Floating Chlorine Dispenser, Pool Spa Chlorine/Bromine Floater,7" Large Capacity Floating Chlorinator & Bromine Holder Fits 3 Inch Chemical Tablets(Collapsible)

This was cheap and broke with a couple of weeks. It would fill with water and sink to the bottom of the pool.

Works great. Fits the big tablets and the little ones. Lasted 4 years. Easy to use.

Sigh....I dislike leaving negative reviews, and yet here we are. This chlorine dispenser was not good. Why? Allow me to tell you. Firstly - it's collapsible. This means it collapses every bloody time you attempt to pick it up (yes I know it 'locks' into place, but it actually doesn't). Look, I understand this is for space saving when storing it, but it only saves a meager 3 inches of space...so if you're desperate to save 3 inches of storage space, that might be a clue that you're storing too much stuff. Plus, why are you storing it? Aren't you using it? Anyway.... Secondly - it doesn't float properly. Mostly it floats on its side (I bought 2 of these and they both did it), especially when it's been refilled with chlorine tabs. If it's almost empty, it might float right side up.....but it's so rare that we consider it a special occasion, and we invite neighbors, friends, and family to join us in looking at it and going "ooh" and "aah" when it does. Thirdly - When it IS refilled with chlorine tabs, it sinks to the bottom of the pool. Yes, it sinks. It can't sustain the weight of more than 2, or maybe 3 tabs. We bought the large one BECAUSE we needed to put in several tabs. I mean, it's made bigger to accommodate more tabs, right? Yet it can't. Thankfully one of them cracked yesterday and that was the push I needed to replace both with a different, non-collapsible, one (which I just put in my pool and they're both floating right side up!) Oh, and when I went to throw these away, I discovered they were both half full of water that I can't get out as they're sealed (although clearly not if it's half full of water). A floating chlorine dispenser has one job, and this one doesn't do it very well i'm afraid. Not recommended.

bought a pair of these, one of them operates as expected, the other has a leak and took on water and is basically sinking......

using for a spa too small for the pool