Thanks, I already have a telescoping pole and surface skimmer head attachment, here are the items I picked up today!

• Blue Devil B3518 Wall Brush Deluxe, 18-Inch

• Swimline 8150 Weighted Flex Vacuum Head

• Swimline 8040 Professional Heavy Duty Deep-Bag Pool Rake

• TAYLOR TECHNOLOGIES INC K-2006 TEST KIT COMP CHLORINE FAS-DPD

• AquaChek 551236 7-Way 100 Count Pool Water Test Strips

I'll be replacing the pool pump because there is a rebate going on in Cali but I'm also going to replace the old 1.5 HP 220 V Santana Blower for the SPA.

Here is what I'm currently looking at as a replacement.

Waterway Santanna Air Blower 1.5 HP 220V 750-1522-280

Any thoughts on the blower? Any thoughts on additional cleaning or testing gear or anything else for the pool?

buckets of hypochlorite

You'll notice that powdered chlorine is missing entirely from my kit below. That's because when it breaks down, it leaves behind sodium and calcium- both of which I don't care for in my not-hard-water pool. In it's place, I use liquid chlorine because that breaks down pretty cleanly.

Here's my as-cheap-as-I-can-get kit:

• Chlorine pucks - used very sparingly to prevent permanent build-up of cyanuric acid stabilizer and copper (an algaecide added in Chlorox Texas Blue pucks and others), via Costco
• liquid chlorine - in the reusable 2.5 gallon tubs via Pinch a Penny
• ph down - muriatic acid aka Hydrochloric acid, when it breaks down, it produces chlorine, via Walmart or Home Depot
• ph up - Sodium Carbonate via pool store or Sodium Bicarbonate (Arm&Hammer, also good for total alkalinity) via Costco
• algaecide - https://bluerayxl.com/index.html , cheaper than PoolRx, I buy a few years worth at a time, has almost eliminated chances of even small algae growths, cuts chlorine consumption by about 30% in my pool. This contains copper so additional via chlorine pucks is unwanted.

For easy ongoing monitoring and reminder alerting via smartphone (also comes with known-to-be-somewhat-inaccurate calibration test strips): https://iopool.com/en/

For complete & accurate periodic monitoring: https://www.amazon.com/TAYLOR-TECHNOLOGIES-K-2006-CHLORINE-FAS-DPD/dp/B004BGF7TI/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=taylor+pool+test+kit&qid=1665312351&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjA4IiwicXNhIjoiMy43MyIsInFzcCI6IjMuNjIifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840

To make the periodic (month+) monitoring go a little quicker and easier: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BGPC5W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For my 17k gallon pool, it's 2 pucks and 1.25gallons of liquid chlorine per week (often week plus a few days). So simple and that takes care of shock and ongoing chlorine consumption. Rarely do I ever use ph up or down so I keep very little of that on hand.

With one exception, for chemicals, additives or treatments, I use nothing beyond what is listed above. Very rarely if there's some funky need for additional/different shock treatment, I'll use 1.5lbs of Non-Chlorine Shock Oxidizer (Potassium Monopersulfate). This is usually sold in small packets for spas at Walmart and at pool stores it is NOT cheap.

I think your plan is reasonable - I've never used ahh!some but it seems to get recommended a lot here. prolly don't need it... I would do chlorine instead of bromine and if u go chlorine, I'd get this one: https://www.amazon.com/TAYLOR-TECHNOLOGIES-K-2006-CHLORINE-FAS-DPD/dp/B004BGF7TI/