6 Best Hot Tub Vacuums in 2023 – Reviews & Top Picks

Even though your hot tub spends the majority of its life covered and protected from the outside world, debris and sediment still manage to make their way inside. Sometimes we drag it in ourselves, unknowingly attached to the bottoms of our feet.

Other times, unwanted residents may fall in from overhanging trees while the hot tub is in use. But regardless of how it gets there, we want to remove any and all of these little contaminants so they don’t get sucked into our pump system. That’s where a good hot tub vacuum can really be a lifesaver.

We wanted to find the best ones and the best values, so we tested as many of them as we could get our hands on.

The following eight reviews of the best spa vacuums will compare what we learned through our testing so that you can use the information we gathered to help make the decision easier for you.

A Quick Comparison of Our Favorites in 2023

Rating	Image	Product	Details
Best Value		Poolmaster 28009 Magic Jet Hot Tub Vacuum	Hooks up to vacuum or garden hose Small size works in shallow waters Affordably priced	CHECK PRICE
Premium Choice		Pool Blaster NE4382 Max Li	Rechargeable battery Powerful suction Fits on any standard pool pole	CHECK PRICE
		PoolSupplyTown PST-463 Mini Jet Vac Vacuum	Attaches to a standard garden hose Can be attached to a pole Powerful suction	CHECK PRICE
		Intex 28620E Handheld Rechargeable Vacuum	Auto-shutoff when not in water Can be handheld or attached to shaft Includes 94” shaft	CHECK PRICE
		POOL BLASTER 20000CL Water Tech Catfish	Cordless design Powerful suction	CHECK PRICE

The 6 Best Hot Tub Vacuums

1. Poolmaster 28009 Magic Jet Hot Tub Vacuum — Best Value

Compact and versatile, the Poolmaster Magic Jet Hot Tub Vacuum offers several different ways to suck the debris from your hot tub, and we think it’s the best hot tub vacuum for the money. It’s tiny enough to easily fit into the corners, nooks, and crannies of your hot tub, but it’s powerful enough to suck up all of the mess and leave you with a beautifully clean tub. It also works equally well in shallow or deep waters. It’s very affordably priced, and a six-piece pole is even included to increase your reach. Unfortunately, at just four and a half feet, the pole isn’t quite long enough to comfortably reach the hot tub bottom from all angles.

There are multiple ways to use the Poolmaster Hot Tub Vacuum. It comes with a collection bag that you can attach to the top of the device. Then you hook a garden hose to the bottom outlet of the Magic Jet, and the water pressure will force all the debris on the hot tub floor to be sucked into the bag. Alternatively, a vacuum connection lets you hook a vacuum up to the device for the ultimate in hot tub suction cleaning.

2. Pool Blaster NE4382 Max Li Hot Tub Vacuum — Premium Choice

If you’re looking for something a bit more high-tech and low effort, then the Pool Blaster Max Li Pool and Spa Cleaner, our premium pick for the best hot tub vacuum, may be the solution you’re seeking. This device is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery that offers impressive suction power that will help you get your hot tub cleaner than ever before. Once charged, it will run for up to 60 minutes, so you should have plenty of time to thoroughly vacuum your hot tub. The filter will catch all of the mess, and you can wash it and reuse it multiple times.

Any standard pool pole can be attached to the Pool Blaster to improve your reach, but the pole isn’t included. Once we attached a pole of our own, we were impressed with how quickly this vacuum cleared out our hot tub. It took very little effort or time to get a clean tub. But we noticed that very fine silt and sand actually came through the collection bag and ended up back in the hot tub. Other than that, we were very pleased with the performance of this device, which is to be expected for such an expensive piece of pool equipment.

3. PoolSupplyTown PST-463 Mini Jet Vac  Spa Vacuum

If you’re looking for the least expensive hot tub vacuum, the PoolSupplyTown Mini Jet Vac could be it. It’s a dirt-cheap device that makes it very easy to clean out your hot tub. It attaches to any standard pool pole, but no pole is included so you’ll need one of your own. This device runs on water power from a regular garden hose that you attach to the back. The water pressure forces debris up into the vacuum. Then it’s forced through a collection bag that allows the water to escape back into the hot tub but all of the debris and the dirt remains trapped for removal.

