Are you about ready to sign a pool contract? You have one final decision to make. Do you go with for sanitization? Salt, chlorine tabs, or new Shasta Pure are all viable options. So, is building a saltwater pool worth it?
A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool. The salt cell generates the chlorine for you instead of you dropping in a tablet. It isn't a chemical-free alternative. Also, important distinctions that chlorine sanitization is different that pool chemicals used to balance pH.
The five-year cost difference between a salt system and a traditional chlorine pool is smaller than most homeowners expect. You're really buying with salt is less hands-on management. No need to handling chlorine tabs.
The article highlights the differences how we sanitize our pools. Do you want the lowest upfront cost or the most hands-off approach? There is no wrong answer. It is about you finding the right sanitization process for your maintenance ability and process.
Table of Contents
- How do I decide the value of a saltwater pool over other options in Arizona?
- What are you choosing between with salt, chlorine tabs, or Shasta Pure?
- Does Arizona's hard water change which system is right for you?
How do I decide the value of a saltwater pool over other options in Arizona?
The value of a saltwater pool is about how much time you want to spend maintaining your pool. The answer is saltwater worth it can be absolutely yes and sometimes absolutely no, depending on what you're trying to avoid.
What Arizona pool understand before deciding?
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How much you dread storing and handling chlorine?
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What your yard's water chemistry already looks like?
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Whether you'd rather pay more upfront or spend more time on upkeep?
When is a saltwater pool worth it?
A saltwater pool gives you less hands on maintenance and more personal time. It's still a chlorine pool. The cell makes the chlorine for you instead of you adding it. A salt cell removes daily or weekly chlorine handling.
Chlorine Maintenance Schedule
"If you don't want to store chlorine on your property, you don't want to put it into the pool on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, that salt system is going to do a fantastic job." — Chris Woods, Sales Manager, Shasta Pools
What are you choosing between with salt, chlorine tabs, or Shasta Pure?
Three systems have the same job to do. No matter the option you have to sanitize your pool. Chlorine tabs feed it in manually. A salt chlorinator makes it from a cell. Shasta Pure sanitizes with oxygen and nanobubbles.
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Tabs — buying and storing
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Salt cells - wear out every 3-5 years
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Shasta Pure - greater upfront cost followed by swimming in a chlorine free pool
Saltwater Pool is a Chlorine Pool
"A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool. The salt cell is simply generating the chlorine for you." — Chris Woods, Sales Manager, Shasta Pools
How does a salt chlorinator work?
The chlorinator's cell runs an electrical current through the salty water and converts it into chlorine.
How do manual chlorine tabs work?
You buy chlorine tablets and load them into a feeder, or drop them in a floater. You control exactly how much chlorine goes in and when.
How does Shasta Pure's nanobubble system work?
Shasta Pure runs oxygen and ozone through a generator that creates nanobubbles. Those bubbles carry oxygen deep into the water and stay suspended for days, sometimes weeks, continuously working.
Does Arizona's hard water change which system is right for you?
Arizona tap water often runs high in dissolved solids. That changes how much attention any sanitation system needs. Hard source water makes chlorine tabs, salt chlorinators, and nanobubble systems all harder to keep balanced.
Source water issues
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High TDS (total dissolved solids) in some areas
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Elevated phosphates that feed algae
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pH that starts higher than 8
Hight TDS Over 2200
"There are some parts of south Buckeye where the TDS is coming out... 2200, right out of the tap. That's crazy. If it's coming out of your tap at this level, just know that it's not going to be a lot of fun to maintain that pool. You may even want to employ a professional pool service to help you with that." — Skip Ast III, Director of Sales, Shasta Pools
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