• Yuper@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Hot tub chemical stores always tell you to use bromine instead of chlorine. They claim chlorine will destroy your tub. I have been using chlorine for 20+ years on 3 different tubs. Never had a problem. I suspect they recommend bromine only because it’s more expensive.

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      11 months ago

      Bromine has a higher boiling point than chlorine, which allows it to stay in the hot water longer. You can use chlorine in a hot tub, but you have to add it more frequently to achieve the proper level of sanitization.

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          11 months ago

          And you won’t, if you add it more frequently.

          It’s a matter of long-term economic effect. Both work, but one is cheaper in the long-term because bromide sanitizers for longer at higher temperatures, such as those which exist in hot tubs. That’s the point they were making.

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      11 months ago

      But that smell hits different. It’s what they use on Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney and partly why it smells the way it does.

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        11 months ago

        Maybe? I haven’t noticed it. I use the same bathing suit each time and it doesn’t appear to be faded.