It's official. I took the plunge (pun intended), and I'm now a Pool Owner! Ordered everything today. 30' Round Wilbar/Sharkline Tahitian, with a 25ga beaded Liberty liner, Hayward S244T 300# Sand Filter, Hayward Powerflow Matrix 1hp 2 speed pump, 8mil solar cover, dirt blaster vacuum along with manual maintenance kit, A frame roll guard pool ladder, Taylor K2006-C (from your sig).thermometer, and winter cover. I'll figure out the other winterization items in a few months.

I also decided to try out the solar reel stick, so I guess I can also give a review on that once I start using it. Should have everything in about a week, giving deposit to installer tomorrow, then going next week to pull a building permit from the town (required). Hopefully, I'll be swimming sometime in May.

Time to get this BBB stuff figured out. My local pool store has 5 gallon jugs of liquid chlorine for $16 (actually $22 but you get $6 back when you return the jug), so I may go that route instead of Clorox. Just have to see if it's worth lugging it around, etc....

Thanks to all for the help. I'm sure I'll need more of it.