Balboa VL700S Touch Panel: Elevate Your Hot Tub Experience

Introduction

As an experienced hot tub enthusiast and parts supplier, I’m excited to introduce you to the Balboa VL700S Touch Panel. This state-of-the-art control system is designed to enhance your spa experience, offering intuitive control and seamless integration with a wide range of hot tub models.

Product Overview

The Balboa VL700S Touch Panel is a premium topside control that brings modern touch technology to your hot tub. With its sleek design and user-friendly interface, this panel allows you to effortlessly manage all aspects of your spa, from temperature control to jet functions.

Key Features

Versatile Compatibility

The VL700S is compatible with a variety of Balboa control systems, including:

• GS501SZ
• GS510S
• GS510SZ
• GS511SZ
• 2005 LE
• M3TUV
• Various Spaform Spa models and more

This wide compatibility ensures that you can upgrade your existing system or replace a worn-out panel with confidence.

Intuitive Touch Controls

The panel features a range of easy-to-use touch buttons, including:

• Warm and Cool for precise temperature adjustment
• Blower control for invigorating bubble action
• Mode selection for customized experiences
• Jets 1 and Jets 2 for targeted hydrotherapy
• Light control for setting the perfect ambiance

Clear Display

The VL700S boasts a serial standard style screen with four large digits arranged in a horizontal line, providing clear and easy-to-read information at a glance.

Simple Installation

With its telephone cord style connection, the VL700S is designed for straightforward installation, making it an ideal choice for DIY enthusiasts and professional installers alike.

Technical Specifications

To help you make an informed decision, here’s a detailed breakdown of the Balboa VL700S Touch Panel specifications:

Specification	Detail
Type	Topside control, touch panel
Manufacturer	Balboa
Power	12V
Button Configuration	Warm, Cool, Blower, Mode, Jets 1, Jets 2, Light
Connection Type	Telephone cord style
Display	Serial Standard style, 4 large digits in horizontal line
Dimensions	Length: 248 mm, Height: 79 mm
Included Accessories	Overlay

Documentation

• VL series
• cutout template

Why Choose the Balboa VL700S?

As someone who’s worked with numerous hot tub control systems, I can confidently say that the Balboa VL700S stands out for its reliability and user-friendly design. The touch interface is responsive and intuitive, making it easy for anyone to operate, regardless of their tech-savviness.

The panel’s compatibility with a wide range of Balboa systems means it’s likely to work with your existing setup, saving you the hassle and expense of a complete system overhaul. Plus, the clear, easy-to-read display ensures you’ll always know the status of your hot tub at a glance.

Installation and Use

Installing the VL700S is a straightforward process thanks to its telephone cord style connection. Once in place, you’ll appreciate the logical layout of the controls, which allows for quick adjustments to your hot tub’s settings without interrupting your relaxation.

The included overlay not only protects the panel from water and debris but also provides a sleek, finished look that complements any hot tub design.

Conclusion

The Balboa VL700S Touch Panel is more than just a control system; it’s an upgrade to your entire hot tub experience. Its combination of advanced technology, user-friendly design, and broad compatibility makes it an excellent choice for hot tub owners looking to enhance their spa’s functionality and ease of use.

Whether you’re replacing an old panel or upgrading your current system, the VL700S is a choice you won’t regret. It’s the perfect blend of form and function, designed to make your hot tub sessions more enjoyable and hassle-free.

Balboa BP Spa Packs

If you have a “BP” spa pack, you will find the name and model on the label, then you can use any of the “TP” range of topside controls, TP400, TP600 etc etc.

 

You can also use any of the “Spa Touch” graphical controllers on your Spa Pack. Spa Touch comes in versions 1-3 with 4 to be released very soon as well as the new “mini”.

 

The BP Spa Pack made things nice and easy so when you are replacing your topside control with one of these, it is straight forward enough.

 

Balboa VS & GS Spa Packs.

 

If you have an older hot tub that you are keeping alive with new parts, then the chances are you have an older spa pack in there too. This is where it gets a little more complicated in terms of compatibility.

 

Two of the popular models are the VS which stands for Value Series and was supplied to a lot of OEMs (manufacturers for hot tubs) to go into their tubs. Likewise, the GS (global series) was the same. Lots of different rebranded options, different names, but at the heart of things are these two packs.

 

What is key on these two models, is the combination of letters and numbers that make up the model number on the Spa Pack.

 

The VL range of topside controls was designed for both of these spa pack ranges; however, there are some “rules” we need to abide by in terms of compatibility.

 

VL Panels ending in D work with VS/GS systems ending in DZ

VL Panels ending in S work with VS/GS systems ending in SZ

The rest of the VL Panels work with VS/GS systems ending in Z (not SZ or DZ)

 

For example, a Spa Pack model VS501SZ would work nicely with a Topside that is model VL620S. However, that same topside control would not work with a spa pack model VS501Z. The connections are the same, it would plug in, but would not respond at all.

 

Another example, a Balboa GS500Z spa pack would work with the VL406T or the VL401 but would not work with the VL702S.

 

You get the patters. Topside ends in S or D, matches to Spa Pack ending in SZ (for S) or DZ (for D).

 

 

Balboa EL & GL Spa Packs

 

Before the birth of the BP range, the EL and GL Spa Packs did have some level of standardisation in terms of the topside controls.

 

All of the “ML” range of Balboa Topside Controls are designed to work with the EL and GL range of spa packs. They actually look very similar to the TP range, they just have a different type of connection to plug into the Spa Pack.