I have added liquid bleach from Walmart on a few occasions - and it works great!! So yes - trust us!!

The worst thing to add in my humble opinion, is that crazy dry stuff for shocking that contains stabilizer. Because it is easy to get too much stabilizer in the pool - this happened to me and I had to do a partial drain and refill.

Now that I have Ben's Kit and the Taylor drop salt test, I am never setting foot in another pool store. Home Depot and Walmart have everything I need. And of course with this forum I have confidence, too!!