Heavy Spa Covers More Dangerous

Can an overweight Hot Tub Cover be a danger to you and your family? Of course it can, the question however that plagues you when thinking about your Hot Tub in relation to your Hot Tub Cover is how that danger might affect you, your family members, and especially young children.

Recently, a friend was checking the chemicals in his Hot Tub and rather than attempting to remove the entire Hot Tub cover, he decided to just lift one side enough to get at the water long enough to get a sample. He described to me that while bending over the Hot Tub water, he held the lid with his left arm, supporting it for only a moment, seconds. As he was leaning, the weight of the water logged Hot Tub cover slammed down onto his shoulders, which caused him to become trapped from the shoulders up, into the hot tub. He was now face down in the Hot Tub with his legs pinned to Hot Tub by the weight of the Hot Tub cover. He tried to move the cover off of his body, however the weight of the cover combined with his current position made this task impossible and he was unable to shift the waterlogged cover.

Yelling for help, though hard to do in this position, was not impossible. When telling me about this near-death experience with his Hot Tub Cover, he illustrated the position he was currently in, and how luckily enough he had left the back sliding door open when he had gone outside. His daughter and her boy friend were in the house and managed to hear the commotion coming from outside. When they went outside to see what was wrong, they saw that he was completely trapped underneath the Hot Tub Cover, face down in the water.

They were able to lift the cover off, and his daughter’s boy friend jumped into the hot tub and pulled him up from the water. They took him to the emergency room where doctors told him that the weight of the cover slamming down had dislocated his left shoulder and that he was lucky someone was there to help him. Just a little longer could have resulted in his death. While at the hospital there were able to put his shoulder back into place and his doctor insisted he stay over-night, as a precaution, due to the shock from his day’s experiences.

This friend of mine had owned his Hot Tub for 12 years, and in those 12 years had purchased and replaced 3 conventional rigid foam core Hot Tub covers. While the life on his foam covers averaged from 2 to 4 years, and regardless of manufactures claims, each one of his covers became waterlogged, heavy, unusable, and completely useless (not to mention, warranty?! What warranty?! Nothing, not one of his issues or complaints were addressed or covered under any warranty).

He has since bought a Hot Tub Cover that uses air chambers to insulate rather than rigid foam feeling comfortable that the air filled Hot Tub cover will not try to kill him as the other foam cover did. In the United States there have been over 150 Hot Tub entrapment related injuries and deaths over the last two decades.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission people have even drown as a result of being trapped under heavy foam covers. Maybe now is a good time to search for a better spa cover. With the World Wide Web, you can literally have the world to shop from. Do you really want to risk injury or death trying to use your spa?

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		Heavy Spa Covers More Dangerous Can an overweight Hot Tub Cover be a danger to you and your family? Of course it can, the question however that plagues you when thinking about your Hot Tub in relation to your Hot Tub Cover is how that danger might affect you, your family members, and especially young children. Recently, a friend was checking the chemicals in his Hot Tub and rather than attempting to remove the entire Hot Tub cover, he decided to just lift one side enough to get at the water long enough to get a sample. He described to me that while bending over the Hot Tub water, he held the lid with his left arm, supporting it for only a moment, seconds. As he was leaning, the weight of the water logged Hot Tub cover slammed down onto his shoulders, which caused him to become trapped from the shoulders up, into the hot tub. He was now face down in the Hot Tub with his legs pinned to Hot Tub by the weight of the Hot Tub cover. He tried to move the cover off of his body, however the weight of the cover combined with his current position made this task impossible and he was unable to shift the waterlogged cover. Yelling for help, though hard to do in this position, was not impossible. When telling me about this near-death experience with his Hot Tub Cover, he illustrated the position he was currently in, and how luckily enough he had left the back sliding door open when he had gone outside. His daughter and her boy friend were in the house and managed to hear the commotion coming from outside. When they went outside to see what was wrong, they saw that he was completely trapped underneath the Hot Tub Cover, face down in the water. They were able to lift the cover off, and his daughter’s boy friend jumped into the hot tub and pulled him up from the water. They took him to the emergency room where doctors told him that the weight of the cover slamming down had dislocated his left shoulder and that he was lucky someone was there to help him. Just a little longer could have resulted in his death. While at the hospital there were able to put his shoulder back into place and his doctor insisted he stay over-night, as a precaution, due to the shock from his day’s experiences. This friend of mine had owned his Hot Tub for 12 years, and in those 12 years had purchased and replaced 3 conventional rigid foam core Hot Tub covers. While the life on his foam covers averaged from 2 to 4 years, and regardless of manufactures claims, each one of his covers became waterlogged, heavy, unusable, and completely useless (not to mention, warranty?! What warranty?! Nothing, not one of his issues or complaints were addressed or covered under any warranty). He has since bought a Hot Tub Cover that uses air chambers to insulate rather than rigid foam feeling comfortable that the air filled Hot Tub cover will not try to kill him as the other foam cover did. In the United States there have been over 150 Hot Tub entrapment related injuries and deaths over the last two decades. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission people have even drown as a result of being trapped under heavy foam covers. Maybe now is a good time to search for a better spa cover. With the World Wide Web, you can literally have the world to shop from. Do you really want to risk injury or death trying to use your spa? Click here For more details and descriptions about our Spa Covers