Hot Tub Journal

A wood fired AlumiTub that crossed the Strait of Georgia in the back of a 22 foot boat, was carried up a trail by neighbours, and is filled from the sea at high tide on Valdes Island, BC.

Yes, every AlumiTub can be converted. What the electric conversion adds, what it costs, the power it needs and how it changes the water.

What buying a Canadian-made AlumiTub from the US involves: CAD pricing, $750 USD flat freight, duty free entry, tariff costs covered, customs handled by our broker, and AlumiTubs does not charge US sales tax.

In the hills outside Nashville, LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian set a Standard Hybrid AlumiTub on a platform among the trees, below a new wellness building with a sauna and cold plunge. How they placed it, why they chose the Hybrid, and the ritual it has become.

The best wood fired hot tub depends on what it is built from and where the stove sits. A plain comparison of cedar-only, stainless, fiberglass-lined and cedar-clad aluminum tubs, and the questions that separate them.

An inflatable hot tub costs a fraction of a cedar one and is easy to set up, but it heats slowly, struggles in the cold and is usually replaced within a few years. Here is how the two compare, and who each one suits.

Off-grid glampsites in Ohio's Amish country, run by two people, with a five-hour turnaround between guests. Diana Reynolds on why a Wood Fired AlumiTub, filled from their spring-fed pond, checked every box.

A Scandinavian hot tub is a wood fired soak taken outdoors, often between rounds in the sauna and a cold dip. Here is where the tradition comes from, what makes the experience, and how to bring it home.