Are the cheap Oil-Absorbing Scum Sponge (such as Scumbug) any good for Spa / Hot Tub?
After reading the reviews of the products in Amazon the buyers are divided between great product and worst product possible.
Since I trust this forum, I ask for guidance. I have tried both and I can see and feel they are made from different material, and they behave differently in the water.
It seems like the low-cost versions is more like the same plastic as you have in a bed mattress while the expensive ones are more like plastics that are wrapped around a TV or a computer (the inner wrapping).
The low-cost version turns yellow/brown in just a couple of days. Some reviews make the conclusion the product is doing the job (catching the dirt/oil/biofilm) while others say it is proof that it is a counterfeit, and it is just a waste of money.
I have tried both the cheap products and the ones that is sold in spa shops.
The price difference is huge. In Sweden I can get 15 cheap Scum sponge for the price of 1 Scum sponge from a spa store. I can definitely see they are made of different materials, and I can see that the expensive ones never shift in color. If the shift in color just prove it is doing its job, I am fine with that (so does Ahh-Some). I am not sure if it turns brown because the sponge is doing its job collection dirt and oil or if it is turning brown because of a chemical reaction. And even if it is the chemicals (bromine) in the water that turns the cheap sponge brown it might still do a god job independent of the color it has. Or it might be useless. I don't know.
I have very good water quality, so it is nothing wrong with my water.
Is 1 expensive Oil-Absorbing Scum Sponge (that never shift color) better than 15 cheap ones?
I see this was up for question in this thread a few years back - but never came to a conclusion.
Scumbug Turned Yellow?
After reading the reviews of the products in Amazon the buyers are divided between great product and worst product possible.
Since I trust this forum, I ask for guidance. I have tried both and I can see and feel they are made from different material, and they behave differently in the water.
It seems like the low-cost versions is more like the same plastic as you have in a bed mattress while the expensive ones are more like plastics that are wrapped around a TV or a computer (the inner wrapping).
The low-cost version turns yellow/brown in just a couple of days. Some reviews make the conclusion the product is doing the job (catching the dirt/oil/biofilm) while others say it is proof that it is a counterfeit, and it is just a waste of money.
I have tried both the cheap products and the ones that is sold in spa shops.
The price difference is huge. In Sweden I can get 15 cheap Scum sponge for the price of 1 Scum sponge from a spa store. I can definitely see they are made of different materials, and I can see that the expensive ones never shift in color. If the shift in color just prove it is doing its job, I am fine with that (so does Ahh-Some). I am not sure if it turns brown because the sponge is doing its job collection dirt and oil or if it is turning brown because of a chemical reaction. And even if it is the chemicals (bromine) in the water that turns the cheap sponge brown it might still do a god job independent of the color it has. Or it might be useless. I don't know.
I have very good water quality, so it is nothing wrong with my water.
Is 1 expensive Oil-Absorbing Scum Sponge (that never shift color) better than 15 cheap ones?
I see this was up for question in this thread a few years back - but never came to a conclusion.
Scumbug Turned Yellow?
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the hair! I instruct all the tweenaged girls to put their long hair up when hot tubbing. The pool has such a large volume it’s not noticeable but it will make my little tub cloudy in a heartbeat.