A good soak is life enhancing! You say your tub is 11" deep to the center of the overflow; the Maax Rubix tubs are 16" water depth before they overflow. I recently "interviewed" water depth by covering the overflow in my tub with plastic wrap and a large rubber band, and 16" was lovely. I don't know how much depth you can achieve in your tub by doing that (carefully) :-) or if you have access to another tub you could fill and try that with? The Rubix tubs also get good reviews and have a bit more floor space when you're taking a shower.

Do you have the length for a soaking tub? My guess is they have what they do because the room isn't wide enough to accomodate a full size tub. Have you had a jetted tub? They always sound so fun but most people in the end don't use them due to expense and keeping the water warm, find them a maintenance issue, wish they hadn't spent the money.

A jetted tub wasn't mentioned as an option or wish.

NO jets and I use Maax for almost all my clients for deep soaking tubs not one issue ever in the last 20 yrs . Easy to clean and look great always. I have one 18 yrs old I bathe every night and the tub stall looks like brand new . Do you still want to have the shower too? I like hinged shower screens instead of shower curtains You of course will need a new surround .

Thanks everyone! I've heard about the Maax Rubix but I think I got scared off by Maax because they looked cheap and similar to the Sterling that I have when I saw their stuff at the big box stores. If the Rubix is actually nice quality though, it does seem like it would be a good fit!

I do not have room for anything larger than 60 x 30. I could go 32 by cutting tile and losing some real estate but I'd rather not. I don't need wider, just higher, so it actually feels like I can get covered by water a bit.

I'm not interested in jets or anything like that. Just a comfortable, durable tub for a nice bath every single night.

I went to the only good seeming store near me, Ferguson, and they didn't have any applicable alcove tubs to look at unfortunately.

You will have to wing it: ) WITH SPECS

The underscore gives you 15.5 inches of water/68 gallons

The Maxx below, 59 gallons, and you don't have the needed 2"

Thanks! The Maax Rubix appears to come in 30-in x 59.75-in.

Those dimensions would be great but it seems the overflow is only at 13 inches, which isn't much of an upgrade.

The Underscore looks great but I have 2 reservations. One that the rear doesn't seem to have much of a tilt for comfort. And also worried that the 20 inch height is too high.

Because of my disability, I have to crawl to the bathtub. I am strong and healthy otherwise and I'm used to crawling and climbing over bathtub ledges but I was thinking that 18 inches high would be a nice height. I'm a little concerned that 20 is too high....but I do still want a deeper soak than the shallow Sterling I have.

The Rubic Maxx on Build says it has a 16 inch depth .

Link Maxx tub

I saw the same thing Karenseb did, but I also now see that the 30" wide Rubix tub is shorter; seems to be a discrepancy in their spec sheet vs spec summary?

Could consider Signature Hardware composite (not the acrylic) 59x30 oval nice interior space and water depth.

I haven’t installed these yet, but I chose an acrylic delta tub for one bathroom and I will probably get an American Standard Americast tub for the other bathroom. The Americast material is their answer to cast iron, but lighter. They had a soaking tub. (I will probably end up with a low Americast tub to use as a shower base since I dislike shower stalls.)

The delta is classic 500 32x60x18. I’m sure they have other sizes. I think it can be set in thinset or mortar but they probably don’t recommend it, but I might do that anyway for stability. It weighs 28 pounds. I’m nervous about acrylic but a lot of people think it’s fine. Price was an issue for my renos.

For your purposes, I would look at Americast for stability and longevity. You can call American Standard and get them to help you pick the right one, and they may be able to provide insight into any specific issues with regard to your use of it. Then look at the reviews. It’s hard to find an economical tub with perfect reviews.