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toofast, In all honesty, the TF-100 is the way to go. Especially if you add the XL option, as you really can't beat the price. I had a major issue when I opened my pool in April. The experts here got me taken care of quickly, but I burnt through a lot of reagent during the shock process. That...

All, I tried to move the caps over from one test kit to the other, but not all of them were the same size where they fit into the bottle. I may have just gotten a bad lot from whoever supplies Amazon. I have said it before and I will say it many times over, you cannot get better advice or a...

Bama, you, Sir, are a genius. I measured the drops, and sure enough the K-2006 was consistently just under 2 ml for 24 drops on the FC, CH, and TA reagents. The TF-100 was pretty much dead on 1 ml at 24 drops for all reagents. I will be using ONLY the TF-100 from now on. And to anyone else...

Copy that Bama, will give it a try tonight. I will report what I come up with. As always, thanks for the help. -don

Bama, thanks for taking the time to reply. I am really not concerned with any of the differences but the FC. My PH is happy and doesn't move around that much, so i am not too worried about TA. I have an AGP with a vinyl liner so CH isn't too concerning. I am mostly concerned about falling...

I was using the 10 ml sample, as i always do. And in my estimation, it looked like the drop size was almost double.

Since finding this site in April, and listening to all your great advice in getting my pool squared away, i have had nothing but pristine water to swim in for the last 2 months. As a matter of fact, I have turned four people onto this site and the test kits after they swam in my pool...

Bama Rambler, the water has always been crystal clear, that was what really started my confusion. I vacuumed it everyday during the shock process. I will let the FC come down under 10 and run my tests. Thanks a lot for all your help. -don

OK, everyone....good news! After 40 hours of ensuring shock level and checking every hour, i passed the OCLT!! I had 21.5 ppm last night at 10:00, and still had 21.5 ppm this morning at 5:30. Also, after dropping in the 5 drops of the R-003 test for combined chlorine, the sample remained...

It sure was! I really appreciate all the help!

Unfortunately, I am stuck at work for another hour. When I get home i will use the FAS-DPD tester and post my results.

Dave, after i dumped the 3 jugs of bleach in, i used that OTO tester after an hour. Using my dilluted math from above, I got 15 ppm. I added another jug after testing. The next hour, I got 20 ppm.

jblizzle, no worries, I am a little slow sometimes! I will just use the K-2006 from here on out, since I have chlorine in the pool now.

Thanks Dave, Guess i misunderstood that one...darn! Will keep shocking and checking today. Will post my new Overnight Chlorine loss results tomorrow. Thanks again! -don

Hello all, Again I want to thank you for taking the time and offering all your help yesterday. After listening to all of you, I have completely removed my pool frog from the filter return. So, after a lot of bleach to keep the pool at shock level (20 ppm, based off the advice and the chart), i...

Thanks Dave, I was just searching for whether I should use Bleach or the powdered shock. how much time should I wait after adding the 3 jugs to accomplish a test to make sure I am at shock level? Also, I will do the OCLT and post my results. Thanks Again! -don

Wow! I am amazed at the rapid responses to my issue. I will definitely read the "pool school" chart, and shock as recommended. Hopefully, that will get me on the right track. And to 257WbyMag, thanks for the advice with the pool frog. I didn't realize that they actually added that much more...

Hello, First time poster here. Been looking at your forum for 2 weeks trying to get some advice... I have an 18' above ground pool (about 7960 gallons) and we use the pool frog to add chlorine. Since everyone on this forum recommended the K-2006 tester, i ordered one and had it delivered this...