There were no assembly instructions included, so it took a few minutes to get this device working. But once it was going, we were quite impressed with just how strong the suction from it was. Dirt and sand were flying into the vacuum. Removal was very simple since it was all trapped in the collection bag. Overall, this was one of our favorite inexpensive hot tub vacuums, but it was outmatched by the versatility of the Poolmaster Magic Jet in the third position of our list.

4. Intex 28620E Handheld Rechargeable Hot Tub Vacuum

The Intex Handheld Vacuum is an electric tool that’s free of the hassles of cords and batteries because it’s rechargeable by USB cord. Once charged, it runs for 50 minutes, just enough time to thoroughly vacuum out your hot tub. It is handheld, so you can jump in and do the whole tub by hand if you prefer. But a telescoping aluminum shaft is also included to add 94 inches of additional reach when fully extended.

The Intex vacuum was effective at removing dirt and debris from the bottom of the tub. However, even though it’s electric, it still must be fully submerged to work. When the device leaves the water, it shuts off. This made it a bit frustrating to try to vacuum the steps of the hot tub when the ports kept coming out of the water, causing the machine to shut off. It also tended to kick up some of the debris in the water, making it difficult to collect and clean. That said, it is one of the more affordable solutions. In the end, it’s a decent product, but there are better options available.

5. POOL BLASTER 20000CL Water Tech Catfish

A rechargeable, battery-powered underwater vacuum, the POOL BLASTER Water Tech Catfish can make it easy to vacuum the dirt, sand, and debris from your hot tub. It’s got very powerful suction that will run for 45 minutes on a full charge. That’s not as impressive as the one-hour and more run time that we’ve seen from other models, but it should be sufficient for vacuuming a hot tub. Since it’s cordless, the POOL BLASTER is easy to maneuver and move around. It will attach to a standard pool pole, but unfortunately, it doesn’t come with one, seriously inhibiting its reach.

The suction from this vacuum was satisfactory. It was powerful enough to pull the dirt out of the corners, but also managed to kick some of it up and send it swirling through the water. You can remove the vacuum head to expose a cone head for tighter areas. This is one of the more costly hot tub vacuums, but it doesn’t include any extras features that warrant the higher price. A good product altogether, it wasn’t one of our favorites during testing.

6. Kokido Wanda Electric Pool and Spa Vacuum

With a telescoping handle that will allow you to reach up to six feet when fully extended, the Kokido Wanda Electric Pool and Spa Vacuum seemed like a great product. It’s simple to use and easy to store, but it didn’t live up to our expectations. This device runs on eight AA batteries. That’s quite a few batteries, so you better stock up if you’re going to use this vacuum to keep your hot tub clean. Unfortunately, those batteries don’t last very long and we ended up replacing them after every couple of cleanings.

We could get over the short battery life if this vacuum was a superb performer. However, it was rather lackluster when it came time to clean up. The suction that the Kokido vacuum provides is mediocre at best. It wasn’t able to pick up anything larger than a dirt particle. Tiny pebbles were left untouched at the bottom of the hot tub. We wanted to like this vacuum, but the poor performance it offers is going to leave it stuck at the bottom of our list like those little pebbles were stuck at the bottom of our hot tub.

Conclusion

Every time you get into your hot tub, you’re likely dragging along some unwanted contaminants on the bottoms of your feet. Dirt, sand, pebbles, sticks, and more all make their way to the bottom of your hot tub where they collect. We’ve been searching for the best hot tub vacuums to take care of this ever-growing mess. While testing them to write these reviews, two of them stuck out as top performers.

The Poolmaster Magic Jet Hot Tub Vacuum was our pick for the best spa vacuum for the money. It’s small enough to fit into every nook and cranny of your hot tub, but versatile and powerful enough to clean your hot tub completely, hooking it up to either a water hose or a vacuum. Finally, the Pool Blaster Max Li is our premium choice recommendation. It’s got powerful suction fueled by a rechargeable battery and you can mount it on any pool pole to increase your reach.