Therapies & Operation

Using hydro, air, microbubble and foot massage, the heated seat, controls, and normal behaviors.

• Can I Shower in a Walk-In Tub? Hand Showers, Shower Columns, and Screens Can you shower in a walk-in tub? Yes, you can absolutely shower in an Ella walk-in tub. Every Ella fast fill faucet…
• Infusion Microbubble Therapy: What It Does and Which Tubs Offer It Infusion Microbubble Therapy is one of Ella's most popular therapy options. With one touch of a button, the system fills your bath…
• Light Chromatherapy: Using the LED Colors and Fixing a Light That Will Not Turn On Light chromatherapy on an Ella walk-in tub is a multi colored LED inside the tub that cycles through a soothing range of…
• Independent Foot Massage: A Foot Spa Without Filling the Whole Tub Independent foot massage is one of the most loved therapy options on Ella walk-in tubs, because it gives you a genuine foot…
• Push Button Controls vs the Digital Touchpad: Operating Every Deck Control Ella walk-in tubs come with a choice of deck controls: on and off push button controls, or the digital touchpad. Both operate…
• The Thermostatic Control Valve (Anti-Scald): Which Faucets Have It, Its Setting, and Water-Heater Advice Whether your Ella's Bubbles walk-in tub has an anti-scald thermostatic control valve (TCV) depends on the faucet configuration you ordered. Tubs equipped…
• How Much Water Before Turning On the Jets: Fill Levels for Hydro, Air, Foot, and Microbubble How much water should be in a walk-in tub before you turn on the jets? Before you switch on any pump in…
• How to Take a Bath in Your Walk-In Tub: The Sequence From Stepping In to Stepping Out How do you take a bath in a walk-in tub? You sit inside your Ella's Bubbles walk-in tub with the door closed…
• Adding Infusion Microbubble Therapy to a Conventional Bathtub: The Universal Installation Kit and the NuWhirl Install Guides Yes, microbubble therapy can be added to a regular bathtub. Ella's Bubbles offers the Infusion Microbubble Therapy Universal Installation Kit, a microbubble…
• Every Therapy and Control Video in One Place: Air, Hydro, Foot Massage, Microbubble, Heated Seat, Lights and Controls Looking for the walk-in tub therapy and control videos in one place? Ella's Bubbles has published a short video for nearly every…
• Common Questions About Operating Your Walk-In Tub Most questions about operating a walk-in tub have short, verified answers, and this page collects the common questions about operating your Ella's…
• Common Questions About Ella Hydrogen Therapy: PPB and PPM, How It Is Generated, Which Tubs Can Have It and the Test Video Ella hydrogen therapy is a generator and pump installed under the molded seat of the tub, fed from a distilled water tank,…
• Bidet Jets and Where the Air Jets Sit: Upper, Lower and Bidet Positions by Family Bidet jets on an Ella's Bubbles walk-in tub are air jets, not water jets. They belong to the three-speed air massage system,…
• Will I Get Cold While the Tub Fills or Drains? The Most Common Question, Answered on Video Will I get cold while the tub fills or drains? No, not in the way people fear. It is the question Ella's…
• The Aromatherapy Canister: How It Works, What Goes In It, How It Is Plumbed and Which Tubs Can Have It The aromatherapy option on an Ella's Bubbles walk-in tub is a small canister plumbed into the jet system, with a chrome twist…
• Warm-Water Bathing Guidelines: Temperature, Duration, Arthritis, Circulation and Skin (Not Medical Advice) How warm and how long should a walk-in tub bath be? Many Ella's Bubbles customers bathe for relief from arthritis, sore joints,…
• Hums, Clicks, Whooshes and Buzzes: The Sounds an Ella Walk-In Tub Makes and Which Ones Are Normal Most of the sounds an Ella walk-in tub makes are simply the sound of the tub doing its job: a moderate hum…
• What Comes With Each Therapy Package: Pumps, In-Line Heater, Ozone, Auto Purge, LED, Dials, Pressure Tank and Controls at a Glance The tub itself stays the same whichever therapy package you choose. What changes is the equipment installed underneath it: which pumps, whether…
• Common Questions About Choosing Therapies: Hydro or Air for Muscle Tension, Foot Massage Versus Microbubble, Fewer Jets, and Whether Ozone Is a Therapy Choosing a therapy package comes down to a few practical questions: do you want a firm, targeted massage or a gentle one,…
• Hydro massage vs air massage: what each system does and how to use the controls Hydro massage vs air massage: Ella walk-in tubs offer two different massage systems, and they work in very different ways. The hydro…
• My walk-in tub turned on by itself: the air massage Auto-Purge is normal If your walk-in tub turned on by itself about 20 minutes after your bath, what you heard was the air massage Auto-Purge,…
• Does the in-line water heater warm up my bath? What it does and does not do Does the in-line water heater warm up my bath? No. The in-line water heater on Ella hydro massage tubs is designed to…
• H2 microbubble therapy on the Standard60: setup, distilled water, and what to expect The H2 and Microbubbles System on the Ella Standard60 combines two therapies in one package: infusion microbubble therapy, which fills the bath…
• How the optional heated seat and backrest works, and why it turns off after 20 minutes The optional heated seat and backrest warms the surfaces you sit and lean against, so the tub feels cozy from the moment…
• How fast will my walk-in tub fill? Fast-fill faucet expectations and operation How fast will a walk-in tub fill? In real homes, walk-in tub fill time ranges from 7 to 15 minutes depending on…