The use of salt - a saltwater pool - is rapidly becoming a popular sanitizer for pool water; it will soon be the most popular sanitizer for pool water. Regardless of the sanitizer you are currently using, a conversion to salt and the required salt generator is an upgrade. And, for the most part, it's a simple upgrade - just have a salt generator installed, plumbed and wired inline with your pool equipment.
Foreign and overseas markets were the first to use salt in pools with absolute success as a sanitizer. As salt passed the test of time overseas, its international success quickly spread to the United States. Just like with the foreign and overseas markets, salt was used in the United States with the same initial success and acclaim. Today, salt is a very popular sanitizer choice for pool water, and its use is growing exponentially every year in US markets, and for good reasons (plural):
- salt generators offer all of the sanitizing efforts and success of traditional chlorine without the need to stock and haul heavy buckets of chlorine.
- salt generators produce a better form of chlorine than traditional chlorine.
- salt generators have a shock/superchlorinate mode that reduces the need for traditional shocking, thus reducing that expense, confusion, and headache.
- salt generators make the water feel more silky smooth, softer and comfortable.
- salt generators are less likely to elicit the potential for any skin and eye irritation.
- salt generators are automated and easy to control, which will avoid substantial fluctuations of the chlorine level, which is more likely to occur when traditional chlorine is used.
Other than the upfront expense to add a salt generator to a pool, most pool owners - a very high percentage of pool owners - that use salt to sanitize their pool water are very happy and extremely satisfied with the decision.re
While chlorine is still currently the most popular pool sanitizer, salt is rapidly taking over significant marketshare concerning pool sanitizer options.
You can read the Pool Manual for more information about sanitizing pool water, salt and salt generators.