Hello,
I've been lurking for a few days trying to cheat on the Frog @ Ease entrapment system.
For 20+ years I've owned a Sundance spa. I used bromine tablets conveniently placed in the compartment of the skimmer. Weekly I would test the pH, bromine levels, minerals. My water here in Utah if quite hard and I've never really had problems with total alkalinity. I'm colorblind to the stupid pH strips so I use a digital pH tester. I rarely have to add pH increaser but sometimes need to add small amounts of decreaser. Weekly I threw in non-clorine shock and put in a few bromine tablets. I've don't get scale nor itchy skin. I had it figured out and could almost tell what needed to be done by sight and smell. I'm pretty handy and have replaced pumps, a motherboard, ozone generators, fixed leaks, and most repairs.
My Sundance finally "rotted" away with the occasional leaks. I've replace wooden framing a few times but the base finally grew roots. I ended up throwing the Sundance away and buying a Bullfrog A8 (500 gallon) mainly because the frame was not organic or metal. I've also visited the manufacturing plant here in Utah due to the work I do. I'm happy with my Bullfrog except for the the Frog @ Ease system. Now I've only had it for 2 months and can tell this isn't going to be cheap. The sanitizer cartridges say they will last 3 weeks but I get 1-2 weeks before they are empty. There's only me and my wife that use it. We try to keep lotions, soaps, etc. out of it. It's not like I have lots of people in it often. I'm now having to dump a lot of chlorine sanitizer/shock to keep the level on the F@E strips up. It's fine for a week or 2 but you can tell when the cartridge runs out. Yesterday I replaced another cartridge and took the old one apart. The bottom comes off easy and would be a piece of cake to add more sanitizer.
I like the idea of slow release cartridges but would like to find something similar to the dichloro ingredients used in the F@E cartridge. My lurking shows that the toilet bowl tablets are pretty close but have fragrance, coloring, and surfactants added. Has anyone had success if finding something similar that I could refill the F@E cartridges with? I'll take a new one apart, weight the chucks, and put in the same amount of generic sanitizer. I hate being taken on this marketing train of the F@E system.
I've been lurking for a few days trying to cheat on the Frog @ Ease entrapment system.
For 20+ years I've owned a Sundance spa. I used bromine tablets conveniently placed in the compartment of the skimmer. Weekly I would test the pH, bromine levels, minerals. My water here in Utah if quite hard and I've never really had problems with total alkalinity. I'm colorblind to the stupid pH strips so I use a digital pH tester. I rarely have to add pH increaser but sometimes need to add small amounts of decreaser. Weekly I threw in non-clorine shock and put in a few bromine tablets. I've don't get scale nor itchy skin. I had it figured out and could almost tell what needed to be done by sight and smell. I'm pretty handy and have replaced pumps, a motherboard, ozone generators, fixed leaks, and most repairs.
My Sundance finally "rotted" away with the occasional leaks. I've replace wooden framing a few times but the base finally grew roots. I ended up throwing the Sundance away and buying a Bullfrog A8 (500 gallon) mainly because the frame was not organic or metal. I've also visited the manufacturing plant here in Utah due to the work I do. I'm happy with my Bullfrog except for the the Frog @ Ease system. Now I've only had it for 2 months and can tell this isn't going to be cheap. The sanitizer cartridges say they will last 3 weeks but I get 1-2 weeks before they are empty. There's only me and my wife that use it. We try to keep lotions, soaps, etc. out of it. It's not like I have lots of people in it often. I'm now having to dump a lot of chlorine sanitizer/shock to keep the level on the F@E strips up. It's fine for a week or 2 but you can tell when the cartridge runs out. Yesterday I replaced another cartridge and took the old one apart. The bottom comes off easy and would be a piece of cake to add more sanitizer.
I like the idea of slow release cartridges but would like to find something similar to the dichloro ingredients used in the F@E cartridge. My lurking shows that the toilet bowl tablets are pretty close but have fragrance, coloring, and surfactants added. Has anyone had success if finding something similar that I could refill the F@E cartridges with? I'll take a new one apart, weight the chucks, and put in the same amount of generic sanitizer. I hate being taken on this marketing train of the F@E system.