Upgrading Your Spa: How Better Water Care Simplifies Ownership

Oct 26, 2026

You bought your hot tub to relax, not to add another chore to your routine. But between testing the water, adjusting chemicals, and keeping track of what needs attention, water care can sometimes feel like work.

If you already love your Arctic Spa, you don’t need to replace it to make ownership easier. An upgraded water care system can take more of that routine work off your hands while keeping the spa you already enjoy. With Arctic Spas®, you have different options for making water care simpler. Spa Boy® and Smart pH work together to automate key parts of water care, while Onzen™ and the Peak Ozone System™ offer other approaches to water treatment. 

 

A Smarter Approach to Water Care

Water care can mean keeping track of sanitizer levels, testing your water, and adding different chemicals to keep everything balanced. Spa Boy® and Smart pH take much of that work off your hands with the industry’s first fully automated water care system from Arctic Spas®.

Arctic Spas® was the first and only hot tub manufacturer to offer a fully automated water care system. Spa Boy® monitors your spa’s water conditions and manages chlorine production to help maintain the appropriate sanitizer level, while Smart pH automatically monitors and adjusts pH. Together, they help maintain balanced water without the need to regularly buy and manually add pH-adjusting chemicals.

For a different approach to water care, Onzen™ uses saltwater to help sanitize your spa, giving you a more convenient alternative to manually adding traditional sanitizer. It works continuously to help keep your water clean while reducing the amount of sanitizer you need to add yourself.

The Peak Ozone System™ uses ozone to help break down organic waste and other contaminants in the water. By helping oxidize these impurities, it can reduce the workload on your sanitizer and your reliance on traditional chemicals, making water care simpler and more manageable.

Different features, different approaches, but the same goal: making water care easier to manage so you can spend less time maintaining your spa and more time enjoying it.

 

You May Not Need a New Spa

If you still love your existing Arctic Spa, you may not need to replace it to simplify water care. For Classic Series owners, simplifying water care can mean upgrading rather than starting over. Your spa can be upgraded to Custom to access Spa Boy® and Smart pH, allowing you to keep the spa, seating, and setup you already love, while adding a more automated approach to water care. Onzen™ and the Peak Ozone System™ are also available as an upgrade on Custom and Classic Series spas. 

Spend Less Time Managing Your Spa

Arctic Spas® set out to innovate water care for one simple reason: you bought a hot tub to relax, enjoy hydrotherapy, and spend more time feeling good, not to become a water chemist. By taking more of the routine work out of water care, these systems are designed to give you more time to enjoy your spa and less time worrying about what’s happening in the water. Whether that’s Spa Boy® and Smart pH, Onzen™, or Peak Ozone, Arctic Spas® offers different water-care options designed to make spa ownership easier.

Visit your nearest Arctic Spas® showroom to find out which options are available for your spa. Sometimes the best upgrade isn’t a new spa. It’s making the one you already have easier to enjoy.

Disclaimer:
The information and suggestions provided by Arctic Spas are intended for general wellness and educational purposes only. They are not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Before making any changes to your health routine or attempting any of the tips we share, please consult with your doctor or qualified healthcare provider to ensure they are safe and appropriate for your personal needs. Arctic Spas is not responsible for any outcomes related to the use or misuse of the information provided.

Your health and safety always come first — when in doubt, check it out with your medical team!