About Tub & Pool
Tub & Pool is a small independent website with calculators, buying guides and fixes for backyard pools and hot tubs. It's written in plain English for owners in the US.
Who runs it
The site is run by Ajay Singh from the UK. It's a one-person project, not a pool company, a retailer or a manufacturer, and nobody pays to be featured.
That last part matters, so here's the honest version: Ajay isn't a pool technician and doesn't hold any pool industry certification. Nobody on this site does. What you'll find here is careful reading of the sources that do know, set out so it's quicker to use.
How pages are put together
- Every fact has a source. Chemical ranges come from the CDC's Healthy Swimming pages and manufacturers' owner's manuals. Specs and prices come from the maker's own product pages. Each page lists what it used and when it was checked, and if something couldn't be checked, it's left out.
- No made-up testing. We haven't tested the products on this site. Buying guides compare published specs and prices, and say so at the top. You won't find invented star ratings here, or claims of weeks spent using something we haven't used.
- Calculators show their working. The formulas are printed on each calculator page, the answers were checked by hand, and the calculators run in your browser with nothing sent anywhere.
- Labels first. Pool and spa chemicals can burn skin, damage eyes and give off dangerous gas if mixed. We don't give doses that override a product label, and we never suggest mixing chemicals.
Why US readers, from the UK?
Most backyard pools and hot tubs are in the US, and so are most of the questions. Pages use gallons, °F and US dollars, and lean on US sources such as the CDC and the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance. Where a rule depends on your state or local health department, the page says so rather than guessing.
How the site pays for itself
Some pages will carry affiliate links, starting with Amazon US, and later possibly display ads. Neither changes what a page says about a product. The affiliate disclosure explains how that works, and there are no affiliate links on the site yet.
Spotted a mistake?
Please tell us. If a spec has changed, a price has moved or a page gets something wrong, email hello@tubandpool.com and it'll be checked and fixed. You can find more on the contact page.