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Hi. I recently purchased a Solana SX which will be arriving next Saturday. Yeah! I am confused about how to use the Nature 2. I have health issues therefore I want to use as little chemicals as possible. I plan to shower before soaking and I am the primary user. My 14 year old will probably use the spa but I'll tell him to shower first too.Can someone share with me how can I use this system with as little chemicals as possible? I do know I have to use a little chlorine.Thanks so much.
QuoteHi. I recently purchased a Solana SX which will be arriving next Saturday. Yeah! I am confused about how to use the Nature 2. I have health issues therefore I want to use as little chemicals as possible. I plan to shower before soaking and I am the primary user. My 14 year old will probably use the spa but I'll tell him to shower first too.Can someone share with me how can I use this system with as little chemicals as possible? I do know I have to use a little chlorine.Thanks so much.Everyone wants to use as little chemicals as possible so we all understand that but what you don't want to do is cause problems becuse you're avoiding use of what is really needed. There are many ways to go about this but I persoanlly would advice a very simple yet very effective appraoch. AFTER each use, add 1 tsp of chlorine per person and run the pumps for 5 minutes or so. Once per week shock the spa with MPS (2 to 3 TBS per 250 gallons) with the cover open for 10 minutes or so. That should do the trick. If it ever gets a little cloudy you can hit it harder with a little chlorine. The good news is the chlorine will sanitize but will also offgass very quickly so while you're using it after each use, you won't have much/any chlorine residual the next time you go in. If your spa gets no use for awhile (maybe 5 days) go out and give it a little chlorine boost as well.
I am using the Vermonter method, and I have N2. I have only had the spa for 2 months or so and I have not operated it without. I like what I have going now with respect to clarity and feel of the water, so I am sticking with it for now.
And this is different than a routine that someone without N2 would use? The above is basicaly what I do, but I don't use a $30 N2 stick. The offical "N2" program calls for you to keep your dichlor at .5 ppm.Is anyone using N2 and following thier routine to the letter and having acceptable results?
I'm sorry, but I think N2 is a rip off.
QuoteI am using the Vermonter method, and I have N2. I have only had the spa for 2 months or so and I have not operated it without. I like what I have going now with respect to clarity and feel of the water, so I am sticking with it for now.Why? Do you think your water feels better than hot tub water without N2? No offense, but do you have anything to compare it to? I'm sorry, but I think N2 is a rip off.
QuoteI'm sorry, but I think N2 is a rip off. Bill is a Chemical Engineer, I believe, and I doubt that being an Engineer he would guess that something is or isn't working - he would want facts. For me and you it didn't work but for some maybe it does.
QuoteQuoteI'm sorry, but I think N2 is a rip off. Bill is a Chemical Engineer, I believe, and I doubt that being an Engineer he would guess that something is or isn't working - he would want facts. For me and you it didn't work but for some maybe it does.I'm with you, if I can't see it or touch it I have trouble accepting it as fact. That is why I'm a huge propoent of ozone and why I have a good (not great) opinon of Nature 2.From the years I've been in the business I strongly feel Nature 2 helps though I know it's NOT a huge difference. To many they'll happily take the extra help for the $10 a month. For those who choose not to use N2 I don't try to convince them it's a make or break item (though if they say it's a ripoff I tend to respond that the term 'rip off" is not accurate). Now on ozone, I am a huge believer just based on the thousands of people's homes I've been to and dealt with their spa issues. So many times I've dealt with people who've had water issues only to have me find their ozone system was inoperable for one reason or another (bad/backward check valve, unplugged unit, pinched hose (too many times), bad injector, etc.). A good friend just got a used spa from a dealer and I finally got out his way and found they put in a new cheapo UV unit in and the check valve was backward (thus no bubbles) so I quickly gave him a good CD unit I had and he is having soooo much better luck using the same routine (I've seen that same scenario more times than I can remember). He called me 2 weeks later to talk about it as he can't believe how much clearer his water is and he hasn't changed a thing otherwise.
Now this might be the difference when I did my ozonator test - I have a UV type (I believe a Del) and maybe that's the difference in water clarity but I don't know.