Hi everyone,
A little while ago I started using the dichlor-then-bleach approach. I like the approach and it's really (cost) effective, however recently I started to learn a little about Bromine water treatment.
First of all, I am wondering how much more the Bromine approach is going to cost me on a yearly basis (just a rough estimate is fine). Bleach is really cheaps obviously especially when bought in larger units. But bromine tabs seems more expensive. I live in the Netherlands so it's somewhat limited to what I can order, but I found these HTH bromine tabs for a little below 25$. It's 1 KG (2.2 pounds) (HTH Whirlpool Spa Chemie Brom Tabletten 1.0 kg (21,95 € 1 kg) online ordern.) . How long on average can I last on such package? The tabs are 0,044 pounds per tab.
Also, doing a little research, to me it seems like maintaining proper water quality with Bromine is actually quite a bit easier. Since it uses tabs that slowly dissolve, it can save me quite some time. Plus I am away often, like every 2 weeks I am away for 3-5 days. It seems like this is no problem at all with Bromine.
The only downside I could find is probably the cost of Bromine. Apart from that, I mainly see upsides. Am I missing something?
Lastly, over here they sell Trichlor tabs. Why does no one use those in their tub? Apart from the CYA building up if you use it for too long period of time, why does everyone use Dichlor? I mean instead of starting with dichlor, I can also start the first month by adding a Trichlor tab weekly and switch to bleach afterwards. Seems easier to me.
Thanks a lot! Learned so much from this and poolspaforum already and really grateful for everyone investing time to help others here.
A little while ago I started using the dichlor-then-bleach approach. I like the approach and it's really (cost) effective, however recently I started to learn a little about Bromine water treatment.
First of all, I am wondering how much more the Bromine approach is going to cost me on a yearly basis (just a rough estimate is fine). Bleach is really cheaps obviously especially when bought in larger units. But bromine tabs seems more expensive. I live in the Netherlands so it's somewhat limited to what I can order, but I found these HTH bromine tabs for a little below 25$. It's 1 KG (2.2 pounds) (HTH Whirlpool Spa Chemie Brom Tabletten 1.0 kg (21,95 € 1 kg) online ordern.) . How long on average can I last on such package? The tabs are 0,044 pounds per tab.
Also, doing a little research, to me it seems like maintaining proper water quality with Bromine is actually quite a bit easier. Since it uses tabs that slowly dissolve, it can save me quite some time. Plus I am away often, like every 2 weeks I am away for 3-5 days. It seems like this is no problem at all with Bromine.
The only downside I could find is probably the cost of Bromine. Apart from that, I mainly see upsides. Am I missing something?
Lastly, over here they sell Trichlor tabs. Why does no one use those in their tub? Apart from the CYA building up if you use it for too long period of time, why does everyone use Dichlor? I mean instead of starting with dichlor, I can also start the first month by adding a Trichlor tab weekly and switch to bleach afterwards. Seems easier to me.
Thanks a lot! Learned so much from this and poolspaforum already and really grateful for everyone investing time to help others here.