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I bought it at Amazon: http://goo.gl/iK0cnn on Jan 19, 2014 for Item(s) Subtotal: $48.00 Shipping & Handling: $5.41 Total for This Shipment: $53.41 But it looks like the price has jumped back up again. It's now $70 + $8 shipping! I didn't buy the HTH kit, just wondering about it. Thanks for explaining. Where would be a good place to buy replacement reagents for the Taylor K-2006 kit?

I recently bought a Taylor K-2006 test kit, which was fairly expensive (~$45). A few days later I was wandering around Walmart, and ran into an HTH 6 way test kit for $22.47. Is there a reason anyone should stay away from the cheaper HTH kit from Walmart?

I have been calculating the bather waste dosing as (source: http://goo.gl/thzO2i): 3-1/2 teaspoons of Dichlor or 5 fluid ounces of 6% bleach (e.g. Clorox regular unscented) or 7 teaspoons of MPS non-chlorine shock per person per hour So for my last calculation, I thought I was being very generous with the sanitizer: 2 (people) x 5 fl oz 6% bleach = 10 fl oz of 6% bleach to oxidize the bather waste. Then to bring the tub up to 4 ppm from 0 ppm chlorine, per thepoolcalculator.com, I added an additional 3 oz of 6% bleach (calculator only called for 2.8 oz). Converting 13 oz to cups, this would be 1.625 cups of 6% bleach. Do you still think I am under calculating my dosing? As far as leaving for vacations, I think if I drop the temperature to 80 degrees, use the Nature2 stick, and shock, I should be good for a week at a time. I can have someone come over every week and re-shock it, to last for another week. I'm still a bit unclear on the whole shocking process. Can that be done with any of the sanitizers (bleach, dichlor, or MPS)? When you say to shock it, what PPM should you calculate the jump for? 10ppm or 20ppm? I had a tough time deciding between chloring and bromine when starting my spa. I went with chlorine because that is what most people around me were using. However, with bromine being easier, I'm wondering if I should have went with that? Why is bromine not as good if you use your spa often? As far as keeping the cover off when adding chlorine... My spa is currently connected to 110 electrical source, so the temp usually drops from 102 to 100 by the time we are done using it. That means the heater kicks on to bring it back to temp, and forces the low speed pump to run until its back to 102. Will that be sufficient for adding chlorine? I'll just set a timer for 15 minutes, then come back and close it up.

Yes, so far we have used the spa every day. Usually my wife and I for 30-45 minutes daily, and occasionally our kids will get in for a few minutes. There is NOT an ozonator CURRENTLY installed, however I have purchased one, and we are waiting for it's delivery and install (it was out of stock). If I continue to use chlorine as my sanitizer, should I NOT install an ozonator? I was under the impression the ozonator would allow me to use less chemicals while still keeping the water clean. How will an ozonator change the dichlor/bleach method? I also installed a Nature2 stick yesterday, basically for insurance, in case I let the chlorine drop too low. One of my concerns is that we like to travel for days, if not weeks at a time, and so far the spa requires daily maintenance. Is there a way I can significantly and safely reduce that maintenance for when we are on vacation and it is not being used? For our week or longer trips, I could get someone to stop by once a week or so to dose the spa. Yes, I am following the dichlor/bleach method. I was just putting a little MPS in after each use as insurance, because I wasn't sure things were going correctly (I'm still waiting for my Taylor kit to arrive). Just to verify, tonight after two people soaked for 45 minutes, I added 10 fl oz of bleach to oxidize bather waste, plus 3 fl oz to bring the FC level to about 4ppm (it was 0 at the start of our soak). Roughly this was 1.6 cups of bleach. Does that sound correct? When I add dichlor I run the jets on high for 15 minutes with the lid open. When I add the bleach, do I have to do the same, or since it's already a liquid can I just run the jets on low for a few minutes to mix? Do I have to leave the cover open when adding bleach? Thanks for all of the help!

I've had my first spa up and running for about 5 days now (340 gallon FreeFlow Excursion). I've been following Nitro's chlorine method. So far so good, however I have a few questions... My FC seems to drop from 5ppm to less than 1ppm everyday. I'm told this is because it is burning off from the high temperature of the water (102). Is this normal? If so, should I be bumping the FC level to 8ppm or more, so it's higher than 1ppm when I get in? Also the water seems to have a chlorine like smell, even when FC AND CC is less than 1ppm. It's not super strong, but you can definitely smell it while in the hot tub. However, when I get out and dry off, I don't smell chlorine on my skin. Is this normal? Lastly, I dose the tub with di-chlor and MPS shock when I get out each night. I generally use about .4 oz of di-chlor and .1 oz of MPS. I dump them in at the same time while running the jets on high for 15 minutes. Is it ok to mix di-chlor and MPS together? Should I be shocking after every use? I took a sample of water to Leslie pools today, and they ran all their tests and said everything looked good... I just want to make sure I'm doing everything properly. Thanks!