Quote Originally Posted by KurtV
I can think of a few reasons off the top of my head:
- You already have in-lin chlorinator and would rather spend $10 on the nectar of the gods (brown liquor) than on a floater.
OK, you got me with that one--but I've yet to find a good rum that costs that little...

- You have small children are are worried about the potential safety problems that might arise when those small children and a floater get together.
You COULD pull the floater out when the kids get in it.

- You are more concerned with asthetics than most and don't like the fashion statement a floater makes.
Well, you'll just need to go to Escada or Dior and get a designer floater so your friends will admire your good taste!

- You are a new pool owner who didn't know about floaters when the pool was built and you went with the builder's recommendation. This one brings us back to the first case, especially the brown liquor part as you probably need it after the bad pool building experience you just survived.
That's a biggie. Builders also like to recommend cartridge filters--most owners end up hating them. Some also like to set folks up with Bacquacil without asking them or giving them the facts. Still, they aren't that hard to install or remove in these days of PVC piping and glued-on fittings.

- The fact that the chlorine is distributed in the water more quickly and evenly with an in-lin chlorinator as opposed to a passive floater appeals to your anal retentiveness.
Oh, there's PLENTY of ways floaters can appeal to that--whenever I use one it always seems to end up blocking off the skimmer...Good flow that way...but lousy skimming!

Thanks for the grins!