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Thanks for that info. We've already decided that we will definitely not go with a standard chlorine pool (auto-fed or otherwise). My wife has very sensitive skin and we've found that the salt system pools at houses we've rented are much better on her skin than the standard chlorine ones. UV/Ozone "sounds" like a possible alternative, but I just have yet to find even one single person who has a UV/Ozone pool to offer their opinion of it. I guess that really should tell me all I need to know, but I want to do as much due diligence as possible.

Hey all, I'm about to sign a contract to have an inground pool and spa built at my home in southern California. This will be my first pool. The contractor that we're leaning towards going with swears by what he describes as a "UV Ozone" system and claims it's far better than a salt system and that he puts them in 90% of the pools he builds. However, another contractor that we also like tells us that the UV Ozone systems are "snake oil" and they don't work at all. He says that pools that use those systems are totally reliant on the added chlorine to stay clean and that often when the uv/ozone system fails the owners don't even notice because the chlorine is doing all the work. I've been searching for reviews and comparisons of the two types of systems, but I've found nothing that gives a straight answer or that isn't marketing material for companies that make or sell the systems. Can anyone shed some real light on this subject for me?