Pool Systems

Pool Systems spa and pool leisure accessories

Pool Systems is listed here for its inflatable leisure accessories — the floating, soft-sided items that sit alongside the pumps, filters and seals that make up most of a pool owner’s shopping list. Where a cartridge or a mechanical seal keeps the water moving, accessories of this kind are about how the water is actually used: somewhere to put a glass, a bowl of olives or a phone while you sit in a warm spa. The range on this page is small and specific, so the notes below concentrate on what the product is, how to judge whether it suits your spa, and how to keep an inflatable in service for more than one summer.

Wat het assortiment omvat

At present this brand page carries a single item, the Inflatable Spa Bar Drinks Tray in Coastal Grey (PPS-10132). It is a floating tray intended for use in a spa or hot tub, giving bathers a stable surface at water level for drinks and snacks rather than balancing them on the rim or the surround. The Coastal Grey finish is a muted, neutral tone that reads well against grey acrylic shells, composite decking and the darker cabinet colours used on many portable spas.

Products of this type generally share a handful of characteristics worth knowing before you order:

• Inflatable construction — air-filled chambers give buoyancy, so the tray sits on the surface and rises and falls with the water level.
• Recessed holders — shaped wells are the usual way these trays keep glasses, cans and bottles upright in moving water.
• Soft edges — there is nothing hard to knock against a spa shell, which is part of the appeal compared with rigid plastic caddies.
• Valve inflation — a standard inflation valve means it can be filled by mouth pump, hand pump or a low-pressure electric pump, and packed flat out of season.
• Model reference — quote PPS-10132 when checking details, as colourways of similar trays are easy to confuse.

Choosing the right floating tray for your spa

The first thing to check is free surface area. A round portable spa with four or five bathers in it has surprisingly little open water, and a tray that is too large will simply be pushed from side to side. Measure the clear span across the middle of the spa with people seated, not when it is empty, and allow for the fact that a floating tray will drift towards the downwind or downstream side.

Second, think about what will actually sit on it. Stemmed glassware is less happy on a floating surface than cans, beakers or tumblers, and in a spa environment unbreakable drinkware is the sensible choice near water in any case. Third, consider the jets: strong massage jets create constant surface movement, so a tray used in a heavily jetted spa should be inflated firmly and parked away from the outlets.

Care, storage and getting a long life from an inflatable

Inflatables fail in predictable ways, and almost all of them can be avoided. Inflate to a firm but not drum-tight pressure — over-inflation stresses the seams, and air expands noticeably when a cool tray is placed in warm spa water, so leave a little margin. Keep the tray away from paving edges, rough stone copings and anything sharp on the surround, as abrasion rather than puncture is the usual cause of slow leaks.

Rinse with clean water after use. Spa water carries sanitiser residues, and sun cream, oils and chlorine all shorten the life of flexible plastics if they are left to dry on the surface. Dry fully before packing away, store rolled rather than folded along the same crease, and keep it out of direct sunlight and away from frost over winter. If a leak does appear, submerge the inflated tray and watch for bubbles; most pinholes are at a seam or around the valve and can be dealt with with a standard vinyl repair patch.

Pool Systems at PoolParthub.com

Here you will find the Pool Systems inflatable spa bar drinks tray in Coastal Grey, listed under reference PPS-10132 so it can be matched without relying on photographs alone. It sits in our wider spa and pool accessories selection alongside the functional parts — filter cartridges, seals, unions and pump spares — that keep the water itself in good order.

Spa accessories are chosen the same way as spare parts: by checking dimensions against your own installation and ordering by model reference. If you are fitting out a new spa and are unsure which accessories suit the shell size, send us the make and dimensions and we will point you to the items that make sense for it.