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The Wizard of Spas:
Depends on what you are using as your main sanitizer:  If it is just di-chlor then that is common.  More information is required to answer that question. 

bud16415:
I think they are using the @ease and supplementing with dichlor.

I was doing something similar in the beginning only with the frog bromine cartridges. My thoughts were the automatic system isn’t really automatic if you have to measure it regularly and then tweak it by adding something. If I have to add a teaspoon here and there I might as well just give it a tablespoon or a few shots of Clorox and be done. 

The Wizard of Spas:
*if* they are using @ease (and this thread isn't completely clear as to them being on it or considering it) there really is no need for di-chlor supplementation as as often as they've noted as the baseline is supposed to be 0.5-1.0ppm.  If you're having issues with cloudiness, you've yet to consistently keep the pH in line, between 7.4-7.8. 

Though I have found that the JUMP START is more ideal once a week vs monthly, so to totally be fai,r adding di-chlor isn't a bad play.  But- It shouldn't be a thing you do regularly unless you've checked off all the boxes (is the temp 94F or higher? Is the pH set?  Is the @ease cartridge on the right setting based on gallonage?  so on so forth) or if you're usage habits are considered HEAVY.

@ease is no different than other niche products out there (SilkBalance, BaquaSpa, et al) in that it has its own process and it should be adhered too.  Too often people take general approaches that work on a more traditional water chemistry system and try to apply it to the niched system.  That is usually not recommended. . .

Botswana:
Just found this thread, reviving it because I am curious about snmartchlor replacements.  If this 2000 flush product has the exact same label, which it does...can I not use it to replace the insides of these cartridge?  I use to use the bromine ones and I opened them up to put bromine tabs in them.  The smartchlor things are so damn expensive.  Basically equates to $15 a month just in chlorine...

I may be willing to buy it and try it, not that I would really know how to tell if its working or not..

bud16415:

--- Quote from: gmdodt on May 06, 2019, 03:00:02 pm ---Just found this thread, reviving it because I am curious about snmartchlor replacements.  If this 2000 flush product has the exact same label, which it does...can I not use it to replace the insides of these cartridge?  I use to use the bromine ones and I opened them up to put bromine tabs in them.  The smartchlor things are so damn expensive.  Basically equates to $15 a month just in chlorine...

I may be willing to buy it and try it, not that I would really know how to tell if its working or not..

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If you use your tub everyday or even every other day I find it really simple to just toss in a tablespoon of dichlor when I get out I hit clean close the tub and forget it. There is no reason to test it every day. But about once a week I do a test strip and then make any adjustments needed. Once I hit my mark of 30-50ppm on stabilizer I switch from a tablespoon of dichlor to 1/3 cup of bleach.

This method is as cheap as I have found and the best for the tub as I’m always keeping an eye on things. The only drawback I found is it doesn’t provide protection when we are away for a week or more. Anything under a week I just hit it hard right before we leave with a shock dose of dichlor or bleach. Over a week I pop in an @ease cartridge that I load with just enough @ease to last for as long as we will be away. The other method is to have a neighbor come over.

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