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Hi,we are getting ready for a new tub, never had one before, trying to read about the chemicals.I see lots of discussion on Chlorine vs Bromine, looks like these debates have been going on for 12+ years!!In our use case we will have a tub at a 2nd property, and it will be used on a Friday and Saturday, typically by 3 or 4 people, then it will be unattended for 2 to 3 weeks, during this time no one will use it and no one will be there to check it.Upon return 2 to 3 weeks later it would be great to be able to open the cover and jump in after a long drive.It would NOT be great to arrive late on a Friday night and first conduct several science experiments and have to wait for a couple of hours before getting in.I assume, that in our use case we will need to use some kind of floater dispensing either Chlorine or BromineQuestion:is one of the chemicals better at lasting a longer amount of time when unattended?Is one of the chemicals faster at taking correcting actions, if say you arrive after a 2 week absence and you need to make a correction. ie which one will allow you to add chemicals and wait the shortest amount of time before jumping into the tub?The tub we are looking at is a J-470, it has the VU light and Ozone system, they claim it uses way less chemicals than some others... will the UV and ozone help keep the tub water safe while we are away?I assume its safe to drop the water temp to say 90f while away, then use the wi-fi app to crank it back up to 100 prior to arrival?thanks for any tips / comments, and great website!
We looked at the Artic SpaBoy thing,I might be wrong, but I think you can only monitor the Chlorine levels, you cannot actually change them remotely - but I suppose you don't need to as it is supposed to do that for you. You can change the temp remotely. We went with the Jacuzzi J-470 (due to comfort, and way cheaper than the Artic) and it comes with UV light and Ozone, so the dealer said with a chlorine floater we should be good for 2 - 3 weeks. Will probably be a bit of trial and error to set the floater to the right dispense level.As they were 'giving away' 12 months of chemicals with the tub we may start off with this approach and then if there are any problems switch to Bromine and see what happens.Failing that I will train a couple of local chipmunks or raccoons to check the levels when I am away.
I can be wrong but "chlorine floater" does not exist - there is only "bromine floater".Quote from: Snowjob on September 01, 2017, 09:25:26 pmWe looked at the Artic SpaBoy thing,I might be wrong, but I think you can only monitor the Chlorine levels, you cannot actually change them remotely - but I suppose you don't need to as it is supposed to do that for you. You can change the temp remotely. We went with the Jacuzzi J-470 (due to comfort, and way cheaper than the Artic) and it comes with UV light and Ozone, so the dealer said with a chlorine floater we should be good for 2 - 3 weeks. Will probably be a bit of trial and error to set the floater to the right dispense level.As they were 'giving away' 12 months of chemicals with the tub we may start off with this approach and then if there are any problems switch to Bromine and see what happens.Failing that I will train a couple of local chipmunks or raccoons to check the levels when I am away.
Quote from: sergey on September 05, 2017, 08:39:55 amI can be wrong but "chlorine floater" does not exist - there is only "bromine floater".Quote from: Snowjob on September 01, 2017, 09:25:26 pmWe looked at the Artic SpaBoy thing,I might be wrong, but I think you can only monitor the Chlorine levels, you cannot actually change them remotely - but I suppose you don't need to as it is supposed to do that for you. You can change the temp remotely. We went with the Jacuzzi J-470 (due to comfort, and way cheaper than the Artic) and it comes with UV light and Ozone, so the dealer said with a chlorine floater we should be good for 2 - 3 weeks. Will probably be a bit of trial and error to set the floater to the right dispense level.As they were 'giving away' 12 months of chemicals with the tub we may start off with this approach and then if there are any problems switch to Bromine and see what happens.Failing that I will train a couple of local chipmunks or raccoons to check the levels when I am away.The chlorine floater uses the @ease cartridge. It is relatively new and uses a type of chlorine that is designed to be slow release in hot water. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A9EZHK4/ref=asc_df_B01A9EZHK45155600/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B01A9EZHK4&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167163693584&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5813672639294341175&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9006390&hvtargid=pla-312533894135