Anyone else have a bromine pool

[swreeder]

No never had any algea issues.

The only negative that I see to it is the cost of bromine is higher than chlorine.

But using bleach, I consume one bucket of tabs a year for about 130 bucks.

Also with the bromine setup it is easier to measure. pH, Alk and brmn. Do not have to check any other levels.

Squid

[Pool in Carolina Blue]

No never had any algea issues.

The only negative that I see to it is the cost of bromine is higher than chlorine.

But using bleach, I consume one bucket of tabs a year for about 130 bucks.

Also with the bromine setup it is easier to measure. pH, Alk and brmn. Do not have to check any other levels.

Squid

I have toyed with the idea of bromine via the two step method (the tabs have something (dimethlyhydantoin) that will build up in your pool and act as a inhibitor to the bromine). My pool is heavily shaded and I use very little CYA for my chlorine usage anyway. FYI, chlorine (w/o CYA) has a UV degradation rate faster than bromine.

The main reason I am looking at it is that my pool pH is constantly moving to 8. The bromine is much more effective at this higher pH than chlorine (83% killing efficiency for bromine at this level and only 22% for chlorine).

I would still use bleach as the bromine activator though as Waterbear has written that it is much better than non-chlorine shock for this purpose. What are you using as your activator (shock)?

[swreeder]

I was using bleach for my bromine activator and it worked well.

However, I just was able to buy 100lbs of super sock it powder shock, which is nothing more than powdered bleach.

I got it for less than the cost of regular bleach and will use it till gone then go back to standard bleach.

[waterbear]

The biggest drawback to bromine, besides the higher cost, is that it cannot be stabilized against UV light so if your pool gets a lot of sun it can be diffucult to maintain proper sanitizer levels compared to chlorine. Also, bromine is a known sensitizer and many more people exhibit allergic reactions to it than to chlorine.