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Hot Tub Meets Powerboat with Rare Luxurious Combo

Hot tub and spa manufacturer Premium Leisure LLC, has teamed with Statement Marine to introduce a rare manufacturing combination: a fully functional hot tub inside a 50-foot powerboat. Read more>>

Swim to the Beat of Your Own Ear Drums

Looking to kick your water workout up a notch? You’ve probably seen many MP3 players with accessories made to keep athletes moving on the track or at the gym. Now you can keep the momentum going while swimming laps or exercising in the pool with these waterproof MP3 players. Read more >>

For more news about products and innovations in the swimming pool, spa, and backyard industry, visit the What's New page.

Backyard Oasis

When your kitchen and family room have you feeling boxed in, look to the outdoors—make your backyard the place to entertain and have fun. Read interviews from the builders of some of the most amazing backyards, complete with swimming pools, spas, outdoor kitchens, patios & more. Read more >>

Top Articles

Inground Pools: The Coolest Place to Chill

For families with kids, a swimming pool can be the best form of entertainment and the solution to summer boredom. If you’re ready to turn your property into an at-home resort, you need to set your budget/price range, choose your features, and decide how quickly you'd like the pool to be built. Read more>>

Hot Tubs & Swim Spas: Relax & Get Fit

Looking for the ultimate spa zone? Learn how to choose, set up, and enjoy your hot tub, spa, or swim spa. Get tips on available models, cost, and installation. Read more>>

Extend the Seasons with Enclosures

Get more use out of your backyard by extending the season with a pool and spa enclosure, sunroom, or pool house. Read more>>

Innovative Ideas for Your Backyard

20 Pool-Buying Tips

Think you might be ready to take the plunge? If you're planning to buy your first backyard swimming pool, you probably need a few tips to get started. Learn how to establish a budget, find a pool builder or dealer, decide among types of pool equipment. But always remember to put fun on the list! Read more >>

Buyers' Guide 2010

Your resource for how to buy anything and everything for your backyard. Learn how to buy inground swimming pools, what to look for when buying maintenance items--such as pool cleaners, inground pool covers, water chemistry systems, and other pool equipment--and the benefits of purchasing a hot tub or swim spa. Discover new backyard products and compare products from leading companies.

Industry Links

For more information on inground pools, hot tubs & spas, pool maintenance, spa maintenance, water care, pool and spa safety, and backyard items, visit these online resources. See Industry Links>>

Pool & Spa Living magazine is the nation’s leading consumer magazine for shoppers and enthusiasts of inground swimming pools, hot tubs and portable spas, swim spas, pool enclosures, outdoor living, and other backyard products. Pool & Spa Living can be purchased in popular bookstores nationwide. It features pool builders and hot tub manufacturers from across the U.S., including those in California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Pool & Spa Living’s annual Buyers’ Guide and Backyards & Outdoor Rooms issues feature comprehensive articles about swimming pools, backyard products, pool buying tips, maintenance tips, and outdoor décor. You can also find  information about hot tubs and spas, swim spas, swimming pool covers, pool enclosures, pool cleaners, filters, pool equipment, other pool maintenance items, and backyard accessories. Visit our bookstore to order the latest magazine issue from Pool & Spa Living.