Salt Water Chlorine Generators

[pretzelsb]

I am in process of buying a fiberglass pool. The pool company suggests( although not pressuring) I purchase a salt water chlorine generator instead od a regular chlorine system. Can anyone advise the actual difference and also, the pros & cons to each system.

will the water be as "clean" using the salt water?

any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks

[Strannik]

just as clean

swg is better because it doesn't add anything else to your water

you can read more about swgs here

[don pool]

Salt water chlorine generators work great in fiberglass pools. It does not require you to get the salt level parts per million perfect, there is a big swing in whats ok and whats not. The only downside is if you have a lot of calcium in your water you end up having to clean the cell more often. I use the Pentair inteli-chlor because they are so good about warranty issues.

[pretzelsb]

Salt water chlorine generators work great in fiberglass pools. It does not require you to get the salt level parts per million perfect, there is a big swing in whats ok and whats not. The only downside is if you have a lot of calcium in your water you end up having to clean the cell more often. I use the Pentair inteli-chlor because they are so good about warranty issues.

Is the salt water system as "germ free" as chlorine?