I also have an inline chlorinator on my pool. As long as you understand the effects of trichlor on your water, it can be used to help make the maintenance on your pool much easier. People get into trouble with them when they think that it can be the only source of chlorine for the pool and just keep feeding it tabs throughout the summer. You have to realize, like Anna and Watermom pointed out, that your CYA levels will rise when using trichlor tabs. If you're needing to raise the CYA, then it's a good option. Or, like me, if you want to turn it onto a low setting just to have "some" chlorine feeding into the pool everyday, it's also a good option. And I think it's better than a floater because you don't have to worry about it floating to the side of the pool and staying there to stain the liner, or creating pockets of highly clhorinated, low pH water that would be dangerous for the kids to swim through, since the inline chlorinator is not going to run without your pump.