Tan This!

Well, we just scouted a Hollywood Tan here in San Diego. The prices were ok, $70/month for their most expensive EFT, $25 for the lowest. The owner of the salon I visited owns 11 Hollywood Tans. One really interesting thing I saw was that ALL of their tanning beds were stand-up, from base to HP, to their own version of the Mystic. All the beds look exactly the same from the outside. Capsules with their dressing room.

My question is, is this a sign of where the industry is going? Are standups the way of the Tanning Industry future?

They are more sanitary, and less to clean.

-John V

eileen

The only HT's I've ever seen were all standups because they can cram more units in the smallest amount of space for the least amount of sq. ft expense to keep their prices cheap. No they are not more sanitary if you sanitize your beds..... they are however easier to have an employee sneak and not clean a unit at all if they are to lazy.

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navigatin1

Yeah and they will be selling pizza by the slice soon too!

megatanman

We have been slowly weeding out our stand-ups for lay-down units.Customer feedback and lack of use has shown us that most people come in to relax.

power beds=3 re-lamps this year
base beds=2 re-lamps
stand-ups= none,still have enough hours left to carry us past busy season

parrot head

I've had my supersonic suncapsule for 3 years now and have 508 hours on it. I'd say I don't need another and standups are not the thing of the furure.

dcjjp2

Mine is about the same hours in under 3 years. But keep in mind the majority only do 6 minutes here vs. a bed that is 15 minutes or a 12 minute booth.

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Busygrl98

we do a really low price on our suncapsule which makes it the best deal in the salon, its a great bed for people who are too big or tall ffor a reg bed. but dirty, mine gets so dirty, especially when its season one after the other they are waiting 4 in line, but the time we get in there , there is lotion all over the bulbs, in the dressing room, sweaty sticky , we clean and clean and clean and it never seems to be clean the grime on the grates, i hate it for that reason, the customers love it, i will have to replace soon, and start fresh.

engfant

Those grates are the biggest joke. I'd rather have a brickwall in there than that crap.

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excusemesir

If you let 4 tanners do sessions before you clean it I can see why it gets so dirty. Busy season or not, clean your beds and booths between each customer. If you think it's dirty, what do you think they are thinking? But then, that's just what I think...so think about it.