Create an Oasis at Home with the Bestway SaluSpa Miami Inflatable Hot Tub

Laurie Colson: I bought the Lay-Z Spa Miami in November 2015. After running gloriously for two weeks, it started throwing the dreaded error code E02. After doing mighty battle with the plucky little hot tub, here is what I learned about diagnosing and fixing E02. These are roughly in the order of how likely they are to occur. First, ALWAYS START WITH THE FILTERS. If your filters are old or dirty, it makes all the other problems worse. In particular, because the plumbing between the filter and the pump is a low pressure system, it's prone to drawing air INTO the tubes. So, if your filters are dirty, the pump has to pull harder against the filters, causing even lower pressure and drawing even more air in. Once enough air starts getting in, it can form bubbles that are big enough to interfere with the water flow sensor, which trips E02.

===== Reason #1: Dirty filters =====
To diagnose:
- Unscrew filter assembly, open it up and have a look.

To fix:
- Hose that bad boy down. Bestway says to do this daily. If the filter is clogged with goo and algea, I haven't had any luck cleaning it out, you just have to change it.

===== Reason #2: OLD filters =====
To diagnose:
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United States on Jan 19, 2016

Richard ElgarRichard Elgar: I've had this for a solid couple of months now, so probably a good time to evaluate it. I'm going to start out by noting that this is the third one that I bought over the summer. The other two had slow, and not so slow punctures, so I returned both of them after a little bit of use, and I've been using this one since the middle of August.

I've used it pretty much every night. I've had a visitor use it, and my son has done too. It's a decent size for me and an eight year old, and I guess if you knew the folks, or wanted to, you could get in with 2 others, but you'd be in contact.

As you can see from the photos, I decided to create a bit of a platform for it. That's because the small patch of lawn I have is very hilly/ bumpy, and I wanted a more level pool.

So the good things you can probably get from the other reviews. I've loved using it, and am now thinking of moving it into my garage for the winter - I enjoy using it, but it will go below freezing soon enough and I know that the pump can't handle that!

The things I've learned are hard to find information on but here's what I got.

1. I'm still not sure about balancing the chemicals. I used...

United States on Oct 13, 2015