A hot tub is an investment of your time and money, especially when it comes to maintaining clean, clear water. In just a few uses, crystal clear hot tub water can turn into tainted, cloudy water too filthy to use. So, what is the solution?

Many spa owners turn to draining and refilling their hot tub or use a chlorine shock regiment. However, draining and refilling hot tubs too frequently is a waste of water and your time, and shock treatments can become a hassle.

With a fast rebounding time and a reduced need for draining, Clear Comfort’s advanced oxidation process is the most effective and healthy solution for treating your hot tub water. Clear Comfort can reduce your hot tub’s chlorine use down to tap water levels, or eliminate chlorine use altogether, so you can spend more time enjoying your hot tub and less time monitoring the toxic chemicals in it.

In addition to coming out of your hot tub smelling fresh, you won’t have burning eyes or itchy, dry skin. To prove that Clear Comfort is the ideal hot tub and spa treatment solution, we put the system to the test and the results speak for themselves.

The Goal:

Prove that the Clear Comfort system can effectively, quickly, and without a shock treatment clear a spa that has experienced an extreme bather overload (i.e., had a lot of swimmers in it with lotion, cosmetics, sweat and other nasty stuff).

The Approach:

We first created a bather overload concoction that would typically require shocking or draining in a spa or hot tub. The bather load ingredients included:

  • Sweat and urine mimicked with almond milk
  • Urine with urea
  • Sweat with salt
  • Skin oils with lotion

The bather load concoction was the equivalent of six swimmers in the spa for 30 minutes. However, we multiplied these ingredients by two to 50 times to intensify the testing.

Next, we added the bather overload ingredients into two non-chlorinated spas with the Clear Comfort system as the only form of water treatment.

The Result:

500 gallon indoor spa:Bather-load-case-study-pictures-I

 

700 gallon outdoor spa:Bather-load-case-study-pictures-II

The spas recovered by more than 50 percent within 12 hours of the Clear Comfort system running, and reached 100 percent recovery in 24 hours. Testing confirmed that the Clear Comfort system exceeds at clearing an extreme bather overload situation in spas and hot tubs.

With Clear Comfort, customers can experience:

  • A reduction or elimination of a spa shock regiment and draining.
  • Simplified maintenance and management of pool service companies.
  • Healthier hot tub water with less chemicals and more effective and continual oxidation.

For the full list of the contamination protocol and more information on testing, read the full case study.


Comments

20 responses to “Case Study: How to clear a hot tub without chlorine or bromine”

  1. Alan Butters Avatar
    Alan Butters

    Very impressive. Too many tub owners are using isocyanurates for sanitation with very poor results and much too frequent water changes. The build up of CYA from shocking with dichlor renders the chlorine ineffective within a matter of weeks.

  2. Frank Tribendis Avatar
    Frank Tribendis

    Do you provide a copy of your msds sheet?

    1. There are many ways to clean a hot tub without using harsh chemicals like chlorine or bromine but this clear comfort stuff does look good.
      In my opinion anything has to be better than chlorine or bromine

  3. Please let me have further information

  4. Darrold Stefan Avatar
    Darrold Stefan

    Looking for a way to eliminate chemical cost in a hot tub spa. My tub is allways clorine LO,PH HI and AKL HI when adding chemical its with very low results, Unit has ozonator in it which is suppose to be state of the art. How about the use of household bleach?

    1. Amazing way to treat a hot tub water. I hate getting out from a hot tub feeling so itchy. I’m definitely giving this a shot!

  5. I much like the valuable information you supply on the articles. I’ve registered for your case study. thank you.

  6. Awesome, I have to give it a try. I often had problems with milky water.

  7. Hi Gabrielle,

    Thanks for your guide! I was looking for a safer way to clean it. Now me and especially my kids can have fun without chlorine in the water.

  8. Great case study. I shared this to my students in chemistry and am waiting for their article review on the matter. Thanks..

  9. Some great information here in this case study, I’ll need to try it out for myself!

    Thanks Gabrielle

  10. Wow.. looks so impressive. Seems like I need to give a try for my hot tub.

  11. We too had a problem with milky water. Have to try it while the summer lasts.

  12. thanks for sharing Gabrielle, Your blog is very informative to treat a hot tub water.

  13. Tom Sorrell Avatar
    Tom Sorrell

    What is the Clear Comfort product you are referring to in thIs article that clears hot tub water ???

    1. The Clear Comfort system is a pool and hot tub sanitation system that replaces the need for salt or chlorine in residential environments. If you have more questions about the Clear Comfort system, please visit clearcomfort.com/products or email us at info@clearcomfort.com

  14. Very Informative Guideline.It’s really helpful for anyone.i to have to try one next week.thanks for sharing >3

  15. Gabrielle, we have a portable spa outside for the summer and we do struggle with it getting milky. How often would you suggest using the Clear Comfort system?

    Also, would this work on our outdoor pool. We had it turn to allege over the summer and had to redrain it and fill it up again?

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