See It. Feel It. Smell It.
The Advantage™ Bathing System — built for skilled nursing and higher-acuity care, where bathing is the hardest task in the building.
Not just the bath room. The hallway. The cafeteria. The lobby. What happens in your bath room travels — and everyone who walks through your door already knows what kind of care happens here.
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Two Versions of the Same Building
You know what bad looks like.
The transfer that takes two people and still feels wrong. The tub that takes 15 minutes to fill while the next resident waits in the hall. The smell that follows someone back to their room — and then into the hallway, the cafeteria, the lobby. Families feel it before they find their person. Surveyors smell it before they open a single door. Prospective residents decide on the tour and never say why.
You also know what good looks like.
The finish on a resident’s face when the bath is done. The spa room that actually feels like one. The smiles — from the resident, from the caregiver, from the family who walked by and heard nothing wrong. The lift in the building that happens when bathing stops being something people dread. That version exists. Apollo has been building the equipment that creates it since 1978.
What Changes When Your Equipment Is Right
Skin tears and staff injuries don’t happen mid-bath. They happen at the transfer — the lift, the pivot, the two-person maneuver your team performs while your resident is at their most frightened.
The Advantage AnswerLevel Glide™ Transfer System
Your resident stays fully seated from wheelchair to tub. No lift, no pivot, no second caregiver for most transfers. Your caregiver guides — nobody carries. See which residents an end-entry tub fits.
Prefer your current lift? Order the Lock-In configuration — no Level Glide requiredA tub with a door can’t start filling until your resident is inside it — seated, exposed, watching the water slowly rise while a caregiver stands and waits. Every bath, every day.
The Advantage AnswerRapid Fill™ Reservoir
Pre-heated water releases in 60 to 90 seconds — full volume, safe temperature. One option that solves the experience problem and the time problem at once, for the resident and the caregiver beside them.
A whirlpool recirculates bathwater the entire time your resident soaks. Between-bath cleaning addresses the tub — nothing addresses the water while the bath is actually happening.
The Advantage AnswerRemedy® UV Water Purification
Runs UV-C light through the bathwater during the bath — purifying water in real time for a cleaner bathing environment. No extra step for your staff.
Available on select Whirlpool modelsThroughClean™ — cleaned from the inside out.
Level Glide, Rapid Fill, and Remedy UV are options you configure for your facility. ThroughClean is not optional — because proper cleaning shouldn’t be either. Conventional whirlpool tubs get cleaned from the outside in. Every Advantage — AirSpa and Whirlpool alike — cleans from the inside out. And running Apollo liquids does double duty: about a case a month extends your warranty from 3 years to as many as 8. See how the ThroughClean whirlpool tub cleaning system works.
The CDC-Recommended Two-Step Protocol
Leave the Door in the Right Position Between Baths
Apollo door seals are dual gaskets extruded from EPDM neoprene. Like any sealing component, they hold whatever shape you leave them in — including “compressed.”
Advantage™ tubs: leave the door open, or closed without latching or sealing it, when the tub is not in use. Don’t leave it shut and sealed — that keeps the gasket compressed continuously and wears it out early. It’s a thirty-second habit that protects the sealing system for the life of the tub.
AirSpa or Whirlpool? The Advantage Does Both.
Apollo builds the Advantage in both AirSpa and Whirlpool configurations. Both are full Advantage systems — same platform, same transfer options, same cleaning system, same fill technology. You are not choosing between a premium system and a lesser one. You are choosing between two different jet types. Some facilities have already decided on AirSpa. Some have a strong preference for whirlpool. Both are the right answer for the right facility, and Apollo is not a whirlpool-only company.
The one meaningful difference between the two configurations is the Remedy® UV system — available on Whirlpool models only, because it requires water recirculation to function. AirSpa does not recirculate water, which means there is no internal plumbing loop between uses. Both approaches are legitimate. Everything else — Level Glide™, Rapid Fill™, ThroughClean™, the Digital Weigh Scale, and Color Panels — is available on both configurations.
Tight on Space?
If your bathing room is 10 feet or more in length, the standard Advantage configuration is likely the right fit. Working with less? Reach out before assuming the system won’t work. The Advantage is available in a Space Saver configuration across all models, and our team reviews room layouts and drawings to find the right fit.
Has Your Facility Moved to Showers Only?
It happens — and there are real reasons facilities make that shift. But occasional tub bathing, even once a week, changes the experience for residents who want it. Warm water immersion does things a shower doesn’t. If your facility is reconsidering what a bathing program could look like, we are worth a conversation.
Love Your Lift? Keep It.
