Best and Worst POOL CHEMICALS Ranked (and What to Buy Instead)

The Pool Care Handbook: https://swimu.com/book The Pool Care App: https://swimu.com/poolapp The Pool Care Cheat Sheet (Free): https://swimu.com/cheatsheet The Pool Care Video Course: https://swimu.com/course Do you actually know which pool chemicals are worth buying and which ones are a complete waste of money? I'm Matt from Swim University, and I’ve been in the pool business for 30 years. I’ve seen a lot of chemicals and snake oil. I'm going to rank the most popular pool chemicals from worst to best, so you know exactly what to buy and what to skip entirely. ⏰ Timestamps 00:00 - Best and Worst Pool Chemicals 01:14 - Alkalinity Increaser (Sodium Bicarbonate / Baking Soda) 01:46 - pH Increaser (Sodium Carbonate / Washing Soda / Soda Ash) 02:16 - pH Decreaser (Sodium Bisulfate / Dry Acid) 02:43 - Muriatic Acid 03:24 - Chlorine Tablets (Trichlor) 04:07 - Liquid Chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite) 04:56 - Dichlor Chlorine Granules (Sodium Dichloro) 05:47 - Cal-Hypo Shock (Calcium Hypochlorite) 06:43 - Bromine 07:05 - Salt (Salt Water Systems) 07:56 - Biguanide (PHMB) 08:48 - Calcium Hardness Increaser (Calcium Chloride / Ice Melt) 09:25 - Chlorine Stabilizer (Cyanuric Acid / CYA) 10:09 - Non-Chlorine Shock (Potassium Monopersulfate) 11:30 - Polyquat Algaecide 12:07 - Copper-Based Algaecide 12:33 - Clarifier (Polymer Coagulant) 13:27 - Flocculant (Aluminum Sulfate / Aluminum Chloride) 14:03 - Stain and Scale Preventer (Sequestering Agent / Metal Out) 14:58 - Phosphate Remover Swim University is making pool care easy. Each year, we continue to help more people with water chemistry, cleaning, and troubleshooting. We know taking care of a swimming pool can be difficult, and it’s hard to find a trusted source of information. We get it! This is the reason we created Swim University. 😎 Want to learn more about pool care? Go here: https://www.swimuniversity.com/