I currently use PEroxysan, a hydrogen peroxide solution rather than a chemical such as chlorine in my hot tub.

Anyone out there have any experience, thoughts as to the use of this? I have not had any luck and just lost my water for a second time in less than 2 months.

What do people recommend? Chlorine?

i also use Peroxysan it in nice on the skin and no harsh odor BUT i have to use 2x what they say and i also loose the water very easy usually with in 4-6 weeks i change and clean filters 2x per week it sounds good but way more expensive and labor intensive I am looking for something else salt water?? any ideas

I gave up today on the Peroxysan - i can not be as dedicated as one needs to be, and you are right, you have to use double what they say. I was at the point of adding some every day to keep the parts per million in line - as this is my first hot tub, and no idea how this stuff is suppose to work, and no stores around me know it as well, i decided to go to Chlorine.

Hello all'
I tried Peroxysan in my new (used) tub and it was a total NIGHTMARE!!

The sales guy at the Arctic Spa place really talked the product up and even went so far as to tell me my tub would be better off if I used Peroxysan and disconnected my ozone system. I gave the Peroxysan a try and have had nothing but problems with it.

First off it costs over $150.00 to get four four-litre jugs of the stuff and you have to use 1/4 of the supply as soon as the tub is filled. The dealer was vague on how much to add on a daily/weekly basis, but I discovered I had to add about a litre to two litres a week. At this rate my chemicals costs would run me about $150 - $200 a month using Peroxysan, who can afford that? What a nightmare for my wallet, and the results were a disaster.

After the first week with Peroxysan in the tub all sorts of while 'floaties' started appearing in the water and the water was constantly smellin 'off'. The dealer said that was due to organic contaminants left in the lines when we had draining the tub. He recommend we dump an entire container of powdered chlorine shock into the tub & drain it. He obvious never tried this himself !

Peroxysan and chlorine DO NOT MIX WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The water turned a putrid foggy yellow and the smell was noxious. I let the chlorine do its thing for 12 hours and then drained the tub and filled it again with clean water and added another 4 litres of Peroxysan. Everything looked good and smelled fine until the kids (teens) had 5 friends over to sit in the hottub for an hour one evening. The following morning the water smelled terrible and the Peroxysan showed non-existent on the test-strip. I had to add ANOTHER 4 litres (1 gallon) of Peroxysan and wait 2 days before the water cleared and the smell went away. I never had to monitor my tub and add so much chemical after only one used before in my life. Peroxysan is a light weight product that is not practical to use in the real world. It might be ok if you had only 1 or 2 people using the spa once a week but for anything else Peroxysan is a total failure !!! We have had such limited use of our spa since we got the Peroxysan that I am totally and completely disgusted with the product and results.

In my opinion Peroxysan is only good for one thing - To make money for the hottub dealer !!! I heard all sorts of success stories from the dealer about how many happy customers he had using the stuff but I am afraid the truth may have been stretched a little bit if my experience is anything to go by.
To give the local dealer some credit though, he did do the right thing when I complained about how much money I had spent on the Peroxysan and how disappointed I was with it. He set me up with a complete set of Bromine chemicals at no charge.

I refilled the tub last night and added the bromine. When I opened the lid this morning I was greeted by some more cloudy yellow soup. Again, Peroxysan and bromine do NOT MIX !!! The Peroxysan residue left in the lines was enough to contaminate all 2000 litres of water again. I am draining and rinsing the spa again and I hope to have it back up & running with clean water using Bromine by tonight.

Peroxysan is snake oil as far as I am concerned and is not a viable product to be used in spas or tubs in the real world. I would love to hear from anyone who uses Peroxysan and is happy with it. Maybe they could point out where(if) I went wrong using it? Has anyone else tried it and had similar disappointing results?

Thanks for your ears (and eyes).

Chris
Halifax, NS
Canada

Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

We use Bromine in our tub and quite happy with the results over the last 9 years, however nice to know both positive and negative thoughts on new products to keep informed.

Not nice to have to thoroughly empty and fill the tub twice just to get it back up to where it should be, we all feel for ya! That kills a Saturday at a minimum.

Just read the recent threads, and wanted to add a bit more on my bad experience with Peroxysan.

I had one point noticed large white foamy stuff growing around every jet - after lots of research and talking to service rep's in the hot tub field, i found out that it was white water mold.

After dumping in an entire container of shock, which had to sit for a week to kill everything, I had replaced the water and went to Chlorine.

I am now many many months on Chlorine without any issues - I actually cant even see what the benefits were when Peroxysan was working (those very few times i was actually able to go into the tub)

I was told this is what many of the Spa's in Europe use now - but i am sure they are using much higher amounts than what we are instructed to use. At the costs they want for this stuff, i cant see investing $200/month or more for something i cant really tell the difference between.