Personal Experiences

We love it. We take a bath twice per day, sometimes alone, sometimes together. We leave the water in overnight a lot and sometimes I take a cold dip in the morning.We seldom use the chair in the tub, but we do use it in front of the TV since we sit on the floor anyway. Is that too much detail?

~~ Mukhya and Heridev, Juneau, Alaska. Tub model WB-18

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I bought one of these tubs after taking a bath in one at Henan Province, China. I was building a cabin in Sitka, Alaska and purchased the tub before the cabin was finished. The cabin was taking too long to finish.  I could not wait to soak in my wooden tub.  Luckily, I have hot and cold water outside, so I was able to fill the tub and have a most pleasurable bath on the porch of my cabin. It was approximately 52 degreess.  I have 2 small 28 gallon hot water tanks.  After half  an hour of a wonderful hot bath, I got out totally refreshed.  Fantastic.  Seeing is believing.  Taking a bath is heaven.

~ Mike M., Sitka, Alaska

 

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A few years ago I broke my back and now suffer from chronic low back pain.  Reclining and laying down are the only body positions that do not intensify this pain. While visiting my old home town of Sitka, Alaska I visited a life-long friend building a new house. I noticed he had one of the tubs that Qi East Qi West is importing.  The beautiful wooden craftmanship and contoured back rests inspired me to take a closer look.  My back was screaming in pain, there was no where else to sit, so I decided to "try it out for size."  Being 6'2" tall, I find most tubs are too small to bathe in comfortably.  However, not only did I fit into the tub comfortably, and could stretch out my legs, sitting in it gave my back instant relief.  I had never felt so relaxed in any other tub...had the tub been plumbed, I'd have asked my friend if I could take a hot bath. All I could say when my friend saw me sitting in the tub is, "Where can I buy one of these?"

~ Garri C., Juneau, Alaska

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This poupourri comes from Baranoff, Warm Springs Bay Alaska:

The tub is 100% perfect as the day it arrived at Baranoff.  It's in full use, hot water pouring in to it 24 hours a day and grateful fishermen are reviving themselves in it with greatest pleasure.  I got out notes from the store of what people have said, plus little notes people left by the tub as follows:

"This tub is amazing!  It more comfortable than my sofa!  I wanted to stay all night!"

"I've never seen a tub like this!  It feels so great to lounge in!"

"My wife had to drag me out of this tub!"

"This beautiful tub is a truly luxurious experience!"

"This tub has transformed my ideas of what getting clean is all about."

"This tub is the most beautiful thing that could ever happen to a bathroom..and the nicest thing that ever happened to my aching body..oh boy, I love it!"

This amazing and beautiful tub is totally exotic!  And so comfortable!  I totally drifted off in it!"

"I want a tub like this for my living room!"

"This is the most gorgeous tub I have ever seen..I didn't want to get out!"

There's more, mostly there are big THANK YOU's!

"From the minute we put this beautiful tub in our public hotsprings bathhouse steady streams of people asked where on earth we'd found such an amazing tub..they wanted the whole story!  It makes conventional tubs look very dull.  In addition to being a genuine work of art, after literally thousands of people have used it, it is thhe same gleaming perfection as the day we got it!  It is as tough and durable as it is georgeous!" 

~ Christine, Baranoff, Alaska

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I had the pleasure of several relaxing soaks in one of the cypress tubs from Qi EastQi West. The first thing I noticed was that I felt like I had stepped into silk! So luxurious and deep. Almost 5'10", the bottoms of my feet were several inches from touching the other end of the tub. The contour of the tub makes it easy for one to lean back and rest and there is room for two, as my daughter and I found out. The tub retains its heat for a long time, I enjoyed many long soaks in hot water. A very refreshing tub experience.

~ Jacque Cedar

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