Conair Waterfall Pedicure Foot Spa Bath

I've had a few of these before--they keep the water decently warm and bubble. And yes, they've splashed a little from the bubbling. This one is something else, First, I have no idea what the button that says "Light, *HEAT* and Bubbles" is supposed to mean by "heat." I know that these products don't usually really heat the water--they merely keep it from cooling off quickly and at least keep it at a lukewarm temperature at the coldest. This one? I added warm-hot water when I started it and *less than 3 minutes in* I started to notice downright COLD water coming out from where the bubbles come out near the front. My guess is that the colder it is where you are, the quicker the water will turn cold because its just cold air bubbles coming in. Besides this, it does NOT maintain a lukewarm temperature. My water was tepid-cold at the end of 10 minutes and I had to stop the bath before my feet started getting actually cold (thus, being entirely counterproductive to what I was using it for: a *warm* foot bath. Second, this thing is LOUD. I don't mean like it makes some vibration noise (as the other ones I've had before did) I mean LOUD as in hair dryer/power drill loud--and maybe a bit louder. I actually freaked out when I turned it on because I thought I was going to wake up my husband who was sleeping *in a different room*. If you live in an apartment building, and you bought this thing, you may want to use it before like 9:00 p.m., Third and finally, the "splashing." Again, the ones I've had before did splash a little because of the bubbles--and the water on the floor would accumulate the longer you used the thing, so it would get a bit damp around where the machine was if you had it on for about 30 minutes or so. This one? This one didn't just bubble and splash a bit. I was paying attention at the beginning and it was splashing here and there. However, I got distracted and in less than 6-7 minutes when I checked back the *entire area around the floor where the machine was was in a literal puddle of water. I didn't even fill the machine all the way in or anything. So at when I turned it off at 10 minutes all the stuff around me was splashed with water and there was an insane puddle that I had to get up and mop up (it wasn't something that a paper towel would have taken care of). So much for relaxation! This is a great idea for a foot spa that was executed spectacularly poorly. I originally thought that the price was great for this thing but after using it it definitely it is not. In sum, if you already made the poor decision like myself to buy this thing: (1) add reaaaaaally hot water to it (just don't burn yourself); (2) use it during hours when no one will get mad at you for the noise, and (3) use it in an area where there is warm, heated air (think winter, radiators near the floor); or, even better, (4) find a stool and sit yourself in your dry bathtub or shower and use it there--that way you won't have to worry about mopping the mess afterwards.