Spa Cap: Comparing With Tapered Models

Home spa owners are now offered with what sellers would brag about to be a “better” spa cover. This one is not that revolutionary than the older versions. Manufacturers only included a taper to the replacement hot tub covers. The purpose of such item as they claim it to be is for it to discard moisture and rain away from your spa. Your spa cover will not be waterlogged this way, or so they say.

So, will this particular type of spa cover actually work? It might, if we will be talking about shedding rain away from your spa. On the other hand, the primary cause of spa cover saturation is not rain alone. I am sure you are pretty aware of it. However, you can perform a simple test just to prove the truth for this matter.

Leave that old spa cover on top of your spa and buy a new one with the taper so this test can come about easier. I bet yours is a bit heavy to be used as an illustration. Choose the one with the biggest taper as much as possible. Then, drape it on a sling weighing scale and record its weight before we proceed. Next, place it on top of your spa and cover all of it with a tarp or any water-resistant material to make sure no external moisture or rain can get into it.

Weigh it again after a week and record it. Do this for a couple of weeks until it is starting to get saturated. The differences from previous weights may seem negligible but it may be remarkable after some periods of time. Now, it is your time to start wondering. How is it possible for the cover to grow heavy week after week when you drive all the rain away from it?

Wonder no more. The real score is that the foam does not get saturated by moisture that comes from the outside of your spa. The steam from beneath your hot tub is the culprit. This steam is composed of smaller elements than the rain which makes it effortless to get trapped through the tinniest hole in the foam spa cover. The water vapor from your spa will never miss its way towards the inner portion of the foam cover. The only means to avoid getting your foam filled spa cover is to never steam or use it at all.

Saturation is as bad as having the foam covers complicated to utilize. In case you are not yet aware of this, the foam in the cover is not the one that insulates but the air that is trapped in its tiny spaces. It will then have great insulation comparable to a wet piece of wood. However, the insulating effect will dramatically fall short after the cover is completely saturated. You will have to purchase another replacement by then. The safest is to have two or three more spare covers for your spa.

Before you go and buy the reserves, why not check out some spa cap reviews? There are spa covers which are made from better insulators. Get over with rigid foam spa covers. You can do better than that.