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Convincing my wife to go out with a big bottle of bleach and a measuring cup every time she wants to use the tub is a tall order. The more complex it is to use the tub, the less likely it is to get used! For Dichlor, I got a set of Tupperware Smidgets and once a week or so I can fill them all...

Yeah that was the thread I saw before, but I wondered if hot tubs (or Softubs in particular) were somehow different than pools (different kind of vinyl?).

One has to wonder why they make such a claim in the first place, or where they got that idea from...

So Softub claiming lack of CH will leach the calcium out of the vinyl and make the vinyl lining crack etc is nonsense?

I assume you meant Calcium instead of Chlorine, but in any case Softubs don't actually have a heater, not in the traditional sense. They just pump the water through a spiral pipe that surrounds the pump motor itself, and the water is heated by the waste heat from the pump motor. So there is no...

I have been getting conflicting information on this and was hoping someone here could clarify for me. I found out from our local pool shop that the water in my area (near Seattle, WA) is some of the softest and metal-free water in the country. They said I don't need to use things like "Metal...