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Looks like the same stuff any idea where you can buy it
Kinda missing the point on @ease: The FREE chlorine (it is a di-chlor but an entirely different type of di-chlor than what most people are accustomed to) is supposed to be low: 0.5-1.0ppm. The TOTAL chlorine is supposed to be 10-15ppm. Thus- it is meant to be able to handle small or large bather loads. The nature of the di-chlor is to release one atom into the water as free, and one in reserve, whereas di-chlor releases both. If you're adding bleach, etc, with regularity, you are defeating the purpose of @ease. I am not for/against bleach method, but the poster asked specifically about @ease. If you're more comfortable dosing daily- do that and nix the @ease. But if you do not want to deal with it on a daily basis, stick to the script. The key w/@ease, and this is where everyone goes wrong, is pH: It has to stay between 7.4-7.8. Keep it there, and you'll be fine, inasmuch as you keep your tub at 94F or hotter. Most people allow the pH to slip, then fall into the old habit of adding di-chlor. With *that much* reserve chlorine, clearing the unit up is easy if you rebalance the pH/alkalinity.I have found that the JUMP START (which is essentially a traditional di-chlor) is helpful if used once a week vs. once a month. Hope this helps. Good luck moving forward.
Just found this thread, reviving it because I am curious about snmartchlor replacements. If this 2000 flush product has the exact same label, which it does...can I not use it to replace the insides of these cartridge? I use to use the bromine ones and I opened them up to put bromine tabs in them. The smartchlor things are so damn expensive. Basically equates to $15 a month just in chlorine...I may be willing to buy it and try it, not that I would really know how to tell if its working or not..
Quote from: gmdodt on May 06, 2019, 03:00:02 pmJust found this thread, reviving it because I am curious about snmartchlor replacements. If this 2000 flush product has the exact same label, which it does...can I not use it to replace the insides of these cartridge? I use to use the bromine ones and I opened them up to put bromine tabs in them. The smartchlor things are so damn expensive. Basically equates to $15 a month just in chlorine...I may be willing to buy it and try it, not that I would really know how to tell if its working or not..If you use your tub everyday or even every other day I find it really simple to just toss in a tablespoon of dichlor when I get out I hit clean close the tub and forget it. There is no reason to test it every day. But about once a week I do a test strip and then make any adjustments needed. Once I hit my mark of 30-50ppm on stabilizer I switch from a tablespoon of dichlor to 1/3 cup of bleach. This method is as cheap as I have found and the best for the tub as I’m always keeping an eye on things. The only drawback I found is it doesn’t provide protection when we are away for a week or more. Anything under a week I just hit it hard right before we leave with a shock dose of dichlor or bleach. Over a week I pop in an @ease cartridge that I load with just enough @ease to last for as long as we will be away. The other method is to have a neighbor come over.
Just got a brand new Artesian Isla Margarita Elite, with @ease inlin. Now since it's new, we are using it 1-2 times/day for 30 min each, but the smartchlor cartridge was empty at 2 weeks... no way on paying $30/month JUST for those catridges... granular chlorine is like 1/5 that cost.. $40 for 6 month supply. Mainly following people here and throwing 1/2 or so in after each use and water seems great.