"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> I should take her out of the filter for the comedic value of here posts. A
> bathtub so big that she can't fill it with hot water, and then she has
> trouble getting out of it. Maybe she needs to call Greenpeace, but they
> might try to push her into the ocean.

I would really have to take a pic to show you what I mean but I am not a pic
person. Yes I have a phone in my camera and another on my Ipad but no clue
how to get those pics onto this computer. Had some sort of cord with my old
phone to do that but this one didn't come with one.

The very outside of the tub, facing the toilet is carpeted. Yes, carpeted.
Same carpet that leads into the bathroom and that is in this room. Why?
Dunno. From there, there is a flat edge of maybe 4". Flat and very
slippery edge. Looks to be faux marble of some kind. Like whatever they
put on the walls of the shower. From there, there is the edge of the tub.
I didn't measure but it's probably around 5" wide. Feels like plastic and
again sort of slick. But then it drops down to some other edge inside the
tub. I think they are arm rests. Not sure the thickness of that. Maybe
another 4" Then from there the side of the tub sort of goes down and
curves. It's not flat until you get more towards the center of the tub.

So to get out of it, you have to hoist your leg up over the side and up over
all of these slick and sharply angled surfaces. And because the tub is
deeper than your standard tub, that's not easy to do. Perhaps if you had
even longer legs than I do. Then the foot that is left in the tub, tends to
slip. The entire surface of the tub, both inside and out (save for the
carpeted portion) is very slippery. As I said, I tried to fix this with
various non slip mats both in and outside of the tub. Still very awkward.
I can get out fairly well when fully dressed and with shoes on. Then I
don't slip and the sharp edges are far less bothersome against a clothed
leg.

When daughter was much younger and smaller she could get in and out fairly
well by stepping onto the arm rest then across the great divide and down
onto a step stool. But this only works if your feet are very small and your
legs are short. No way would my foot fit or stay on that arm rest or my
other foot be able to make comfortable contact with the step stool.

The only other jetted tub I have used was one in our hotel room in Reno. It
had a very large, flat area surrounding the entire tub that you could sit
on. From there, you could just swing your legs over. And I have tried to
do that with this tub but because the highest area that you could sit on is
so narrow and slippery that isn't comfortable and doesn't work well. You're
not a female so your parts are different. Just trust me on this. And yes,
I have tried putting a towel down to sit on. A friend suggested that.