This is how you make a hot tub, hillbilly style. Three guys from the prairies of Illinois turned an old stock tank sitting in the open air into a jacuzzi, and heated it up using quicklime, that scary caustic stuff that burns your skin off if you're not too careful. A video of how they did it, using gas masks, tin baths and a lot of ingenuity, is after the jump.

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Hot tubs: discuss. I'm sort of a fan of them, but can't quite get over the hygiene bit—or, in some cases, the molded plastic naffness. The Lay-Z Spa is a blow-up hot tub with enough room for six people to contract Weil's disease at the same time. The 1200 litre capacity tub has massage jets, a rapid heating system and apparently can be set up easily. Would this US$1,000 monster work well with those crazy Swiss guys who like organising hot-tub parties on the top of Mont Blanc? If they empty it first, then pull the air stopper out they could be back down the bottom of the mountain in no time. [Drinkstuff]

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This is $20,000 of love-themed hot tub, the Walker Signature Special Edition. Special features include seating for six, tacky red hearts, fountains, Valentine-red colours, a "playground area" and MP3-ready stereo. Our ideal use for this tasteless Jacuzzi is in the video after the jump. [Born Rich and Dimension One press release]

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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]

An eco-friendly hot tub, the Dutch Tub looks like something out of a soft-porn Euro flick from the Seventies. Which is A Good Thing. Apart from its looks, the $6,000 tub has rather a special USP: As well as being totally transportable (throw it on the top of the SUV, don't forget the fuel, find a nice spot and set it up) the log basket doubles as a cooker, meaning you can barbecue while you stew. Product Page [Dutch Tub via Gadget Candy]