I also used Baq for three years after I bought a house with a pool. I had never had a pool so I called the local pool store (only one in town) to help get mine up and running. They convinced me Baq was the way to go, much easier to maintain, easier on the eyes, etc. The first year went ok. The second year the water mold started and most of the year I was going crazy trying to clear it up. By the way, the only help the pool store could give me was to sell me more of this more of that to put in the pool. The whole third year I never seen the bottom in the deep end and spent over 1200 in 4 months trying to fix it. I stop counting after 1200 because it was driving me crazy. I was seriously considering selling my house or filling the pool in because the pool store told me this was the easiest way to maintain the pool.
Three years ago I came across this site and read all the complaints about Baq and how to get rid of it. I can say the best thing I ever did was to switch to chlorine!!!!! I never worry about my pool being clear even after a rain. You hardly ever smell the chlorine when you use the methods on the this site. If you keep the PH in range you will never have red eyes. I also think Ben's kit is worth every cent. I now spend $3-$8 a week ( maybe more if I have to use pucks when I am gone) on maintaining a 32,0000 gallon pool. I now enjoy my pool instead of wanting to fill it in.
BTW, I have never spent another dime in that pool store and never will. They knew exactly what they were doing and I believe their store will go out of business someday because they pushed baq so much there.