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Testimonials
Lance,
Thanks for asking. It was everything that I was looking for.
I added my thoughts about it on a Spa forum if you are interested in more detail.
http://www.poolspaforum.com/forum/index.php?
s=db913db8d96474570774227172420bb8&showtopic=10395&pid=54889&st=0&#entry54889
Thanks again.
Phil
Hi guys. Thought I would chime in here. I too was looking for a good solution to chlorination. I
have a MasterSpa LSX, and I love it. I had a hip replacement and this spa is perfect. It has a
different seat for each area or the body. Anyway, it requires chlorine and I hated adding it
daily. My first week of ownership, I forgot a dose or two and my son and his girlfriend got a
Staph skin infection...bad! So I moved to a floating tri-chlor method, which works great despite
what other say, as long as you adjust your release perfectly and watch the pH carefully. I did
this by using a permanent marker and marking on the floater the chlorine level at each small
turn of the opening control. Bad new was that if you don't adjust your pH every few days, the
acid from the tri-chlor increases and destroys your pillow and starts to work on the seals.
That's where I read about salt chlorination. Did not want to spend a fortune on built in one,
and was not sure if it would void my warranty so I had the choice of Spa-pilot, which require
the constant addition of chlorine according to its manufacture! or a riskier move by going with
the Colorchlor by a relatively unknown company. Well I selected Colorchor since it claimed no
additional chorine was necessary. The review follows after two weeks of use.
Colorchlor Review:
1. Customer service 5/5 Fast delivery. Discounted web price. Free Shipping.
2. Ease of use 4.5/5 The directions are well written, but they engineered this product so well
that you need to read them carefully to understand how you can do so many things without a
single button.
3. Engineering 5/5 This company is amazing. They thought of everything for example.
A. Reversed polarity to avoid calcium buildup on the electrodes
B. Automatic increase in chlorination after use. You do this by lifting the colorchlor out of the
water when you get in. When you lift it out, it lets you chose from 10 different light shows which
last for ten minutes after which it kicks up you chlorine output 2 notches for the next four
chlorination cycles.
C. Automatic temperature and salt detection.
The only thing missing is automatic chlorine detection, and if that were available, I'm sure they
would have included it.
4. Function 5/5 Started working immediately and chlorine levels were detectible within 1 hour.
Chlorine levels were actually too high the next morning, so I decrease the chlorine output cycle
a couple time until they were perfect. They have remained there for two weeks so far.
Concluding remarks. I am a scientist and not affiliated with this company in any way. I wrote
this review because I love the product so far and I love good engineering (You find so few
examples of good engineering anymore!).
As for your original question. I have had no problems with the salt. You can barely detect its
existence. I do not have metal on my spa, but if you do I would suggest adding zinc balls in the
filter area to prevent corrosion. (This is how car and boat manufactures prevent corrosion). I
have a stone patio surrounding my hot tub, and have not seen any salt marks whatsoever.
None of my son's friends even noticed that I changed to salt water. The salt actually has a
smooth feeling to it. Finally, I use latex bands to stretch my hips in the spa, and I noticed that
these no longer stick to themselves when they are dry like they did before the salt.
The only small downside is that it does require a GFI circuit that if it trips will shut down your
chlorination. This happened to me once during a rainstorm, so I need to relocate the outside
box.
Hope this helps and happy hottubing!
__________________________________________________________________________
Every hot tub owner needs one of these! I love the smell of my hot tub! - Heidi D.
Littleton, CO
__________________________________________________________________________
Kevin,
Thank you for your response. We are always looking for ways to improve the product in the
real world. I am CC'ing the engineer who designed the ColorChlor for his input on the lights
you had mentioned.
