Spa products, Supplies, and Parts

Welcome to Spas-etc.com, a site dedicated to teaching about spa products. Spas-etc.com is not only about equipment, but also provides background about spa products in popular culture. This is an informational site and does not endorse any particular product or method.

Spas can refer to two things. A spa can refer to a Jacuzzi or hot tub. Also, it can refer to a larger resort that uses spa products and treatments for relaxation. The resort does not necessarily have to have a Jacuzzi to be considered a spa. It can also have health and beauty accessories.

Spas date back to antiquity. The Greeks and Romans used hot baths and fountains. In addition, the earth has natural hot springs that can be tapped into for bathing.
Spas and spa products also have found a place in contemporary popular culture. They can be seen in numerous movies and TV shows.

For example, in the Academy award-winning picture The Godfather Part Two, one scene refers to Roman spas. At the end of the movie it is revealed that a member of the Corleone family has betrayed Michael Corleone by giving secrets to the FBI. He is directed by the family consigliore to commit suicide in a bathtub. This alludes to a ritual in Roman society where an Italian who has done something wrong can find salvation through self-sacrifice.

In the 1980s Jacuzzis were often seen in movies that pictured them as getaways for wealthy teens or adults. This went hand-in-hand with the new emphasis on materialism ushered in by Wall Street success stories.

Spas and spa products are also associated with romance and eroticism in popular culture. According to The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Playboy videos from the 1980s and 1990s featured Jacuzzi and spa scenes. In fact, the famous Playboy mansion has a grotto that has been featured in numerous documentaries, TV shows, and movies.

Jacuzzis also have their dark side in movies. The IMDB reports that hot tubs became popular for scenes in horror movies. This is not surprising because movies in the 1980s began to feature stalkers and murderers that invaded domestic and romantic places associated with privacy.

In recent years spas have been depicted as places to get away from everyday life. For example, in Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon's character has to question a murder suspect. The murder suspect is 200 miles away from the nearest city retreating in a spa. When she is finally tracked down, she is pictured in a face wrap with cucumbers over her eyes.

In Robert Altman's most commercially successful film, The Player, the two main characters escape from a murderer by retreating to a spa in the desert. They are covered from head to toe in a mud bath. Their identities are hidden by the mud and they are momentarily free from the predator.

Of course, Hollywood does not usually depict the maintenance required for Jacuzzis and spas. However, behind the scenes hired pool hands and production associates must tend to the equipment. They need to purchase supplies, parts, accessories, chemicals, and pool maintenance products just as any health club or hot tub owner would have to.

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