I doesn't appear anyone has started a thread like this in a couple years. My local Lowes just got in their first pallets of the Pool Essentials 10% bleach and the price is a whopping $5.98 per gallon. Yikes!!! Lowes was a little higher than HD or WM for bleach but still this is basically a 100% increase in 2 years. I am listing the thread from 2019 as quick reference to "the good ole days".
2019 Bleach Prices
Anyone have any industry knowledge about whether the price is just inflated still from the tri-chlor shortage starting last year or are we in our "new normal"? I normally use tri-chlor as supplemental but didn't at all last year due to prices. I was able to find a 37.5 lb bucket of tri-chlor at Costco for $140. Doing some rough math with the Pool Math app, I am calculating that tri-chlor to yield FC at $0.89 per FC but the bleach at $6 per gallon yields $1.55 per FC. (I don't need anyone pointing out the effects of improper tri-chlor use)
2019 Bleach Prices
Anyone have any industry knowledge about whether the price is just inflated still from the tri-chlor shortage starting last year or are we in our "new normal"? I normally use tri-chlor as supplemental but didn't at all last year due to prices. I was able to find a 37.5 lb bucket of tri-chlor at Costco for $140. Doing some rough math with the Pool Math app, I am calculating that tri-chlor to yield FC at $0.89 per FC but the bleach at $6 per gallon yields $1.55 per FC. (I don't need anyone pointing out the effects of improper tri-chlor use)