Quote Originally Posted by CarlD View Post
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%.
Well, yeah. That's what pool stores tend to do. Why single out one product that they do it to (Supreme). It's no different than how they market alkalinity increaser, pH increaser, and liquid shock (although their price on liquid shock can often be better than buying bleach).

Quote Originally Posted by CarlD View Post
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.
No quite following you here. What does borate have to do with Nature2 or other copper/silver systems at all? Proteam Supreme and other borate products do not claim to be alternative sanitizers that allow reduced chlorine levels. Your problem is with pool stores and how they market common chemicals, not with borate.
I agree that this should be moved to the china shop but the title should be changed to how pools stores charge a lot of money for common household chemicals since that is the real issue you seem to be complaining about.
It's really old news.