Duly replaced. They look nice. Wrangling Mr. Tuffy is a painWent with the CST. The Kenda Juggernaut also looks ok, like a slightly nicer version of the worn out OEM Kenda on there now.
ordered two because they’re on sale. Will swap out both for good measure/more balanced tread designs for OCD’s sake and keep the old front around as a spare.
partial family lifting day yesterday. Mariko did a few wobbly sets on bench--got to lower the weight for her. Yuna declined. Baby Aya pressed the (16 lb 6' size) barbell for a few times. she's motivated! wife did full sets with me, just not deadlift.Family lifting day today. Got a whiteboard with what everyone is pushing by the rack.
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Toshi Clark (@toshi.clark) on Threads
Family lifting day. My apologies for my apparently midriff-baring length shirt. The new tiny fractional weight plates came in handy for the kids and my wife. I dropped all the way down on squat bar weight in order to get full depth. Did the 45 lb bar later. I’ll work up from here slowly, to...www.threads.net
Note full depth on squat with barely any weight on the bar (the 16 lb kid/wife bar in this case even!).
So I ended up refilling it after giving it a good clean, clearly. And I also figured out a mystery that had been low level bugging me for a few weeks:I’m not smart and thus didn’t turn the chlorine cartridge to “on” (one of its 1-4 settings + off) when swapping it out last month. Thus it is not good now. I think I’ll leave it empty for a few months since I don’t want to drain and refill over the winter.
GTFO with that test strip shit.So I ended up refilling it after giving it a good clean, clearly. And I also figured out a mystery that had been low level bugging me for a few weeks:
as per the above the cartridges have off, 1, 2, 3, 4 settings. Higher dispenses more and runs through the cartridge quicker. For this size/model hot tub a 3 is the right setting with normal amounts of use.
one tests if the setting is right via test strips. This is a weird proprietary Smartchlor setup, Frog @ease. I would test and test and even with the other parameters (alkalinity, pH, TDS, hardness) nominal the strips were reading low Smartchlor levels.
well, last night as I exited the hot tub I looked at a test strip I’d dipped before getting in, and lo and behold the Smartchlor box was dark (that being good). The assay just takes its sweet time to change colors apparently: I was just looking at it too soon.
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I don’t think that works with my proprietary Smartchlor system, which is supposed to run with low free amounts of chlorine by its design
The ones I use say to wait 15 seconds after dipping in the water. They definitely continue to change afterwards as long as they remain wet. I'd want to make sure you're following the procedures correctly before determining if your chemicals are ideally balanced.So I ended up refilling it after giving it a good clean, clearly. And I also figured out a mystery that had been low level bugging me for a few weeks:
as per the above the cartridges have off, 1, 2, 3, 4 settings. Higher dispenses more and runs through the cartridge quicker. For this size/model hot tub a 3 is the right setting with normal amounts of use.
one tests if the setting is right via test strips. This is a weird proprietary Smartchlor setup, Frog @ease. I would test and test and even with the other parameters (alkalinity, pH, TDS, hardness) nominal the strips were reading low Smartchlor levels.
well, last night as I exited the hot tub I looked at a test strip I’d dipped before getting in, and lo and behold the Smartchlor box was dark (that being good). The assay just takes its sweet time to change colors apparently: I was just looking at it too soon.
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Don't you still have to manage pH, alkalinity, and total water hardness?I don’t think that works with my proprietary Smartchlor system, which is supposed to run with low free amounts of chlorine by its design
How Does Frog Ease Smartchlor Technology Line System Work - Hot Spring Spas
Learn more about FROG @ease In-Line System, a water sanitizer available for use on Hot Spot® spas. This product combines FROG minerals and the innovative SmartChlor® Technology, resulting in hot tub water that's cleaner, clearer, and softer.www.hotspring.com
There is some established history.FTR - that sanitization spiel sounds like witchcraft.![]()
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How ScaleBlaster Works, Stop Limescale Formation, Electronic Descaling
An oscillating electronic field changes the shape, size and charge of the calcium molecules (the cause of hard water and lime scale formation).www.scaleblaster.com
If it doesn’t make an appreciable difference I shall yeet it back to Costco
CRYSTALS, man!
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I agree. but it came with this hot tub and peoples' gripes online seem to be with the cost and that regular test strips/kits don't work with it due to the different chemistry.Don't you still have to manage pH, alkalinity, and total water hardness?
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update: dubiousness was warranted. it slipped again and now can't be tightened any more to keep the rain shower head from just falling all the way forwardHopefully this one won’t scale all up like the old one now that my house’s waters are softened. Leverage on that arm from the rain shower head makes me dubious—already has slipped once.
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That’s the idea with the Giro Range on order: a ski helmet. Only with a GoPro mount for my light.Wear your ski helmet?
The TV on a tripod touching the bed is a little odd too. Maybe its for maximum fappability in bed??Updated photos and bed layout finally up on my Vacasa listing. Time to open the calendar back up! No idea why they chose this fairly random order to the photos but whatever.
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Sakura House - Tabernash, CO
Gorgeous mountain home with deck, pool table, fast WiFi & fireplace - near townwww.vacasa.com
I suggested a better order to the photos. And one not featuring bird crap (?) in the first one, too. :-D
anyway, calendar reopened, with our ski use blocked off and all
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Got to optimize that viewing angle yoThe TV on a tripod touching the bed is a little odd too. Maybe its for maximum fappability in bed??