MegaChlor Saltwater Chlorine Generator, Chlorinator for Swim Spas and Above Ground Pools Up to 17,000 Gallons

I have spent hundreds on modifing hot tubs plumbing to install a salt water chlorine generator. Her skin is super sensitive to chlorine pools and water. It tears up her skin. But salt water is very therapeutic for both our skin. We have been doing this for years. It is great for our joints and couple time. I blanched at the $300 price, twice what the small inline systems are. I was replacing those every year and the plumbing was horrible to maintain, usually breaking down in the dead of winter. This one is no plumbing, pop off the head and replace it when the electrode erodes away. Pretty simple. It had high marks in reviews.I have waited two months to write my review to make sure it worked. I installed it on a new Intex blow up hot tub, 209 gallons. There are no parts that freezing temperatures can damage. I doubt the control box is rain proof. It is small, I placed it under the cold weather housing I built for the hot tub controls. We use it all winter. I also put a sand filter in that cleans the water, all three are in the insulated enclosure. At first I had trouble getting my free chlorine up to range. That was because I was getting the salt level adjusted on the fresh batch of water and need to add more salt. Then I played with the generator level control till the chlorine was good. I am using a two out of ten setting currently. This should have no problem up to 1200 gallons. They say to pull the head out of the water during use or you may feel tingling. Neither of us feel any of that and we are both scientists very familiar with electrical systems. They recommend hanging it vertical as close to the bottom as possible. That works well. We do get some white mineral products on the bottom of the tub, I think from the salt being consumed. We clean the floor of the tub with a net to remove this. The water is Chrystal clear. All the parameter except hardness are perfect. It wants me to add some hardness, calcium i think.The worst part is the control. You have to read the instruction manual to decode the adjustments. It would be great if they were printed on the housing. I guess I will do that myself.I am very please with this unit so far. I recommend you buy this device.

After having a salt pool for over 10 years we were thrilled to find this addition for my Mom’s hot tub a year ago to make caring for it easier in her. We figured since my Moms has worked over a year, this was the one for us also. Boy was that a bad assumption! When we received the generator we noticed a hair single wrapped around the center piece and my husband assured me it looked new otherwise and it was probably just the person packing it. Wrong again. It worked for a couple days, then read “high salt.” Salt was in range, thought it was just being finicky and drained a little water, added a little fresh…still said high salt. The salt was around 1000 at that point. The inner part started to rust and left a 6” rust spot inside our hot tub. Bought new salt test strips and used my Taylor test kit, both of which showed that the salt was low, not high. Finally decided to drain more water and add more fresh, salt was 500 and then it switched to “low salt.” Added salt to get it back up to the listed range of 1500-2000. Turned it back on at 1000 to check it’s reading and it said it was in range, decided to leave it and the very next day (exactly the same salt reading) it stated “high salt.” It will not produce chlorine or sense the correct salt range no matter what I do. I believe the one we were sent was used and someone quickly realized it didn’t work, sent back and they re sold it to me who has now attempted almost 3 months to get a dysfunctional product it to work, since they will not respond to emails! So much for customer service or a warranty, they won’t respond. I’m now in the process of getting my money back for the faulty product since all emails have been sent through Amazon & there lack of follow through. This would have been a great product had they sent one that actually works.

This beats putting chemicals in all the time.

I have had a hot tub for 20 years now. I have tried everything to get away from harsh chemicals. My latest what Hydrogen Peroxide but I was extremely fussy to use. But this ChlorMaker take salt (I use Dead Sea mineral salts) and turns it into a very mild natural form of chlorine. When you first open the lid you get a little whiff of chlorine smell because its trapped but once in the tub you do not smell it any more. Takes a little time to get it adjusted right but after a few months now I still have crystal clear water. No need to shower after. The salt level is very low. Great invention. I add nothing to the tub any more.Update: Its been 5 months now. I still love this thing. Two additional comments. If you are on a well with some minerals or iron in your water the unit will sense the salt is to high so you must run your salt level at a lower than recommended amount. Also I have found for my tub size level 4 is a bit to low and 5 is a bit to high so I run on level four and hit the Boost button every other day when I get out of the tub. We use ours every morning.Well its been 3 years now. I am ordering a new hot tub and will use my ChlorMaker on the new tub. This thing works so well I would never have a tub without it. If you keep good notes the next time you change water you know exactly how much salt to put in. I bought an extra drop in unit and put a plug on both of then so I can keep one soaking in vinegar and when I need to clean the next one I just unplug one and plug in the other so one is always ready and clean.update..if you use different kinds of salt the amount you use will increase or decrease when you change the water. It is best to stick with the same salt so you can learn how many cups you need for a fresh start with new water.someone said it takes a few days to get the level up. Just add a little clorine to the water at start up so the unit does not have to do all of the work. Also if you have the unit set to low and your level drops way down. Turn it up on setting and again give it a litte powder clorine to help it out. I finally wore out my electrode after 5 years and just ordered a new one. I love this unit....