The inside scoop: Our Hydropool review

Hydropool has been in business since 1970 and made its initial splash in the commercial swimming pool industry, a market that has exacting standards and demands quality. In 1978, Hydropool became one of the first hot tub retailers in Canada. In 1997 they began selling swim spas (what we at Buds call swim spas). Today, their products are sold in more than 60 countries.

Our relationship with Hydropool goes back to almost the very beginning, so we know they’ll take care of our customers. We have decades of experience with their products—both selling and servicing them—so we’re very familiar with their high standards for quality and know we aren’t going to sell something today that we can’t service five years from now. Because of the length of our relationship with Hydropool, we know their products inside and out. We like nothing more than when a customer comes back to Buds to say how happy they are with the hot tub or swim spa we recommended, which was different from the model they initially wanted, simply because we knew the questions to ask and the products that would fit the bill.

Hydropool has always pushed the industry to be better. They manufactured the world’s first carbon neutral hot tubs and swim spas and have standards rigorous enough to sell products in the state of California. They brag that they build the easiest hot tub in the world to maintain, and we agree. We never feel we’re settling when we recommend a Hydropool product to a customer.