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I see that many people use a garden hose filter to put water in their spa's. Is there one kind or brand that is better than others?Scott :-?
As for the choice of chlorine vs bromine I am going to respectfully disagree with Vinny on this one. IMO Bromine is a much better choice. With chlorine you will have to add chemicals several time a week. with bromine most people add every 7-10 days. Your J-470 comes standard with a bromine dispenser inside the filter compartment. One thing to look for in bromine is "100% chlorine free" bromine. Most bromine is diluted with chlorine to keep the price down. If it is "True Bromine" it will say 100% chlorine free
Isn't the bromine feeder for bromine pucks? I thought 100% bromine was only in powdered form ... learn something new every day!
Brillance comes in a pellet form that works great with the feeder on the 400 series
...I know there is some test strips I need to dip. I hear that I need to throw a plugged in toaster into the spa to shock it every so often. ...Thanks in advance,Scott :-?
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I personally use the Brillance bromine system and love it. it does not have the smell that the bromine/chlorine tablets do. They have a sytem that is very easy to follow, and I have had no issues with this sytem and I even "abused" it, ie: let it go longer than I was suppose to, not adding stain and scale, over shocking and under shocking, just to see what this chemical system did.( I knew some customers would not follow full instructions, so I wanted to see what happened) No big issues even doing that. I would look into it, and as Micah said, chlorine is very much more labor intensive.
I found that brilliance doesn't require the shocking before or after use as the pucks do ... how long does a 5 lb jug last? 5 lbs of chlorine lasts about a year for me in a 400 gallon tub.