So I threw away my bottles of chlorine and emptied the pool. I filled it up with just clean water. It was so much better for my skin. No more itching and scratching. All is good now… Or so I thought. After a while the water started to turn murky and greenish. Clearly I needed something to keep it clean, something else than chlorine. A friend of mine pointed out that perhaps I could try a swimming pool ionizer. It is a device that electronically filters out the impurities in the water. So a went to a store that sells pools to see what the ionizer is all about. One thing I found out that it was not cheap at all, but when I did the math I found out that it would actually cost me less in the long run as there is no need to put chemicals in water. So the next day I went back and bought the sucker. I can tell you it works, it really works and the best thing is that now I can enjoy my daily swim without my skin suffering.

A chemical free hot tub is a goal for some spa owners, and Ozonators, Ionizers and magnets can help them to realize this goal. Ozone is something that is found to occur in nature and works to purify the very air that people breathe. Since the late 1800s, scientists learned how to generate ozone for successful use in water purification. Ozone can now be used to keep a hot tub or spa clear and sanitized. The use of an ozonator means that a person can have a sparkling hot tub with very minimal chemical use. Ionizers are another means of cleaning and purifying a hot tub. This system can use two electrodes of silver/copper alloy that will generate ions of silver and copper when an electric current goes through them. These ions are able to break down and destroy the bacteria and algae without having to use chemicals.

Mineral purification of water versus chemical is very easy, it is effective and is safer as well as considerably more forgiving to hot tub systems than are typical chemical treatments. Ionizing will provide softer, gentler water as well as a more comfortable environment for the person using the hot tub or spa. It is also less expensive over time than are chemical treatments and as a bonus, it increases the hot tub’s life expectancy and that of everything around it as well, from pumps and filters, heaters and seals to bathing suits.

Chemicals for hot tubs do not have to be complicated nor must they be the main source of sanitization in a hot tub. There are chemical free and low chemical means of providing the hot tub chemicals duty to keep a hot tub clean.

There are a lot of things out on the market today to help you in your chore of cleaning the pool. You can invest your money into an automatic pool cleaner, they are a great way to clean your pool fast. But before you go out and buy just any old cleaner we want you to look into a certain one.

There are three types of cleaners. The first two are pressure side pool cleaners and suction side pool cleaners. They both require the use of your filter system to power the cleaners around your pool. A suction side cleaner sucks debris off the bottom and filters it out using your exisiting filter. A Pressure side cleaner uses the return line for water pressure to move around and to push debris into a filter bag attached to the cleaner.

Robotic pool cleaners are completely different and much better. They use the power of the suction and the ease of the filter bag without using your filter system. All you do is plug your robotic pool cleaner into an outlet and drop it into your pool. It runs along the bottom sucking debris into an easy to empty filter bag located inside the cleaner.

Robotic pool cleaners are more expensive but get the job done in twice the amount of time while using less energy than those other cleaners. They can run while your pool is off and they even have timers so yo can set it to run during certain times of the day.