Main reason for using bleach is the lack of other stuff going in the pool with it. Some parts of the country have significantly cheaper liquid chlorine than others.
Bleach Prices 2014
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$3/gallon of 12.5% is MUCH better than $3.29/not quite a gallon for 8.25% Wish I had a pool store that sold 5 gallons for that. Sam's is the cheapest I've found in Austin $8.19 for 3 121 oz. 8.25%.
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Just picked up 7, 128oz., 12.5% liquid chlorine from Menards! $1.98 each! How long does chlorine keep. Should I buy more?!
I keep about a months supply on hand. 12.5% should be good for several months of kept in a cool dark place. Even after that it's still good, just loses some strength. Higher concentrations lose it faster. It's all half-life based decomposition, accelerated by higher temperature or even faster decay in UV light exposure.
See here: http://www.powellfab.com/technical_information/tools/sodiumhypo_decomp.aspx
See here: http://www.powellfab.com/technical_information/tools/sodiumhypo_decomp.aspx
Win-co in McKinney has bleach at $.98 for 96oz @ 6%. Use the save $10 for $50 for even better savings.
Does anyone here use Tandil bleach from Aldi's? Do you think the quality is as good for their low price? Although it is the best deal I can find, I have to watch for leaky bottles when I buy them.
Is buy the Aldi bleach but our area usually just has the 96 oz bottles. Try to minimize my bottle hassle by looking for deals on 12.5% gallons when I can.
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This is what I use. It's the smaller bottle, but "concentrated". Basically the same amount/strength in a smaller bottle. It's about 1.50 per bottle when I buy a case (six in a case) at a time. Works great for me! YMMV.
This is what I use. It's the smaller bottle, but "concentrated". Basically the same amount/strength in a smaller bottle. It's about 1.50 per bottle when I buy a case (six in a case) at a time. Works great for me! YMMV.
I got them by the case, 3 cases actually. All concentrated in 64 oz bottles. Just watch for leakers...I use this bleach from Aldi, and it works just fine. $1.39 for each 64 ounce bottle of 8.25%. Cheaper than Costco's three 121 oz bottles of 8.25 for $8.99.
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My local Aldi has it for $1.39 for 64oz. I'll be sure to check the Costco price the next time I go. That Aldi price does beat DG and GV from Walmart.
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At my local Costco here in Toronto, ON they have this Bleach called Springtime Fibre Sure, Can't for the life of me find any information about it, even on the parent company website there is no record of this www.lavo.ca and on the bottles there is no mention of the concentration of this bleach can we assume 6% or could it be less? They sell 3 x 5L jugs for $5.99 CAD, to convert that to American that is $1.50 Canadian per US Gallon or roughly $1.40 USD/Gal which for here is pretty cheap however, not knowing the concentration worries me.
**Edit, I called Lavo today and they confirmed it's 3% bleach, NOT good!!!
Here's a picture of the bottle:
Walmart has the "Concentrated" Clorox which I assume is 8.25%for the equivalent of $4 USD/Gal so the Springtime is far cheaper if it's going to work.
**Edit
Local Hardware Store had Liquid Chlorinator 10.8% on sale at $2.80USD/Gal, is there a way to calculate what's more "worth it" the assumed 6% at $1.4/Gal or the 10.8% at $2.8/Gal? For my regular Chlorinating moving forward the less potent Costco stuff might be good and will keep longer but right now I'm Slamming so the stronger stuff might be best.
**Edit#2
I used Pool Math to calculate raising FC from 5->12 in my pool and inputted the different percentages of the different options then calculated the prices, here's what I got:
Costco ~6%, need 2.6 Gal @ $1.4/Gal =$3.64
Clorox 8.25%, need 1.9 Gal @ $4/Gal = $7.6
Canadian Tire 10.8%, need 1.44 Gal @ $3/Gal =$4.32
So looks like as long as the Costco stuff is 6% it wins.
**Edit, I called Lavo today and they confirmed it's 3% bleach, NOT good!!!
Here's a picture of the bottle:
Walmart has the "Concentrated" Clorox which I assume is 8.25%for the equivalent of $4 USD/Gal so the Springtime is far cheaper if it's going to work.
**Edit
Local Hardware Store had Liquid Chlorinator 10.8% on sale at $2.80USD/Gal, is there a way to calculate what's more "worth it" the assumed 6% at $1.4/Gal or the 10.8% at $2.8/Gal? For my regular Chlorinating moving forward the less potent Costco stuff might be good and will keep longer but right now I'm Slamming so the stronger stuff might be best.
**Edit#2
I used Pool Math to calculate raising FC from 5->12 in my pool and inputted the different percentages of the different options then calculated the prices, here's what I got:
Costco ~6%, need 2.6 Gal @ $1.4/Gal =$3.64
Clorox 8.25%, need 1.9 Gal @ $4/Gal = $7.6
Canadian Tire 10.8%, need 1.44 Gal @ $3/Gal =$4.32
So looks like as long as the Costco stuff is 6% it wins.
for those in Phoenix, my local Fry's had Clorox 10% on sale. 3 pack in a cardboard box, 128oz bottles, 9.99. That's 2.6 cents an oz. It was labelled for pool care, not general/laundry, so you might need a fry's marketplace store. Then again, this was in a separate pool/summer display. Their regular area for pool chemicals only had single bottles.
edit: so that's 26 cents per ounce of chlorine.
edit: so that's 26 cents per ounce of chlorine.
It could certainly be less. Walmart sells Top Job which is very diluted. I found an MSDS for Fibre Sure bleach. The supplier name is LAVO Inc, so I'm pretty sure it's the same product. That sheet says 1% to 4.9%, which isn't good for that price and you'd be hauling lots of water even if it was.
Yeah agreed if that's the concentration then that's no good, That link I think is for this bleach: http://laparisienne.ca/en/products/bleach/fibre-sure-bleach/, although this one says "concentrated" so maybe they consider 4.9% concentrated. I'm going to get some Liquid Chlorinator 10.8% on sale at $2.80USD/Gal at my local Canadian Tire.
My local BJ's has 4 gal case of 12.5% CL for $15. My pool store sells 2.5 gal jugs of 12.5% for ~5.95 (+ deposit)
Has anyone seen this Clorox "pool" bleach before ?
I stumbled across it at my local Kroger on sale for $3.99
I think that's a good price. The local pool store wants $6 a gallon for 10% bleach
I stumbled across it at my local Kroger on sale for $3.99
I think that's a good price. The local pool store wants $6 a gallon for 10% bleach
Have you checked the production date?
The MSDS indicates that it is 10%, made by Kem-Tek/KIK.
See also this thread.
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