Affiliate disclosure

Short version: some pages will link to products, and if you buy through one of those links we may earn a small commission. You don't pay a cent more.

Where things stand today

There are no affiliate links on the site yet. Buying guides show a gray "Check current price" box where a link will go. Once a link is live, the box becomes a button that takes you to the retailer.

Every page that will carry these links has a line near the top saying so.

Who we expect to work with

• Amazon. We plan to join the Amazon Associates program. As an Amazon Associate, we'd earn from qualifying purchases. That sentence will stay on this page for as long as we're in the program.
• Brands and retailers. Later, possibly affiliate programs run by pool and hot tub brands or specialist stores. Any we join will be listed here by name.
• Display ads. Once the site has enough visitors, it may show ads. They'll be labeled, and they won't sit in the middle of a calculator or a safety warning.

What a commission doesn't change

• Which products appear. A guide covers the products that make sense for the question, whether or not there's a program for them.
• What we say about them. Specs and prices come from the maker or retailer and are dated. Where a cheaper or simpler option will do, the page says so.
• Testing claims. We haven't tested these products and won't pretend to. There are no invented star ratings here.

How the links are marked

Affiliate links carry rel="sponsored" in the page code, which is how search engines expect paid links to be labeled. Clicking one takes you to the retailer's site, where their own terms and privacy policy apply. The retailer may set a cookie in your browser so the sale can be credited to us; we never see your name, address or what else you bought.

Questions about any of this? Email [email protected].