Lance
Kevin <ebay@xxxxxxxx.com> wrote:
To be honest, I just got everything in cleaned and refilled last Friday
and I have been gone a couple of days since. I thought it would be good
for it to kind of stabilize a bit before adjusting the power level. I
am going to do a full chem test run tomorrow after work and see where I
am at. It seemed nice on Friday when I was in it, but a quick test
showed the chlorine level a bit high. I know the first 24 hour cycle
goes on when you first turn it on, so I figured I give it a couple of
days. The only thing I couldn't figure out was the salt level LED
indicator (light show). I don't really know how accurate/precise it
really is, but it was using two colors to display the information, and
the manual only talked about one color. Anyway, so far so good.
__________________________________________________________________________
Lance, I think it is working good. Mike
__________________________________________________________________________
I wish I could tell you, but the fact is I’ve been so busy at work and so lazy at home I haven’t
put in the wiring yet. I’m almost out of the chlorine I purchased before getting the ColorChlor,
so I’m guessing I’ll get around to it soon.
I’ll let you know after I’ve got it running.
Thanks for checking in on it though.
__________________________________________________________________________
Lance!
Thanks for your concern.
I will receive my new spa tomorrow… a delay of 6 weeks!
However, my neighbour is using it for the last 4 weeks. He is very satisfied. Easy to use and
very effective. I have talked about your product to many friends. I will probably order a few
more units in the next future.
Maybe, I could distribute your product in Quebec ; Translate the brochure in French and
advertise it. What do you think about this idea?
Francois
__________________________________________________________________________
To be honest, I just got everything in cleaned and refilled last Friday
and I have been gone a couple of days since. I thought it would be
good
for it to kind of stabilize a bit before adjusting the power level. I
am going to do a full chem test run tomorrow after work and see where I
am at. It seemed nice on Friday when I was in it, but a quick test
showed the chlorine level a bit high. I know the first 24 hour cycle
goes on when you first turn it on, so I figured I give it a couple of
days. The only thing I couldn't figure out was the salt level LED
indicator (light show). I don't really know how accurate/precise it
really is. Anyway, so far so good.
Kevin
__________________________________________________________________________
Hi There! So far, so good... we've been using the tub more lately
since it seems the water is just cleaner, overall.... the little doo-
dad thingy is still making chlorine! we can see it bubbling. :-)
Thanks!!!
Josh
Lance,
Thanks for asking. It was everything that I was looking for.
I added my thoughts about it on a Spa forum if you are interested in more detail.
http://www.poolspaforum.com/forum/index.php?
s=db913db8d96474570774227172420bb8&showtopic=10395&pid=54889&st=0&#entry54889
Thanks again.
Phil
Hi guys. Thought I would chime in here. I too was looking for a good solution to chlorination. I
have a MasterSpa LSX, and I love it. I had a hip replacement and this spa is perfect. It has a
different seat for each area or the body. Anyway, it requires chlorine and I hated adding it
daily. My first week of ownership, I forgot a dose or two and my son and his girlfriend got a
Staph skin infection...bad! So I moved to a floating tri-chlor method, which works great despite
what other say, as long as you adjust your release perfectly and watch the pH carefully. I did
this by using a permanent marker and marking on the floater the chlorine level at each small
turn of the opening control. Bad new was that if you don't adjust your pH every few days, the
acid from the tri-chlor increases and destroys your pillow and starts to work on the seals.
That's where I read about salt chlorination. Did not want to spend a fortune on built in one,
and was not sure if it would void my warranty so I had the choice of Spa-pilot, which require
the constant addition of chlorine according to its manufacture! or a riskier move by going with
the Colorchlor by a relatively unknown company. Well I selected Colorchor since it claimed no
additional chorine was necessary. The review follows after two weeks of use.
Colorchlor Review:
1. Customer service 5/5 Fast delivery. Discounted web price. Free Shipping.
2. Ease of use 4.5/5 The directions are well written, but they engineered this product so well
that you need to read them carefully to understand how you can do so many things without a
single button.
3. Engineering 5/5 This company is amazing. They thought of everything for example.
A. Reversed polarity to avoid calcium buildup on the electrodes
B. Automatic increase in chlorination after use. You do this by lifting the colorchlor out of the
water when you get in. When you lift it out, it lets you chose from 10 different light shows which
last for ten minutes after which it kicks up you chlorine output 2 notches for the next four
chlorination cycles.
