Thanks Waterbear for all your input!

I clearly don't have a handle on the chemistry that's going on in my pool. I'm a "poser" -- posing like I know something about all these chemicals when I try explaining them to my kids or my wife, but the details are still way over my head. But I'm getting there, I'm getting there.

It seems like I have a choice to make with regards to how (or to what extent) I superchlorinate my pool. I can either A) use the Boost button my SWCG, or B) go to either my nearby pool store or supermarket to buy a few jugs of liquid chlorine / bleach, and pour liquid chlorine / bleach into my pool.

The Boost / SWCG option is nice because it's dumb-easy. And since I have a variable-speed pump, I can set the pump speed to a very low setting but high enough for the flow switch in the SWCG to allow chlorine production to occur. It saves the cost of not having to buy liquid chlorine and/or bleach, and it avoids hazards that can occur with transporting and pouring those chemicals. Biggest downside, it seems, is that it may not truly achieve break-point chlorination, and it may not oxidize organics the way you'd expect. Another downside is that shortens the lifespan of the cell, so the cell would have to be replaced more quickly.

The liquid chlorine / bleach option is nice because it's very effective in superchlorinating (is that the same as "shocking"?). You can easily control how many PPMs you want in your pool by controlling the amount poured into the pool. This method extends the life of the salt cell, since I wouldn't have to Boost at all. Downsides are it costs a few bucks each week to buy the liquid chlorine / bleach, it involves trips to the local pool store or grocery on a regular basis, and it creates a chance for a spill somewhere.

Does that sound like a pretty good summation of these two options for superchlorinating?