...water is perfectly balanced. I keep the chlorine ball in it at all times. You do need to measure that correctly. The bubbles are so strong yet soft on your body at the same time. So impressed with that feature too. It came with colored lights too. Haven't used them yet, but I'm sure it will be fine. Everything else is so above average with this tub. I cannot think of anything that I can report as below average with this tub. It's a considerably more expensive than some of the other ones on Amazon. But I knew I wanted Quality and that is what you get with this hot tub. If you're on the fence Do Not Hesitate purchasing this brand in any size yo I want. I highly recommend.

We used to have an inexpensive off brand hot tub which had lasted for many years and was great. After moving we purchased this hot tub as it is one of the largest inflatable ones available and we wanted the extra room. Although it's awesome when it's working, we get e90 errors constantly. The e90 error appears as an indication that water flow os restricted which can be from dirty filters or water level being too low. To be fair, we tried purchasing the off-brand filters at first but afyer getting the errors a few times we switched to the intex branded ones to see if that would fix the issue. Even with sufficient water levels and intex branded filters, we get an e90 error daily which, especiallt in the winter, will mean the pump/heat turn off and the temp will drop. The manual suggested unplugging the pump for 30 minutes to clear the code but that didn't resolve the consistent errors either. Minus the pump constantly turning off, it's a great hot tub so maybe we just got a bad pump delivered but for almost $700 I feel like it should be top-of-the-line and shouldn't be shipped with potential issues like this.

I ordered this in 2022! I’m now a 72 year old senior female. When it arrived, I set it up all by myself. I have now enjoyed it for several years. It’s on a covered patio in Palm Springs CA area. It’s so easy to maintain and clean. Just make sure you change the filters when needed and change out water at least once a year. I use a little thing with Bromine tablets in it and shock once a week. I have noticed no electric increase as a result of it and it’s on 24/7. I have to say that I’ve purchased thousands of products on Amazon over the years and this has by far been my greatest investment. I was in it tonight and knew that I had to write a review, which I don’t do. It’s so affordable for the value you get. Good for joints. The bubble jets are powerful and quite frankly, it’s as good as the community hot tub which is right across the street from my house in a 55 plus community. I can’t say enough good things about it. I e not had a single problem with it and I e used it everyday since I got it in 2022. The cover keeps it clean even in our sand storms here in the desert! Thank you @Intex for making such a great product! Please keep the filters affordable for us seniors. PS: When I bought it, I thought it would last two years and here I am, going on 4! And, if you want company, even though it says six, it will fit four comfortably. I use it with cool water in the summer. If you want a portable hot tub, easy, affordable solution to for indoor or out door luxury that keeps it temperature and stays inflated, this is the one to pick!! Sorry for long review but great products deserve it!

Update number 2 After some help from the seller they sent over the correct warranty information. They were great help. I went through the warranty process with INTEX they did a great job helping me and replacing the pump. It took lest than a week to arrive. The hot tub is working great again.. all is good.. 4 stars just because we had a pump issue after 6 months.. but the warranty did its thing. Update 1 After 6 months the pump stopped working properly. The error 90 won’t turn off no matter what we do to fix it. Replaced filters, thermostat tried everything to fix it. I’ve been waiting awhile before I wrote a review on this I wanted to use it for a few months to see how it would do. I went in with low expectations just wasn’t sure how’d it do with just air bubbles and I was worried about the size. My wife and I are on the taller larger side. I’m 6’2 she’s 5’9. Now putting together very easy to do I put it on our back porch I did buy some pads to go underneath it just for extra cushion. The instructions are easy to follow. Just for my peace of mind I put it on its own circuit. At 120v its does take about 24hrs to heat up to 104. All that aside. This thing has surpassed all our expectations. The size is good for the two of us. Even though this is a 6 person tub it’s great for 2 large people 4 very close friends… and anymore than that it’ll be tight. The bubbles are actually great the movement is very nice. The temperature starts at 104° after running it (30min) depending on the ambient temperature it’ll go down to 101-100 sometimes 99. I’m in south Texas it’s a little warmer here that makes a difference. Our usage is every other day now for a few months. The cover We use the air up round top mostly just for convenience I did buy some quick disconnects straps I put around the handles to hold it down. The large cover works great to. It keeps the heat at 103-104° I keep the heater on 24-7 I haven’t really noticed a change it my electric bill. Think of it as another refrigerator efficiency wise. All in all you can’t beat it for the price. It’s a good size for 2 the price vs the real deal ones you can’t beat it. I was worried about the quality, it’s strong durable no issues there. Highly recommended it!

