And you don’t need to add nearly the same amount of chemicals, but anyone who tells you salt systems don’t require chemicals isn’t being honest. They do, just in my situation much less than a traditional chlorine pool and once you get your salt level where it needs to be your salt generator only needs to be cleaned out a few times a year, based on year round use here in AZ. Checking my Ph levels each week most weeks I didn’t need to add anything but I still would shock after storms or if we had a party