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So I've used Chlorine Bromine and hate them both.Too stinky.So there was some product at the Spa store that the gal said didn't contain either and was more natural.Anyone care to comment about an alternative or should I just get some spa scented oil or something?Thanks
Chlorine has little if any odor, when used at the rate required of pools and spas. The odor commonly called "chlorine smell", is actually chloramines, chlorine combined with ammonia. You can verify this by comparing the Total Chlorine against the Free Chlorine (Total - Free = chloramines) . The water needs to be shocked to break up the chloraminesAhhhhh, wait... are you using chlorine OR bromine? What "tabs" are you using? In order to get any useful help, you'll need to describe EXACTLY what you're using, and how you're going about using it.
It sounds like he is using BROMINE (you don't use a "floater" with just Chlorine). If he is using the pool chlorine then he's gonna have a lot of bad chlorine smell. So... what's the OP actually using, bromine?
Sorry, don’t agree. While it’s true that there are only two sanitizers that are “approved” for use in Canada, that does not mean there are not alternatives. And that does not mean that those alternatives are “a lie”. There are some people who simply can’t use either chlorine or bromine and for those people, if they want to use a hot tub, they need to use an alternative sanitizer. I’m not going to get into a big debate here on what should or should not be used, I’ll just say to the OP that there are alternatives. You certainly don’t want to use something that is not going to do the job because sanitation in a hot tub is extremely important. Do your research and hopefully you can find something that works for you.
Quote from: Quickbeam on January 27, 2015, 02:46:55 pmSorry, don’t agree. While it’s true that there are only two sanitizers that are “approved” for use in Canada, that does not mean there are not alternatives. And that does not mean that those alternatives are “a lie”. There are some people who simply can’t use either chlorine or bromine and for those people, if they want to use a hot tub, they need to use an alternative sanitizer. I’m not going to get into a big debate here on what should or should not be used, I’ll just say to the OP that there are alternatives. You certainly don’t want to use something that is not going to do the job because sanitation in a hot tub is extremely important. Do your research and hopefully you can find something that works for you."Approved" then; Which to me sounds like the area of safe sanitation practice. Please enlighten me, what else can we safely use to sanitize bacteria in hot water?