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wcmorris:
I just reserved my Envoy and I need to decided if I want the salt or ozone system. Can any owners of either system comment on their experiences? I was leaning toward salt because the potential benefits sound nice but it also seems like it can be a finnicky system that rarely works. I like the thought of having a tried and true system like ozone plus it's cheaper to operate. Not sure if salt is worth the potential hassle. 

A Rai:
Do they have UZ and Ozone combined as one? It would be better then both of those methods listed.

Sammi:

--- Quote from: wcmorris on March 07, 2021, 01:36:17 pm ---I just reserved my Envoy and I need to decided if I want the salt or ozone system. Can any owners of either system comment on their experiences? I was leaning toward salt because the potential benefits sound nice but it also seems like it can be a finnicky system that rarely works. I like the thought of having a tried and true system like ozone plus it's cheaper to operate. Not sure if salt is worth the potential hassle.

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My Envoy has both. I had a lot of issues with my water and with the salt sticks lasting the first 4 months of ownership. Ny water went so out of whack I completely drained my tub and started over 2 months ago. Since then my water care has been a breeze and the titanium stick I put in 2 months still seems to be going strong as it should be.

The book says to run ozone or salt but not both. My dealer says they have the best of luck running both. I think another dealer on here, might be a Caldera dealer, but same Watkins spas, also runs both with success.

wcmorris:

--- Quote from: Sammi on March 07, 2021, 05:19:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: wcmorris on March 07, 2021, 01:36:17 pm ---I just reserved my Envoy and I need to decided if I want the salt or ozone system. Can any owners of either system comment on their experiences? I was leaning toward salt because the potential benefits sound nice but it also seems like it can be a finnicky system that rarely works. I like the thought of having a tried and true system like ozone plus it's cheaper to operate. Not sure if salt is worth the potential hassle.

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My Envoy has both. I had a lot of issues with my water and with the salt sticks lasting the first 4 months of ownership. Ny water went so out of whack I completely drained my tub and started over 2 months ago. Since then my water care has been a breeze and the titanium stick I put in 2 months still seems to be going strong as it should be.

The book says to run ozone or salt but not both. My dealer says they have the best of luck running both. I think another dealer on here, might be a Caldera dealer, but same Watkins spas, also runs both with success.

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My dealer didn't say anything about running both. Said I need to pick one. Not sure if I would want to run both because then you are increasing your costs to run them.
I have well water so I know that it is hard water (high calcium) and has some metal issues. I have heard that the salt system can cause issues with water that has high calcium content. I would probably need to be very diligent about balancing the water by using vanishing act and maybe the metal reducer product. I'll need top do this regardless of what system I go with but seems like salt would be more expensive to run on top of the additional cost I'll have to balance my water. Plus I'm a little worried about running salt with hard well water.   

castletonia:

--- Quote from: wcmorris on March 08, 2021, 08:49:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Sammi on March 07, 2021, 05:19:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: wcmorris on March 07, 2021, 01:36:17 pm ---I just reserved my Envoy and I need to decided if I want the salt or ozone system. Can any owners of either system comment on their experiences? I was leaning toward salt because the potential benefits sound nice but it also seems like it can be a finnicky system that rarely works. I like the thought of having a tried and true system like ozone plus it's cheaper to operate. Not sure if salt is worth the potential hassle.

--- End quote ---

My Envoy has both. I had a lot of issues with my water and with the salt sticks lasting the first 4 months of ownership. Ny water went so out of whack I completely drained my tub and started over 2 months ago. Since then my water care has been a breeze and the titanium stick I put in 2 months still seems to be going strong as it should be.

The book says to run ozone or salt but not both. My dealer says they have the best of luck running both. I think another dealer on here, might be a Caldera dealer, but same Watkins spas, also runs both with success.

--- End quote ---

My dealer didn't say anything about running both. Said I need to pick one. Not sure if I would want to run both because then you are increasing your costs to run them.
I have well water so I know that it is hard water (high calcium) and has some metal issues. I have heard that the salt system can cause issues with water that has high calcium content. I would probably need to be very diligent about balancing the water by using vanishing act and maybe the metal reducer product. I'll need top do this regardless of what system I go with but seems like salt would be more expensive to run on top of the additional cost I'll have to balance my water. Plus I'm a little worried about running salt with hard well water.

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I would look into a portable water softener.  Your dealer can offer you the On-The-Go-Portable Water Softener for $250-$300.  Its worth the investment vs using Vanishing Act on each drain/refill.  Not all dealers will run salt and ozone together.  Ozone will allow you to operate the salt system at a lower setting (extending cartridge life) while still maintaining quality water. 

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