3 Tricks to Ensure Crystal Clean Hot Tub Water Without Opening Your Pocket Book!

I know most hot tub users are usually obsessed with clean water. Most hot tub and spa owners that I know will stop at nothing to have that perfect sparkle in their water. This usually means opening up their pocket book to buy more replacement chemicals. However clean water does not have to be expensive. In fact with clean water you will reduce your chemical cost! Here are three secretes that cost nothing and are more effective than any chemical I have come across in maintaining sparkling "fresh water".

Change you filter often. I can never say this enough. All hot tub owners should have 2 filters, one being used in the tub and the other ready to go. If you are like most, you change your filter every 2-3 months on a similar cycle as you change your water. However you can double your water life if you simply increase the rate of filter changes. 2 weeks is ideal. I suggest using a filter cleaner and canister. These are inexpensive and make quick work out of cleaning your filter. A clean filter ensures proper water flow, and will ensure the finer particles get picked up. Most hot tub filters have a bypass system that opens when there is a decrease in flow rate caused by a clogged filter. When this happens your filter becomes useless as water is now by passing the system entirely.

Shower before entering hot tub. You see this sign at public pools and spas everywhere. Most often this is ignored and people hop into the hot tub with out 1st showering. Have you ever taken a bath and looked at the ring of oil and dead skin that is left behind from just one bath? This is perfect breeding material for bacteria in a hot tub. By 1st showering, you will remove nearly 80% of the dead skin and oil from your body. This means that your filter and sanitizers will work a lot less as there is much less foreign matter in the water. In Japanese bathing soaking tubs called Ofuros are used. However in this tradition, one baths before entering the tub. In this way the water in the Ofuro could be used many times before draining.

Don't wash your bathing suite in the laundry. Any one who owns a hot tub usually figures this one out after having lots of white sudsy bubbles. These suds originate from bathing suits that contain residue from laundry soap. Most laundry machines will leave a small amount of residual even after a thorough rinse cycle. The phosphates left on the clothes end up in the hot tub. The problem is not just bubbles which can be cured by products such as . It is that Algea loves phosphates! This means "SLIME". What I suggest is keeping one set of bathing suite for your hot tub. Clean it in warm sink water but not the washing machine. You may also want to keep a couple guest shorts available. Practice these 3 simple techniques and I guarantee you will see a big increase in water clarity as well as a savings in your pocket as you will be using less chemicals.