Can anyone help me pick out beds for a fitness center?

[iCON Fitness]

Hi everyone,

I hope someone will be kind enough to help me.
I am in the process of opening a fitness center and I am having a hard time choosing the best beds. This first center will only have 4 beds so I need to get 1 or 2 entry level beds and 2 high pressure beds preferrably one 8 minute. I want my large beds to have the WOW factor. We would be the nicest tanning salon in the area.
This is a start of a chain and any advise would be great.
I have been looking at the following,

ProSun
Ultra Sun
Dr. Kern

I am not a big fan on ETS but if you guys have any other companies that are good let me know.

Any input will help me greatly

Icon Fitness
Mind, Body & Goal!

[Tullio]

I have Ultrasun beds and the customers and i love them and the color they produce. They are Great Wide Body machines which will help with the "WOW" factor.

I have heard some good things about UWE also u might wanna put that on your list of beds to look at.

if u decide to go with Ultrasun there is only one vendor u should go through. His name is Jim Peak from Tanning supplies unlimited, (877) 307-8434 and he is Very Very knowledgeable about his beds and will take great care of u. =D

[HOT STUFF]

None of the beds you mentioned are high pressure beds. The Ultrasun has a combo bed that is half HP and half low pressure. If you mean a bed with high pressure facials the Ultrasun would be my choice. A new HP bed will run $35k-$50k each.

[missmojorising]

Soltron. http://www.soltron.us/

[excusemesir]

You need to find a couple of AUVL/Dr. Mueller ICONs. They are great beds with a ton of WOW to them. Everyone will think you had them special made for your iCON Fitness.

[Robert K]

I would caution anyone from buying Dr Muller equipment until the outcome of the company is clear. We should all know by October.

[excusemesir]

Originally Posted by wrecked

I would caution anyone from buying Dr Muller equipment until the outcome of the company is clear. We should all know by October.

It's true there's a lot "up in the air" regarding Mueller and what AUVL/Future Industries plans are. That doesn't change the fact that the ICON is one of the best VHR's on the market. For that matter all the Mueller equipment kicks butt.

[Robert K]

Not arguing that point but buying a bed that may not be produced anymore and the factory that built it is out of business could be dangerous. What if an endcap breaks? A control board cooks? No way is it a good move.

[HOT STUFF]

I was picking out of the ones that were mentioned. There are plenty of other good beds out there. I agree with Wrecked about the Dr. Mueller beds. Until we find out the outcome, I would stay away from them. They make a great bed but the future is too uncertain. KBL and the new Heartland beds would also be a good choice.

[engfant]

Heartland is great looking and tanning and the prices aren't too crazy. Sportawattadingdong is good too and you'll probably get the best deal on beds as someone on here is having a fire sale. The Dr Muller Icon is the best bed built and I dunno about them going under anytime soon but what do I know.

Soltron/Ergoline if you want big beautiful paper weights.