Using the right hot tub chemicals in your tub is incredibly important and that’s why I wanted to write this article for you today so that you get the right chemicals for the right tub. Believe it or not you have many many different options and it can get confusing to know which ones are the best but hopefully after you leave here today you’ll know exactly what you need and exactly how much you have to pay.
Rendezvous Activate 2.2lb this cost around $12 and is a fast dissolving non-chlorine shock that should very quickly destroy most contaminants such as perspiration as well as cosmetics that as I’m sure you know, cause odors and skin irritation as well as eye irritation. It should clear cloudy water and also kill odors without upsetting the water chemistry. You should add this stuff initially when the hot tub is filled and then daily as needed.
Leisure Time 4 way Bromine Test Strip these are a pretty good deal at only nine dollars. What you do is dip the strips into the water and then sort of compare the color of the strip to a chart on the back of the package which allows you to easily test your water’s pH balance as well as the alkalinity and the calcium hardness and also bromine. You really can’t get much easier than this which is why I recommend them.
Spa-Kem 252-6 Spa Foam Inhibitor Pool and Spa Chemicals, 1-Quart at around eight dollars a bottle this is a pretty good deal because it is safe for all types of spas. What it does is eliminate the foam from the water surface that many people find annoying. It won’t affect your pH balance of the water and at the same time it allows you to use the jets without having to worry about all the foam that they can sometimes kick up. All in all a very useful chemical.
Leisure Time Spa 56 Chlorinating Granules – 2 lb at $16 a bottle you’d be hard pressed to find this sort of thing any cheaper. It is EPA approved so you don’t have to worry on that count. What this does is effectively sanitizes and disinfects hot water using chlorine. It’s a shock for your spa to use after each use to destroy organic bather wastes. Basically it helps clean your tub.
Spa Purge 2 liter Spa and Hot Tub Chemical at $31 this is slightly more expensive but you get much more of it in this large 2 L bottle. The dosage is roughly 1 L per 400 gallons of water. What this does is to attack the root cause of most spa maintenance problems which is of course the build up of organic waste. These things include oils and lotions and cosmetics and also sweat that gets into your spa water as well as your plumbing and produces scum and clogs filters and smells as well as creates foam in your spa. This stuff should take care of all those things.
Everybody has their own preference when it comes to hot tub chemicals because not all chemicals work the same and also not all people use their hot tubs the same way. If you are a male and you are usually one of the only people to use your hot tub then you may not need chemicals to help break down cosmetics because you don’t wear makeup. You get the drift! Finding the right chemicals for you can sometimes be a process of elimination but luckily they don’t cost that much so if one doesn’t work for you you can easily switch to another.