This tub is GREAT for the price! I set it up all by myself in an hour or less, the most time consuming part was just waiting for the hose to fill it up and being impatient waiting for it to heat up to 104 because we were so excited to use it! We live in New Mexico and bought it in September so it’s pretty warm up until November-December. I have not noticed a significant change to our electric bill in terms of energy. We decided to keep it under our covered patio because the cover and tub would stay cleaner that way out of the elements and our outlet is under the patio. The jets are more like tiny holes that are in a ring around the bottom of the tub (so not like the powerful jets that blast your back in a traditional hot tub). The set up is self explanatory if you follow the instructions it’s not very complicated! We bought a second pack of pH strips to test all the water levels and an enhanced shock powder that we sprinkle about a tablespoon in after each soak. We are using bromine tablets instead of chlorine as I read it’s easier on the skin however the little floaty tablet dispenser they give you only holds one small tablet and you need more than that to maintain a healthy level of bromine/chlorine. We use the tub at least 1-2x a week and the 6 person one is great size if you’re tall and like to stretch out your legs but truly only holds 3-4 people max comfortably. It maintains around 104 degrees sometimes on colder days it lingers at 103. If you use the bubble jet setting it pulls the cold outside air so after the jet timer stops (30min duration) it’ll drop down to the mid 90s which is a bit of a bummer but it’s a great deal so I don’t complain. I love this tub! So far we haven’t had any holes or other issues aside from forgetting to spray down the filters with the hose and that can give an error reading. Change out the filters more frequently if you use it more often otherwise it can clog and not heat or filter properly. We’ve been able to reuse our filters after thorough high pressure hosing them off. We bought extra neck pillows but honestly don’t even use them nor the ones they came with (there not really comfortable lol) the tray table we bought separately from Intex and that thing is AWESOME!

When my wife and I met, we both wanted a hot tub in the worst way. We didn’t have very much money back then so we started a change jar called “The Hot Tub Fund.” We saved our change for 18 years and finally decided to pull the trigger. We went with the Intex PureSpa 6 person so we could have friends join us too. It’s spacious, gets right up to 104, the jets work well, and the hot tub itself seems to be well built and solid. The cover lasted for 5 weeks, but we found a small tear, which leaked water into the inner foam, which made the tear bigger, and eventually made it so heavy we can hardly lift it. I contacted the manufacturer first, and sent them all the info they asked for and they promised they would respond within 48 hours but it’s been over a week and we haven’t heard from them unfortunately. I contacted the seller, Spreetail, next. Customer service was very prompt to respond and very polite, but they said since it had been longer than 30 days the return window was closed, BUT if we returned the damaged cover they would send us a complimentary one! I explained that the cover was waterlogged and now weighed almost 100 lbs and it would cost me a small fortune to ship it and I would spend more sending it back than to just buy a new cover. I suggested paying the shipping on a new cover instead, but they were not able to make exceptions to their 30 day policy. They kindly sent me a copy of my invoice, but I had already sent my own invoice to Intex and had not received a reply. So I guess if you go with this model, just be very careful with the cover and check every square inch for defects before you use it. You should also plan on checking the plumbing connections once or twice a day because ours is finicky and prone to leaking on the hot water return valve. We lost about half the volume at one point before we knew this and have had to refill but it usually just takes a little tweaking to get it to stop leaking. It can’t be too loose OR too tight so just pay close attention. We are enjoying it, and it’s a great way to unwind after a long day.

