Just one star for the overall experience ordering a hot tub cover from Sunray, I would give 3 stars…read more(for now) for the final product, after it was redone. The initial cover was sewn horribly, it had creases all over the corners and in the middle of the cover, also, the styrofoam used was cut too small and the two sides of the cover were not equal. They refuse to give you the exact specs for the foam, the owner told me it was a trade mark secret?!?, even when I insisted and told him that's not possible since he is not the manufacturer of the foam. If you search for different manufactures for covers, you'll see the price differs when you choose the foam, and the fact the owner didn't want to disclose this information, except the never-ending praise "our covers are the best", makes one regret not reading the reviews before ordering.
I should add the hot tub we own was bought from Sunray many years ago, all our supplies were bought from them, this is how they treat their loyal customers.
My husband and I ordered the cover in October 2023, we also bought the solar blanket, which we wanted to return the next day because it wasn't one piece, it was two, sewn together, what kind of an expert sews something that goes onto the water? He told us that we can use RV silicone to glue the two pieces and it will be fine, but guess what, silicone didn't take to that plastic. Do you think the owner offered to reimburse us? No way, he just likes to talk a lot.
In December, when the order should have been ready, I called the company and spoke with the salesperson and he told me it's going to be delayed for a couple of weeks because they have the fabric but they don't have the foam. I called again in January, they said they have the foam but they don't have the fabric. That's the way they lie, they don't even have the decency to keep up with their lies. Turns out, they just didn't bother to order the fabric, they only stopped blaming the supplier after I sent an email to that supplier in which I told them how the lies spread by Sunray might damage their reputation.
By the end of January I went to the store with a friend of mine that was in the same situation, the order was made a few weeks before ours. We insisted the owner gave us the money back but he refused, he showed us the small print on the invoice "no backsies". In the end, my friend got the money back by contacting the bank, even after a few months you can dispute a visa claim.
We got the horribly sewn cover by the end of March, it felt like we paid for a Mercedes that was advertised as a Ferrari and received a Pony. We took it back and expressed our disappointment once again. It took them a month to fix the cover, which is still not perfect, one corner has small creases and another corner has the seam off the edge of the foam. Also, the salesperson told me that if I want something perfect, I should do it myself, well, for $800 and do it yourself, that says a lot about "our covers are the best on the market", with sass on top.
For this cover we've waited for 6 months, I've called them at least 10 times, I went to the store 10 times, the cost of the cover alone was over $800. There's a recent article about Sunray, you should give it a read, especially since the owner told me the bad reviews are paid for by his competition, well, I feel bad because nobody's paid me, it's almost like my experience and other people's experience was real, also, all those people suing and winning the lawsuits, how about that lesson in civil law Mr. Innocent Until Proven Guilty, not that condescending now, are we? Or should I say, not that innocent?
