Swim spas may seem like a relatively new product for the hot tub industry as they gained prominence in the early 2010s. But the product is almost as old as the industry itself, with some prototypes developed in the late ’70s.
The spa gods tried their very best to kill Sunbelt Hot Tubs. The company’s four-decade evolution from local retailer to global manufacturer was an obstacle course of natural disasters, man-made disasters and economic calamities. But each brush with extinction forced the Houston-based company to ad-lib bold and sometimes desperate innovations. Now, after nearly 40 years,…