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Homemade Hot Tub Could Kick Your Hot Tub's Ass
Posted by Adam Frucci at 3:05 AM on November 28, 2007
This is apparently how we do hot tubs down under. This homemade contraption was built using a large storage container, an LP gas bottle, stainless steel tubing, polystyrene packing material, and some corrugated iron. You can spend however much you want on a hot tub with a built-in HDTV or 1,500 jets or whatever, but it still won't be as badass as this thing with its little monster burner. Amazing. [Make]

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Scubs
Posted November 28, 2007 10:39 AM
Most definitley a New Zealander not an Aussie, you can tell by the ikcent (accent)
TheBear91
Posted 3:08 PM 27/11/07
HOT TUB. Not Jacuzzi, not Air Bubbles.
He could easily add a filter in line with the water tubes.
I did find it funny that he used an old propane bottle. If he used an efficient propane burner and some more stainless tubing, he could heat that tub up in about 30 minutes.
For that matter, he could add water jets or air jets fairly easily, but it would require a pump that would most likely require electricity.
TheBear91
nimblesquirrel
Posted 2:52 PM 27/11/07
Perko is right. He's in New Zealand. That's no Aussie accent. Right at the end he even says where he is: Carterton. It is a small town in the lower North Island of New Zealand. ;)
I hate it when people call us Aussies. It is like calling a Canadian an American. It's pretty bad, eh.
nimblesquirrel
Vagabum
Posted 2:18 PM 27/11/07
He doesn't seem to need jets so I can only assume he farts for bubbles.
Vagabum
Kos
Posted 1:53 PM 27/11/07
Anyone else remember the Lawn Mower Hot Tub from the movie Major League?
Kos
strider_mt2k
Posted 1:43 PM 27/11/07
@Navin R Johnson: Excellent.
Hearty chortle even.
strider_mt2k
SharkByte
Posted 12:55 PM 27/11/07
@Navin R Johnson: D'OH *snicker*
SharkByte
Navin R Johnson
Posted 12:52 PM 27/11/07
Oh, there's more space dust on here, it says "Cooking For Forty Humans"!
(If just one person snickers, my job is done)
Navin R Johnson
Saboth
Posted 12:50 PM 27/11/07
Mmm stewing in human juices...notice no filtration at all. Nothing like a warn bath of oil, dead skin cells, hair, and bacteria.
Saboth
bugstomper2
Posted 12:48 PM 27/11/07
I bet he's made his own toilet too!
bugstomper2
ninjamurf
Posted 12:43 PM 27/11/07
Shyeah, that's what my wife wants to hear...
"Okay honey I'll go fire up the hot tub. It should be ready in a couple of hours?"
ninjamurf
perko
Posted 12:40 PM 27/11/07
Man, It's from New Zealand, it says so right on the Instructables page. So why must you say Aussie? You can even tell its from New Zealand by the guy's accent, key words/phrases being "water tank," "there," "kettle," and definitely "convection." At no point does it say anything about Australia.
perko
RokMartian
Posted 12:33 PM 27/11/07
Just add carrots, celery, potatoes, and Bugs Bunny and you have a great hossenfeffer stew.
RokMartian
ParJoe
Posted 12:32 PM 27/11/07
Looks like it's more for cooking people than "relaxing".
ParJoe
srfndave
Posted 12:00 PM 27/11/07
Cool, you can soak in the hottub and roast marshmallows at the same time!
srfndave
Joseph
Posted 11:39 AM 27/11/07
Haha that is so Ghetto Fabulous.
Joseph
cpilot777
Posted 11:33 AM 27/11/07
I can just see him accidentally slipping and falling on to the boiling gas tank. Ouch.....
cpilot777
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:32 AM 27/11/07
Hot Tub smoke.
Don't breathe this!
strider_mt2k
WilCon
Posted 11:23 AM 27/11/07
Don't slip getting in.
WilCon
finnigan16
Posted 11:18 AM 27/11/07
Looks awesome
finnigan16
wbremner
Posted 11:15 AM 27/11/07
Message on tombstone: "Hey ya'll, watch this!"
wbremner
Fierock
Posted 11:08 AM 27/11/07
I can't help but see all the various forms of pain this could represent.
Fierock
Fierock
Posted 4:08 PM 27/11/07
@TheBear91: electricity... yet another possibility to inflict some kind of pain on yourself in this thing.
Fierock
Fierock
Posted 3:57 PM 27/11/07
@nimblesquirrel: I hate it when US citizens call themselves Americans, like they own the entire western hemisphere ;) Insead, I kinda like "Unitizen, Statizen" from the list here:
[en.wikipedia.org]
Fierock
Palestina
Posted 3:50 PM 27/11/07
@nimblesquirrel: Canadians are not americans? I thought they were!
Palestina
Brian Sexton
Posted 5:32 PM 27/11/07
@perko and nimblesquirrel: Text and testimony can tell you where a person is with varying degrees of reliability (as demonstrated here), but accents and speech mannerisms are even less reliable because people are very mobile. Where I live, people speak with many different accents, including New Zealand accents, but that doesn't make this New Zealand.
Also, while you have probably heard of large or otherwise notable cities in many countries, I doubt there are many people who know the names of every polity within even their own countries let alone other countries, which may have polities with the same names anyway, so not realizing that the Carterton in question is the one in New Zealand rather than one in Australia is just a simple and understandable error. Besides, can't you tell from the wholly positive article and non-snotty headline that Adam Frucci is not feeling well today? ;)
Brian Sexton
Brian Sexton
Posted 5:39 PM 27/11/07
@Palestina: Didn't you get the memo? The ambiguous term "American" is being phased out by the new imperialists; I think the new official taxonomy classifies Canadians as "Generally Peaceful Allies Who We Will Conquer Last As Long As They Keep Providing Entertainment And Don't Start Any Shit In The Meantime".
Brian Sexton
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 7:41 PM 27/11/07
@Navin R Johnson: I laughed.
@basically everyone else: god, shut up. Does anyone have something productive to say? ...at least funny?
nothing beats the nuclear hot tub.
oo0cyst0oo