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    Or you can take the ad to WalMart and have them price-match it.

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    I did not see an ad. I only saw it at the store.

    What are the right questions to ask regarding additives?

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    You can test it yourself. All you need is a glass eyedropper that measures 1 ml, a 5 gallon bucket, and an empty 2 liter soda bottle.

    1) Fill the soda bottle (to the normal fill level) and pour it into the bucket. Do this five times until you have 10 liters (less than 5 gallons).

    2) Use the eyedropper to add 1 ml of bleach to the water.

    3) Mix

    4) measure the bucket's FC--that number (say, 5.25ppm) will be EXACTLY the same as the bleach's strength--5.25% in our example.
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    Aldi's is still cheaper in my neck of the woods. $.99 for 96 oz. Not much cheaper, only about a few cents. Aldi's bleach is labeled as 6% strength.

    Aldi's Bleach = $.0103 per oz.
    KMart = $.0109 per oz.

    I like Aldi's 96 oz. size because one bottle gives me exactly 3.5 ppm of FC in my pool. Downside is all of the bottles I have sitting around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveInPA View Post
    I did not see an ad. I only saw it at the store.

    What are the right questions to ask regarding additives?
    I would really want to know the % of sodium hypochlorate. I would really be surprised if it isn't listed somewhere on the bottle, maybe not very clearly. Some grocery store generic brand bleach around here (Ottawa, Ontario) have 3.5% content and aren't cheaper than the Javex with 5.25%. I don't know if that nasty bit of marketing is in the US or not but I would be wary of a good price without knowing the strength of the product.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spensar View Post
    I would really want to know the % of sodium hypochlorate. I would really be surprised if it isn't listed somewhere on the bottle, maybe not very clearly. Some grocery store generic brand bleach around here (Ottawa, Ontario) have 3.5% content and aren't cheaper than the Javex with 5.25%. I don't know if that nasty bit of marketing is in the US or not but I would be wary of a good price without knowing the strength of the product.
    So, if you think it might be a good price, buy the smallest amount they have (like a quart or a half-liter) and test it as I indicated. At worst you are risking, what, 2 or 3 dollars? A best you'll find a cheaper source of chlorine and save a lot more.
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