The unit is fairly light weight but incredibly strong, so moving it into position onto our porch was fairly easy by myself. Filled it up, plugged it in, set desired temp and it was ready to go at 102 degrees about 28 hours later, starting with our well water which was 60 degrees. The jets are strong.  At the sale price we got it at, we are thrilled to have this out where we can see the mountains and relax