I purchased this hot tub a week ago. I wasn’t sure how I was gonna like it because I figured it was gonna be some cheap knock off because it was inflatable. I am pleasantly surprised by how great this product is. Understanding that I live in Maine, I can only see this hot tub being used three seasons. There’s no way the small pump will be able to keep up with those cold Mane Winters. However The pump can really crank up the heat if you set it to your desired temperature about 12 hours in advance. When you take the cover off and actually use the hot tub it begins to slowly lose its temperature. So I suggest setting it high at the beginning knowing that in half an hour to an hour you’re going to loose 2 to 3°. It comes with a pillow top as well as a really intense insulated top that fits over it very snuggly. You probably don’t need to use the insulated top most of the time. It would come in handy if you have cold temperatures though. The pillow top seems sufficient in keeping the heat in under mild conditions. The picture I selected has the pillow top on it. Overall, I’m really happy with the product. It’s a way for me to enjoy a hot tub without having to pay a ton of money and have to move a gigantic tub! One thing I will tell you is get the chemicals in it right away. I waited 4 days to add the chemicals and I regretted it. It turned cloudy and slimy. I had to drain and scrub it. But once I had the chemicals right it stayed clear. Update: I’ve had the tub 3 seasons now. As mentioned, we only use it basically in the summertime. Otherwise, he loses heat too much in the winter and colder fall months. Last year we did end up getting a hole in the side of the tub, but we were able to patch it using a patch kit from Amazon and that did hold for the rest of the season. However, when we inflated it this summer, it was leaking again so we had to patch it again. so far that’s been OK and there’s been no further air loss issues. I will say that the pump can be a little finicky. We often get a code that states that there is no water flow. When that happens, the filtration system stops working and it stops heating the water. That’s kind of a bummer when you go out there expecting to use it only to find the tub is cold. I have found that the solution is keeping clean filters in the tub at all times and also cleaning all of the intake valves as well as they do get gummed up with hair. My overall opinion of this tub after owning it for over three years is that it’s a great starter tub. However, I can see my husband and I upgrading to a real hot tub in the next year or two.

Spa de bonne qualité, résistant et facile d’utilisation. Cependant les joints de fixation entre le compresseur et le spa ont commencé à couler après une saison, malgré que j’ai mis des joints et un scellant

I honestly didn't think this would work for me but I have used it alot and kept it running for 2 years straight. I'm in Canada and have used it year round, even in the snow. The cover insulation has settled a bit, but I use a second patio furniture cover over it to keep, UV rays, wind and rain from damage. It keeps warm, has nice bubbles and was good value.

This item only lasted one season

This is a really sturdy product. Easy to get operational. I am 5’ 10” and can lie flat. 4 adults could sit in it but you wouldn’t get your legs stretched I imagine. Bubbles are strong and having moved from a real hard sided spa with directional jets I am more than happy. I had an issue with my cover and it was resolved within a weekend by Intex customer service who were great.

Delivery and setup was very smooth. Easy to understand instructions and product overall what was promised. Took a short time to fill up, and a long time to warm up (several days), although the manufacturer noted that filling with warm water would shorten heat up time. First week we used it a lot. Balanced the chemicals with a kit from Home Depot but noticed that water clouded quickly and when I checked the filters, noted that only one of the two filters appears to actually be connected to the pump. The other filter - further around the edge of the tub - has no suction, so I assume it it simply for show and to hold a spare filter. My family also noted that the insulated cover was extremely difficult to lift off and replace on the tub. Even let some air out to try and reduce the tub size but still very snug. So snug, in fact, that after a month of use, the cover has now torn where there is a cutout for the heater and pump unit. The insulating foam is exposed and starting to come apart. So, we are down to one family member enjoying the occasional soak, and a little disappointed in the filtration limitations, and the cover quality. While we are liking that we can deflate and remove the tub from the patio for the summer, the flexibility is offset somewhat by the challenges.