According to news reports, a three-year-old in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, recently fell from his home’s third-floor balcony onto an unusual Safety Net — the family’s hot tub cover.

Apparently unhurt, he nonchalantly walked back into the house and told his grandfather what happened, who quickly called paramedics. In an abundance of caution, he was taken in an ambulance for tests, where it was learned that the hot tub cover not only saved his life but completely protected him from injury.

This is a time when you wish DC Comics would recreate their superhero “Aquaman” riding the rolling seas in the security of hot tub cover! You got to admit, catching and supporting this little guy is an heroic feet.

Here’s a link to the news video:

http://www.local10.com/news/boy-falls-from-thirdfloor-balcony-lands-on-hot-tub-cover/33283766

Hot Tub Covers Do Heroic Work

Of course, we’re not suggesting you buy a hot tub cover for your spa in order to catch falling kids, or even animals when its raining cats and dogs, but this incident reminds us to champion these hard-working spa amenities for the regular security and other assistance they provide.

For example: a quality hot tub cover will, indeed, hold the weight of a child or family pet and keep them from getting into the hot tub unattended. And they do much more. In fact, a quality cover is so important, Long Island Hot Tub includes one in the price of all our hot tub packages.

 

Hot Tub Covers Are Safety Covers

Hot Tub Covers Are Safety Covers

The hot tub covers we recommend meet the requirements for a “Manual Safety Spa Cover”: they’ve been proven to pass tests such as the ‘Static Load Tests’ for weight support (which clearly the hot tub cover in Ft. Lauderdale offered), ‘Perimeter Deflection Tests’ preventing entry or entrapment between the cover and the side of the spa, and ‘Surface Drainage Test’ to ensure water will run off and not collect in dangerous amounts of rain. Photo: Bullfrog Spas.

 

 

Hot Tub Safety Locks

Hot Tub Safety Locks

Our safety covers do lock into place when not in use. However, for an extra layer of safety when there’s no supervision around, the hot tub cover can be completely locked down with this additional cover lock. Photo: Bullfrog Spas.

 

Hot Tub Cover Lifters (Long Island/NY):

Hot Tub Cover Lifters (Long Island/NY):

Another key amenity we include as part of our standard package is Bullfrog Spas’ cover lifter. This bar helps you do what the name implies: lift the cover — and in a matter of seconds. Let’s face it, if it’s easy to use, you’ll use it — and this makes it easy. It also will hold the cover up for extra privacy, not to mention it makes storing your cover the simplest of tasks. Cover lifters help the cover to take up little space and keeps it off the ground, ensuring it will last longer.

 

Hot Tub Cover Lifters (Long Island/NY):

Hot Tub Cover Lifters (Long Island/NY):

There’s another benefit of having the easy-to-use cover lifter. You’ll use your hot tub more often because there’s no work involved in opening it up to enjoy its hydrotherapy, stress reduction and opportunities for relaxation.

 

Hot Tub Covers (Long Island/NY):

Hot Tub Covers (Long Island/NY):

When a storm is on the horizon, having a cover at the ready — to clamp down before any rainy, windy, or snowy action — is a great help in keeping clean, healthy water. Covering your spa keeps debris, bugs, and unsanitized liquids from Mother Nature out of your hot tub. This means you won’t have to clean or drain your tub nearly as often.

Note: For those who want a well-coordinated cover, you can match pretty much any shell with colors like Cordovan, Tan, Portobello, Espresso, White, Gray, Black, etc. Plus they are highly energy-efficient — keeping the heat in the hot tub saves you money.

So even if DC Comics isn’t inspired by the event in Ft. Lauderdale, its safety value makes it a superhero in our books.