Can I Order an Ella Walk-In Tub With No Jets at All?

Yes. Most Ella walk-in tub models can be ordered as a soaking tub with no jets and no jetting package at all. Soaking is printed as a therapy choice on Ella specification sheets alongside Hydro Massage, Air Massage and the combination packages, and a soaker keeps the door, low threshold, molded seat, faucet and drains of the jetted version while leaving out every massage system. What Is a Therapy Package on a Walk-In Tub? explains the menu; this page covers what a soaker is built with, how to word the order, which models need a check first, and what you give up.

What a Soaking Tub Is Built with

Every Ella tub is built with a package, even a soaker. The shell stays the same whichever package you choose; what changes is the equipment underneath. A soaking tub has no water pump, no blower, no in-line heater and no jet plumbing behind the apron. The only electrical item it can carry is the optional heated seat and backrest, and only if you add it. Published spec sheets list Soaking as a choice, for example on the Front Entry and the Lounger.

Because the extras follow the package rather than the model, a soaker also goes without the features that ride along with the massage systems:

• No LED chromatherapy light. The light comes with every dual and triple package and is available as an extra on hydro-only tubs, as described in What Is Chromatherapy (LED Light) on a Walk-In Tub?. With no package for it to attach to, it is not part of a soaker.
• No ozone and no in-line heater. Both belong to the hydro system, which adds a water pump with the in-line heater and ozone.
• No Auto Purge, because there is no three-speed blower to clear.
• No bidet jets. Those are air jets at the base of the seat, and What Are Bidet Jets on a Walk-In Tub? notes that hydro-only tubs and soaking tubs do not have them.

How a Soaker Compares with the Jetted Packages

The table shows what the decision really is. A soaker is not a stripped-down shell; it is the same tub, door and seat with nothing under the apron that needs power, plumbing loops or a cleaning routine. What you trade away is the massage itself and everything bundled with it, including the light, the ozone, the in-line heater that holds the bath temperature while a hydro pump runs, and the bidet jets. If any of those matter to you, the time to say so is before the order is placed, because none of them can be added afterward.

How to Word the Order

Because the shipping configuration is set model by model, and some models are described with a jetting package as standard, state a soaking order plainly rather than assuming that leaving the therapy line blank means no jets. The jetting is built into the shell while the tub is assembled and tested for your order, so this choice is made at order time rather than changed later.

1. Name the model and say "soaking tub, no jetting package" to your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850.
2. Decide on the heated seat and backrest at the same time. It is the one option a soaker can carry, and it is chosen at order time on any standard order.
3. Ask that your order paperwork show Soaking, and check it before production, since the package cannot be changed after the tub is built.
4. Keep the schematic that ships with your tub. It names the package and its circuits, which settles any later question about what the tub was built with.

Models That Need a Check First

Most single-seat models offer the full menu, but a few are described with a package already on board, so confirm the soaker is offered on the model you have in mind. Can One Walk-In Tub Have Air, Hydro, Microbubble and Foot Massage Together? lays out the therapy menu frame by frame, and the same logic that decides how many systems fit also shows which tubs are described with a package as standard.

• The ShaK and Big4One ship with the digital-controller Air plus dual Hydro package included, with microbubble optional.
• The Deluxe ships as a fixed Air plus Hydro package. Clearance and fixed units are sold as configured and are never modified.
• The Ella Standard ships as a hydro-massage configuration with 18 hydro jets.
• The LayDown tubs take one therapy at a time and have no LED.
• The Front Entry and the Lounger print Soaking on their spec sheets, and the Front Entry does not offer the LED light with any package.

For any of these, a quick confirmation with your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 settles whether a soaker build is offered, and in writing is best so the order paperwork matches.

What Cannot Be Changed After the Tub Is Built

Therapy systems are factory builds. Each massage system runs on its own pump under the seat, with its own plumbing and switches built into the shell, which is why Ella does not use a diverter to split one pump between jets and also why nothing can be bolted on afterward. Air jets cannot be added to a hydro-only tub, an in-line heater cannot be added to a soaking or air-only configuration, and extra jets cannot be added in a specific spot on a tub already built. The full list is in Can I Add Air Jets, a Heater or a Heated Seat to My Tub Later?. If you think you might want massage later, order the package now rather than the soaker.

Living with a Soaking Tub

Care follows the package. Hydro tubs get the monthly vinegar flush and a pump inlet cover check, air systems self-clear with Auto Purge, and a soaker needs neither. The door, seat and drains work exactly as they do on the jetted version of the same model. If you ever open a ticket about your tub, the team will first ask which package is on your order, so have your model and serial number ready and say that it is a soaker; that one word rules out every pump, blower and control question at the start.

Related Guides

• Does My Ella Tub Include an In-Line Heater? Hydro, Air-Only, Soaker and Clearance Units
• Heated Seat and Back: How It Works, Which Tubs Offer It, and How to Add It to Your Order

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