Greetings Hot Tub enthusiasts. This post is about another purge product shoot-out, this time between a familiar product from Spa Marvel, known as Spa Marvel Cleanser, and a relatively new product called “Aqua Clarity”, from a the makers of Ahh-some and Hot Tub Serum Total Maintenance. This company, Unique Solutions, has apparently taken note of […]
Tag: biofilms
purge shoot-out: Bio-Ouster vs Ahh-some/Total Cleanse
Greetings hot tub enthusiasts. This post is another in my series of purge product shoot-outs. As readers of this blog know, I test purge products from time to time just to see if I can find a better one (for more information please see my Hot Tub Maintenance Home Page). I normally purge my spa […]
Vinegar, pathogens, safety, and home spa remedies
I have received some requests to comment on the use of various home remedies for hot tubs, particularly vinegar. There are so many of these remedies that I can’t comment on all of them, and frankly I haven’t tested any of them — primarily because I haven’t seen compelling evidence that they work better than […]
when “Shock level and maintain” doesn’t work
Greetings Hot Tub enthusiasts. This post addresses a common “rescue prescription” for bad water: The SLAM, or “Shock Level And Maintain”. Its basically what the name implies — raising the level of chlorine in your water to a very high level, and then maintaining that level for some period of time. It’s a procedure to […]
What does EPA registration mean?
Having demonstrated the performance of Hot Tub Serum “Total Maintenance” in previous posts, I feel you should know about EPA registration. EPA registration is neither trivial to obtain nor inexpensive, but the manufacturer has gone through the impressive rigor. That, by itself, says a lot. It means that proving the science is more important to […]
ahh-some vs “Serum Total Cleanse” – is there a difference?
An astute reader brought to my attention that a product very similar in appearance to Ahh-Some, known as “Serum Total Cleanse” has been available for some time now. My curiosity got the best of me, so I brought in a small jar and did a little recon: Turns out they are the same product, only […]
Silk balance vs Hot Tub Serum
As the spa products industry is finally starting to recognize the benefits of “quaternary ammonium cations” (sometimes called “QUATs”), the concept of a regular water maintenance product is starting to become more prominent. This post is about two such products — both of which hold familiar places in the market. Those of you who follow […]
Ahh-some vs bioGuard and ecoOne
This post describes my September, 2020 test of two additional products against “Ahh-some”, the current king of purge products. For this test, I continue with my normal protocol, which is to purge with one or more “under test” products and then purge again with Ahh-some to see what the others leave behind. The contestants […]
Pushing the limits of Hot Tub Serum
In the foundational materials on this site (see the Hot Tub home page) I highlighted that biofilms can survive chlorine concentrations of 1-3ppm — levels that some authorities still promote for regular use. In addition to ahh-some as a purge product, Hot Tub Serum (or “Serum Total Maintenance”) gives us another tool in our toolbox […]
Hot Tub Serum
Those who have followed my work know that I have a proclivity to exposing junk products, especially the snake oil in the Hot Tub industry, while highlighting useful ones. I do enjoy it when I find a product that DOES work — a product that does something useful and that I find effective in my […]