Pool Chemicals to Prefer, Pool Chemicals to Avoid
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Pool Chemicals to Prefer, & Ones to Avoid
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Blended chemicals are a nightmare for pool owners: they cost more per unit of 'real' chemicals AND they often add unneeded phosphates or pH buffers causing their own real problems.
AVOID:- Any type of chlorine with "BLUE" in the name.
- Any type of 'shock' or chlorine described as 4-in-1 or 5-in-1.
- Arm & Hammer brand pool chemicals
- Biolab brand pool chemicals
- Clorox brand pool chemicals.
- Clorox bleach (often contains additives!)
- Pool Time chemicals (a Biolab brand!)
- Pool chemicals sold by Walmart or Costco -- ALL that I've seen are blended.
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PREFER:
(chemicals for small pools in BLUE)____________________________________
IMPORTANT: Just because a chemical is preferred, you should NOT assume that YOU need that particular chemical. IF you need it, you'll be better off buying a preferred brand than other wise. But, if you don't need it . . . you don't need it, whatever the source.
Also, you can sometimes get decent chemicals from non-preferred sources. BUT you have to be very careful to read the label!
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Re: Pool Chemical Brands to Avoid and to Prefer, 2018
I did some checking today.
The problem with the major pool chem companies making a mess of their product offerings is WORSE than it was a couple of years ago.
There are some decent products hidden among the heavily marketed garbage, but the only way to find them is to- Know how to decipher chemical labels.
- Know actual chemical names and terms (like "calcium hypochlorite" and "% available chlorine")
- Adopt a skeptical and untrusting attitude toward pool chemical companies, even 'trusted' brands like Clorox!
Good luck.
