Spring Start-Up Kits for Swimming Pools: Pool Center

Unsure of what you need to add to your pool to get it started? Let Pool Opening Kits from PoolCenter.Com help you get off to a hassle-free swimming season!

Available in three sizes, Pool Center’s Pool Opening Kits combine 4 important products designed to make opening your pool as trouble-free as possible:

  • Algaecide — Helps keep algae growth at bay
  • Clarifier — Causes smaller particles to stick together so your filter can catch them easier
  • Sequestering Compound — Renders metals ‘harmless’ so they don’t drop out of solution and create unsightly stains
  • Chlorine Shock — Effectively ‘kills’ biological and organic contaminants in pool water and establishes a chlorine residual to help keep the water sanitized

Each kit comes with enough chemicals to properly open a 7,500, 15,000, or 30,000 gallon pool.

On a Side Note…

For those who believe in miracle pills, we wrote about a ‘new’ all-in-one product called the Spring Pill which supposedly contains all the above chemicals (clarifier, chlorine shock, sequestering compound, and algaecide). Just toss it in and you’re done… Supposedly.

If anyone has ever used one of those Spring Pills, please drop us a line and let us know how it worked, if it worked, etc.

Replacement Winter Covers for Swimming Pools

OK, so you survived another brutal winter w/o incident and you find yourself ready to enjoy some nice, warm Spring weather — but the cover on your pool didn’t fare quite as well. Apparently the neighbor’s dog, or a snow-crazed squirrel, ventured out onto the cover at some point, got scared, and ripped the cover in numerous places as it scampered hastily back to the side of the pool.

Lucky for you we compiled a list of replacement winter covers last Fall:

You can also find great selections of Winter covers at the following online swimming pool supply stores:

Pool Center’s Aquachek Line-Up for Summer 2010

We recently spoke with the folks over at Pool Center, an online merchant of pool and spa supplies since 1995, and they filled us in on what Aquachek Test Strips and Meters they plan to carry for the 2010 Pool Season.

Perhaps the most advertised name in the pool test strip industry, Aquachek offers a wide selection of pool & spa testing products specifically calibrated to work in conjunction with the unique sanitizing chemicals, necessary balancing chemicals, and natural elements found in pool and spa water.

Pool Center Swimming Pool and Spa Supplies

AQUACHEK SELECT POOL TEST STRIPS 5 in 1 TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 541604
Cost: $18.97

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AQUACHEK REFILL FOR GOLD SELECT POOL TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 541640
Cost: $12.62

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AQUACHECK SILVER POOL TEST STRIPS, 7 IN 1 TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 551236
Cost: $21.75

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AQUACHEK WHITE TEST STRIP – SODIUM CHLORIDE – SALT TEST

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561140
Cost: $10.02

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AQUACHEK WHITE TEST STRIPS- SODIUM CHLORIDE – SALT TEST

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561161
Cost: $18.97

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AQUA CHEK TRUTEST DIGITAL TEST STRIP READER AQUACHEK

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 2510400
Cost: $48.92

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AQUATREND POOL WATER PHOSPHATE TEST KIT – 285-6597

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 2856597
Cost: $11.04

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AQUACHECK YELLOW 4IN1 TEST STRIPS, 50 CT – 511242A

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 511242A
Cost: $8.65

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AQUA CHEK TRUTEST STRIPS 50pk

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 512082
Cost: $9.26

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AQUACHECK RED STRIPS, BROMINE TEST STRIPS 521252

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 521252
Cost: $7.56

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AQUACHEK STRIPS, TOTAL HARDNESS TEST – 561220

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561220
Cost: $9.95

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AQUACHEK BLUE BIGUANIDE TEST STRIPS, 25 CT

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561625A
Cost: $10.17

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AQUACHEK MONOPERSULFATE 3 IN 1STRIPS 50/BTL MONO/PH/TA

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561682A
Cost: $8.89

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AQUACHEK TDS STRIPS 25/BTL TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 561683
Cost: $9.87

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AQUACHEK PINK NITRATE TEST STRIPS 25 CT

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 641426
Cost: $9.94

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AQUACHEK IRON TEST STRIPS 25 COUNT IRON TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: 661455
Cost: $23.43

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AQUA CHEK TRUTEST DIGITAL TEST STRIP READER AQUACHEK

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: NP207
Cost: $48.99

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AQUA CHEK TRUTEST TEST STRIPS FOR DIGITAL STRIP READER

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: NP208
Cost: $16.95

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AQUA CHEK RED BROMINE 3-WAY TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: NP210
Cost: $7.17

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AQUA CHECK YELLOW CHLORINE 3-WAY TEST STRIPS

Manufacturer: AQUACHEK
Part Number: NP215
Cost: $8.55

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