Advice on a new pool in Plano, Tx

[CarlD]

CarlD, you seem to be against the Nature2 pretty seriously. I am having one installed on my new pool, my co-worker has it on his one with a SWG and he swears by it. He keeps his FC at 0.5 all year long. What do you base your opposition other than hearsay? I am just curious. My pool builder is "throwing in" the Nature 2 so I'm getting it whether I like it or not, but from what my co-worker has told me, I'll like it. I'm also getting a Jandy Purelink PDA with SWG system installed (bought it myself, installing it myself, builder wanted too much $$$ for it).

I think I stated my reasons for thinking the N2 system is a waste of money pretty clearly in my last post but here we go again:

1) There is no hard evidence it works, and the company doesn't publish any, nor does it publish how the system works. I don't believe in magic. If there was scientific evidence to back up Nature2, they'd be quick to let you know. Also, notice that N2 only claims to be effective against algae, but chlorine protects us against all sorts of contaminants, most importantly fecal matter, especially human fecal matter, the most dangerous contaminant

2) Do the arithmetic...the annual cost of a Nature2 cartridge cannot be justified in the amount of chlorine it saves. You still must use chlorine, and if the N2 works and cuts your chlorine costs in half, it STILL costs you more to use it than it does not to.

For example: The cartridge costs about $90 and you have to replace it every year. Bleach (regular 5.25%) costs about $1.50--$90 buys you 60 gallons. For the Nature2 to BREAK EVEN you would have to be using 120 gallons of bleach a season. Now where I live (in the NE in NJ) then normal swimming season is 3 months--up to 4 months. 4 months is approximately 120 days. I would have to be using a gallon of bleach EVERY SINGLE DAY and cut that in half just to justify the cartridge annual cost. But, in fact, if I use a gallon every other day it's a lot--so that's only 60 gallons at $90-- at my rate of usage the N2 would add 50% to my chemical costs:

The N2 would cost me $90, plus I have to STILL buy half the chlorine I use--30 gallons, which costs $45. Now if I only use chlorine, my seasonal cost is $90. If I use the N2, my seasonal rises to $90(cart) + $45(bleach) for a total of $135! There's no savings at all--and, unless the builder tossed it in, I have to amortize the cost of the system as well.

3) There is solid evidence that running higher chlorine levels to maintain sanitation will not harm you or your children, so the hype about less chemical is BS. Stick to our B-B-B methods and you'll use far less chemicals, and you won't ever need exotic ones.

Since these chemical/mineral systems are all like this, the ONLY one I trust and would use is SWG--Salt Water Generation, which makes chlorine from salt--whose chemical formula is NaCl----Sodium Chloride.

I don't believe in magic. I don't believe in snake oil. I don't believe in testimonials.