Brief (ok, not so brief - so sue me) rant against the machine: I’ve typically used chlorine granules as my go-to shock product. However, the recent price increases (or “gouging” as it is sometimes known) have moved me to look for more economical options. Now, I’m trying to find the best liquid bleach deal taking into account the differing strengths between products and I‘d really rather not spend a lot of time going store to store. So, on line I’ve looked at Kroger, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Big Lots, etc., and the story is always the same. No matter how many pictures they show of the bottles, the one thing they don‘t show is the concentration. The pics may dance all around the jug but the strength is carefully hidden away. Or the ad gives non-helpful information such as “Contains a 33% more compact dose”. -Big Lots- More compact than what? And how do you “compact” bleach anyway? Then there is “Pure Bright Germicidal Ultra Bleach”. -Lowe’s- Maybe I’m missing something but I thought the whole point of bleach was that it was germicidal. Is non-germicidal bleach even a thing? And what makes a bleach “ultra”? And just in case we missed the point, Lowe’s also has a bottle with a label that says only “Germicidal Bleach”. Then to further muck things up Lowe’s also offers their “Outdoor Bleach”. I guess it has that label because it doesn’t work if you try to use it inside. And if there is a difference between any of them Lowe’s is keeping mum. Ace Hardware carries only Chlorox brand products, none of which are suitable for pool use. My wife just pulled a bottle of Kroger brand bleach out of the laundry room. The label clearly states that this product is better because it is “concentratred”. Really? REALLY? The label discloses (in rather fuzzy print) that the sodium hypochlorite content is a whopping, wait for it, 6 percent. The one exception to the hide-the-percentage game is Worldwide Janitor. They advertise a five gallon bucket chock full of 10% chlorine. The price is $46.95 or $9.39 per gallon. I haven’t run the numbers but that seems like a bit of a premium price. And lest you think that I am unfairly biased in my research against chlorine granules let me point out that granules are also part of this bait-and-switch chlorine scheme. Leslies has Power Powder Pro, Power Powder Granular 70, Power Powder Pro 73 all shown proudly on their website. None of which shows the amount of chlorine in the details and no explanation as why these products differ from one another. OK, rant over. Suggestions and comments welcome.