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The pros are you use less chemical, less frequent water changes, the water is soft with no chemical smell. It automatically creates bromine (when the spa is cycling) and you do not have to add it. You also do not have to shock. There is an informational YouTube video on it if you're interested. Those are the pros. There is also a concern about salt and its corrosiveness. You will find all sorts of differing opinions on that from dealers to owners.
Quote from: meriflower on July 30, 2017, 12:28:18 pmThe pros are you use less chemical, less frequent water changes, the water is soft with no chemical smell. It automatically creates bromine (when the spa is cycling) and you do not have to add it. You also do not have to shock. There is an informational YouTube video on it if you're interested. Those are the pros. There is also a concern about salt and its corrosiveness. You will find all sorts of differing opinions on that from dealers to owners.I will respectfully disagree with using less chemicals and less frequent water changes. The bromine salt systems I have seen smell more than a properly used non salt chlorine system.And as far as corrosives I see it as these systems add chlorine/bromine even when it is not needed. Versus adding product and allowing it's dissipation so your next soak is in very low levels of sanitizer. If you need sanitizer for a couple hours to kill nasties why introduce it for 24 hours?
Quote from: Tman122 on July 31, 2017, 03:24:37 pmQuote from: meriflower on July 30, 2017, 12:28:18 pmThe pros are you use less chemical, less frequent water changes, the water is soft with no chemical smell. It automatically creates bromine (when the spa is cycling) and you do not have to add it. You also do not have to shock. There is an informational YouTube video on it if you're interested. Those are the pros. There is also a concern about salt and its corrosiveness. You will find all sorts of differing opinions on that from dealers to owners.I will respectfully disagree with using less chemicals and less frequent water changes. The bromine salt systems I have seen smell more than a properly used non salt chlorine system.And as far as corrosives I see it as these systems add chlorine/bromine even when it is not needed. Versus adding product and allowing it's dissipation so your next soak is in very low levels of sanitizer. If you need sanitizer for a couple hours to kill nasties why introduce it for 24 hours?I don't agree, full families that are regular users have water lasting 8-9 months (just sold supplies to a family that went 11 months before it "turned" on them) vs 4-5 months MAX on a traditional system...there is also 0 smell, I have a saltwater tub in the showroom at 3.5 ppm Bromine right now, can't smell anything even if you literally stick your nose 1" above the water. Also you are not introducing Sanitizer constantly 24 hours per day, you set it/its works based on # of filtration hours and the system itself also has an output # so you can literally dial it in and tell the system if you want 1 ppm, 3 ppm or 7 ppm of Bromine in your water. Slick little system imo, not for everyone, but the people who have it do enjoy the less maintenance and not having to use bromine floaters, stinky chlorine tablets, etc.