C. Automatic temperature and salt detection.
The only thing missing is automatic chlorine detection, and if that were available, I'm sure they
would have included it.
4. Function 5/5 Started working immediately and chlorine levels were detectible within 1 hour.
Chlorine levels were actually too high the next morning, so I decrease the chlorine output cycle
a couple time until they were perfect. They have remained there for two weeks so far.
Concluding remarks. I am a scientist and not affiliated with this company in any way. I wrote
this review because I love the product so far and I love good engineering (You find so few
examples of good engineering anymore!).
As for your original question. I have had no problems with the salt. You can barely detect its
existence. I do not have metal on my spa, but if you do I would suggest adding zinc balls in the
filter area to prevent corrosion. (This is how car and boat manufactures prevent corrosion). I
have a stone patio surrounding my hot tub, and have not seen any salt marks whatsoever.
None of my son's friends even noticed that I changed to salt water. The salt actually has a
smooth feeling to it. Finally, I use latex bands to stretch my hips in the spa, and I noticed that
these no longer stick to themselves when they are dry like they did before the salt.
The only small downside is that it does require a GFI circuit that if it trips will shut down your
chlorination. This happened to me once during a rainstorm, so I need to relocate the outside
box.
Hope this helps and happy hottubing!
__________________________________________________________________________
Every hot tub owner needs one of these! I love the smell of my hot tub! - Heidi D.
Littleton, CO
__________________________________________________________________________
Kevin,
Thank you for your response. We are always looking for ways to improve the product in the
real world. I am CC'ing the engineer who designed the ColorChlor for his input on the lights
you had mentioned.
Lance
Kevin <ebay@xxxxxxxx.com> wrote:
To be honest, I just got everything in cleaned and refilled last Friday
and I have been gone a couple of days since. I thought it would be good
for it to kind of stabilize a bit before adjusting the power level. I
am going to do a full chem test run tomorrow after work and see where I
am at. It seemed nice on Friday when I was in it, but a quick test
showed the chlorine level a bit high. I know the first 24 hour cycle
goes on when you first turn it on, so I figured I give it a couple of
days. The only thing I couldn't figure out was the salt level LED
indicator (light show). I don't really know how accurate/precise it
really is, but it was using two colors to display the information, and
the manual only talked about one color. Anyway, so far so good.
__________________________________________________________________________
Lance, I think it is working good. Mike
__________________________________________________________________________
I wish I could tell you, but the fact is I’ve been so busy at work and so lazy at home I haven’t
put in the wiring yet. I’m almost out of the chlorine I purchased before getting the ColorChlor,
so I’m guessing I’ll get around to it soon.
I’ll let you know after I’ve got it running.
Thanks for checking in on it though.
__________________________________________________________________________
Lance!
Thanks for your concern.
I will receive my new spa tomorrow… a delay of 6 weeks!
However, my neighbour is using it for the last 4 weeks. He is very satisfied. Easy to use and
very effective. I have talked about your product to many friends. I will probably order a few
more units in the next future.
Maybe, I could distribute your product in Quebec ; Translate the brochure in French and
advertise it. What do you think about this idea?
Francois
__________________________________________________________________________
To be honest, I just got everything in cleaned and refilled last Friday
and I have been gone a couple of days since. I thought it would be
good
for it to kind of stabilize a bit before adjusting the power level. I
am going to do a full chem test run tomorrow after work and see where I
am at. It seemed nice on Friday when I was in it, but a quick test
showed the chlorine level a bit high. I know the first 24 hour cycle
goes on when you first turn it on, so I figured I give it a couple of
days. The only thing I couldn't figure out was the salt level LED
indicator (light show). I don't really know how accurate/precise it
really is. Anyway, so far so good.
Kevin
__________________________________________________________________________
Hi There! So far, so good... we've been using the tub more lately
since it seems the water is just cleaner, overall.... the little doo-
dad thingy is still making chlorine! we can see it bubbling. :-)
Thanks!!!
Josh
