I went with the AquaRite for the reasons you cited. Lower first cost, lower cell replacement cost and the ability to work w/my IntelliTouch controller. I like Pentair products in general but didn’t see the benefit to having the electronics in the cell. You end up paying for that every time a cell needs replacement.

I do find that on occasion the AquaRite will stop talking with the IntelliTouch and I have to turn off and reinitialize the SWG interface at the IntelliTouch indoor control panel. All the SWG status characteristics look OK but in order to raise or lower the chlorine production percentage I have to go through the above process.