Do borate products (Supreme, Optimzier, etc.)work as claimed?

[waterbear]

Ted,
What can I say...I've always liked chemistry sets and now have a 6600 gallon one in my backyard!

Seriously though, it was your rant on Proteam in the china shop a while back that got me thinking about trying this since we sell the Proteam line where I work. The products in their line that I have used I have been very pleased with (Metal Magic is a prime example) but I had my own doubts about the claims for Supreme (and I distrust ANYTHING Bioguard says!) I really didn't expect the results to be so successful and time will tell if it works over the long haul. Unfortunately, I can't recommend borax at work but I have turned many of my customers on to this forum. The other ones (that just want a magic bottle for their pool problems) I can now recommend Supreme to because I know it will help.