A couple years ago, my brother in Phoenix switched his pool to the salt water version. Said it's a lot cheaper to operate and doesn't dry out your skin like the chlorine did. But Surfer2 says it just turns the salt to chlorine... sounds like the not drying him out is all in him mind <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />