[benj]

I don't know for sure if florida and Colorado are the same but I've had hot tubs for over 20 years, I don't know how people get along without one. The easiest way to keep one clean and fresh smelling is to get one that has air bubbles option. Then it will only take you around 20 minutes a week to do maintenance. This is adding the chemicals and changing the filter and scooping off the foam that holds all the dirt and body oils etc. Her is the strange part, these rules apply if you go in naked. If you go in with body oils, makeup,or swim suits your going to turn it into a washing machine before the last rinse. If you have guests who go in with their suits on and you also are in with them with suits on you can pretty much figure on changing the whole tub of water out. Just take something you have just washed in your washing machine to the sink, fill the sink and put the washed garment in the sink and stur and you will see what I mean.
As for costs. It costs me around fifty bucks a month to keep mine at 102 about ten bucks for chemicals and another ten for yearly repairs(pump, jets, lights etc). Don't get to weird on me I go out after dark and where I live there is privacy.