Trying to get a feel what most pool owners prefer. SWCG or use Chlorine (liquid, tablets etc...)
I just see the HUGE number of threads with error messages and not producing and scaling and circuit boards frying and so on and figure that even if the cost works out the same, there isn't much that can go wrong with a plastic jug.As a "manual pourer" myself, I was trying to come up with the pros and cons others have posted.
The expense alone will probably prevent me from ever going that route.
My local pool store reuses the plastic jugs for the 12.5% chlorinating liquid and for the Muriatic Acid so you just pay a deposit for them and for the 4-jug crate (for the chlorine). So no recycling or disposing of the jugs. Of course, the transportation issues remain and one is transporting mostly water.Nothing wrong with a plastic jug but.. environmental issues of transportation and disposal/recycling do exist.