Quote Originally Posted by waterbear View Post
When you figure in shipping the 20 mule team and acid work out the cheapest but the boric acid is more convenient. However, the supreme plus is a mixture of borax (pentahydrate) and boric acid so it is atually pH neutral and not slightly net acidic like the straight boric acid is.

However, the bottom line is that this is not the next 'pool-store scam' (as Carl said in the first post) because, unlike phosphate removers, borate actually does something beneficial to a pool and it is not just an unnecessary waste of money that only lightens your wallet! It is more like baking soda. You can buy expensive baking soda at the pool store or pay less for it at the grocery store.
Well, that's my point. Baking soda and washing soda are FAR more expensive at the pool store and they WILL try to tell you it's "better". I've had guys at pool stores tell me bleach is a problem because it adds TDS, when they are selling LC, even at 6%.

OK, so it's better than Nature2 and other silver/copper erosion systems. It's still a way to get unsuspecting pool owners to pay FAR more for a common chemical than they have to, and I have a problem with that.

Carl

Maybe this should go to the China Shop?