Some care teams trust their floor or ceiling lift and don’t want to change what works. The Advantage orders in a Lock-In chair configuration built to pair with your existing lift — same tub, same ThroughClean™, same Rapid Fill™. It’s one or the other: we think Level Glide™ is the superior transfer, but the choice is yours. No force.
Options & Specifications
More than 80% of facilities choose Rapid Fill reservoir models — and two configurations, the WP6000B and AS6000B, account for roughly 70% of all Advantage units sold. And the 90-second fill changes the entire bathing schedule.
Available Options
- Rapid Fill™ Reservoir
- Remedy® UV Water Purification
- Level Glide™ Transfer System
- Lock-in Chair
- Digital Weigh Scale
- Color Panels
Technical Specifications
Standard bathtub footprint at 71 in L x 34 in W x 36 in H
Remedy® UV water purification runs during the bath — purifying the water in real time for a cleaner bathing environment
Air spa and whirlpool jet options — a warm bathing experience tailored to your residents’ needs
Modular, ergonomic design allows customization to meet facility needs
Installation Specifications
Dimensions: 71 in (180.3 cm) L x 34 in (86.5 cm) W x 36 in (91.4 cm) H
Shipping Weight: 845 lb (384 kg)
Water Supply: (2) 0.75 in (1.9 cm) GHT wall-mounted faucets; minimum 30 PSI (2.1 Bar) hot and cold
Waste: 2 in (5.1 cm) PVC schedule 40 pipes; OD 2.4 in (6.1 cm)
Electrical: 1 dedicated 115 VAC plug-in receptacle protected by 15A GFCI circuit breaker (not supplied)
Tub Fill: RADA thermostatic mixing valve; ASSE 1016 certified
Tub Entry: Door with 24.5 in (62.2 cm) opening for resident transfer
Shower: Handheld with 84 in (213.4 cm) ANSI A112.18.1 hose and ASSE 1014 vacuum breaker
Gaskets: Dual gaskets extruded from EPDM neoprene
Warranty & Ordering Notes
Warranty: 3 years standard on motors, fixtures, electronic controls, faucets, and plated finishes — extendable up to 8 years total with regular Apollo Bath liquids use (about one case per month).
Door configuration: The Advantage door configures left or right hinge — confirm direction against your room layout, plumbing, and staff access before ordering. We review room drawings for exactly this reason.
Whirlpool & AirSpa Details
Whirlpool Pump Motor: 1.5HP, 115 VAC, 60 Hz, 13A, 125 GPM at 10 PSI head pressure
Whirlpool Control: Pneumatic push-button switch
Whirlpool Jets: Four adjustable-nozzle whirlpool jets
Air Spa: 900W variable-speed, thermally protected blower with 300W ceramic heating element, 120 VAC, 11A, 60 Hz
Air Spa Control: Multifunction low-voltage DC electronic keypad
Air Spa Jets: 20 total air jets (16 on Space Saver); 2 seat jets with 6 lateral openings each, 18 vertical jets (14 on Space Saver) with 24 openings each
Air Spa Water Requirement: None
Listed, and audited every quarter
The Advantage™ didn’t go to market on our word alone. It carries an IAPMO R&T Certificate of Listing, which means an independent body tested it, certified it to published plumbing standards, and audits our factory quarterly to confirm nothing has drifted.
- Certified to IAPMO IGC 260-2020, CSA B45.5-2017 and CSA B45.10-2020
- Code compliance Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code (USPC®) and National Plumbing Code of Canada
- IAPMO R&T file SP-13351 — verify at pld.iapmo.org
- Ongoing surveillance Quarterly factory audits and quality-system review
Specifying this system? The full listing and specification documents are in our resource library.
What Facilities Are Saying After Year One
“Our tubs are wonderful. We have four Apollo tubs in our facility and we give about 600 baths per month. Many people could not stay at home without this service. Our tubs are very reliable. They are also easy to service when needed.”
“Our residents just absolutely LOVE this tub! We had some residents that were a bathing challenge to say the least — when we introduced them to the whirlpool tub, we no longer have them refusing baths. Great success for our nursing staff.”
“We had skin tears almost weekly on various residents due to the difficulty of getting into the old tub. Now we have no skin tears related to the whirlpool. We also have not had any staff injuries with transferring into the new tub.”
“The residents that had a chance to use the tub so far have summed it up with one word — WONDERFUL! The staff appreciate the ease and also the quietness of the tub.”
“Thanks so much for setting up the Apollo Tub for us and giving our staff the in-service on the function and cleaning of the tub. This tub has been extremely beneficial to our staff and residents.”
“Our Apollo tub has served our facility well since we installed it 8 years ago. We went back to strictly using Apollo skin care and cleaning solutions with our system. We would highly recommend the Apollo Bathing System and Apollo Solutions for any nursing facility.”
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