One of the biggest differences between blow-up hot tubs and plug & play hot tubs is the seating position. In blow-up hot tubs, there is no bench to sit on and therefore you sit bent at nearly a 90-degree angle with your legs straight in front of you resting on the bottom of the tub. To make things worse, this seating position means everyone’s legs clash in the middle and ultimately have to rest on top of or below everyone else’s legs. Some blow-up hot tub brands will offer plastic seats that rest on the bottom of the tub as seen below.
As you can see below, plug & play portable hot tubs have another advantage when it comes to jets. A typical plug & play hot tub will have 3-5 jets per seat, whereas blow-up hot tubs are usually limited to 0-1 jets per seat.
Plug & play portable Hot tubs are typically taller and larger than the average blow-up hot tub and feature bench or lounge seating with ample legroom. This makes for a much more sustainable and comfortable seating position while avoiding the need to rest your legs on someone else’s. On top of this, Portable hot tubs feature a multitude of back, neck, leg, foot, & hand massage jets and massage settings while blow-up hot tubs usually only feature 0-4 jets.
Another important feature to consider is water capacity, as you can see below, the blow-up hot tub has markers for the optimal waterline, this is usually quite shallow and may not even reach your chest. Plug & play hot tubs are much taller, and feature much deeper water so you can comfortably submerge your entire body.*