[Jenn218]

Thanks everyone.....we live in the middle of nowhere but we have a pretty open backyard. The only problem that we have had with our pool so far, is the bugs (the flying bugs getting in there and not making it out) and the rain (which has really overfilled the pool).

The Baquacil is very easy to use. It wasn't "right" after all the rain, but we just had to put in a few bottles of stuff and it made all the PH and everything right again....so you can't get much easier than that.

I just hate that it costs sooo much more!!! I am currently looking online (again) and I think I will go ahead and order some. We will see how this season works and how much it ends up costing with Baquacil before we decide what we will do next year.

When I was looking, I found some chlorine-free stuff called Splashes. It looks much like Baquacil, but cheaper....anyone heard of that?

We have a friend that just buys the stuff at Wal-Mart for their big pool (I forgot the size, but it is a a huge padded inground with all the fancy stuff) and they have never had a problem with their pool and I can't say that I remember having any problems swimming in theirs. So, I just don't know.