How "clear" is clear? Lets compare clear water

[wrems]

I tried the quarter trick and my eyes must suck. While I can plainly see the quarter I'm not able to determine which face it's on. So I added an aluminium piece of a yard stick I had laying around At 8' it's clear as can be.

 

[pooldv]

yep, I'd call that clear! :-D

 

[chem geek]

These are from years ago, but the pool still looks this clear today. Here it is during the day (some wind so the water is slightly choppy):

https://www.troublefreepool.com/~richardfalk/pool/PoolDay.jpg

Here it is during the night:

https://www.troublefreepool.com/~richardfalk/pool/PoolNight.jpg

The deep end is 6 feet with two floor drains and I'm looking from beyond the shallow end of the pool.

 

[kimkats]

I was washing dishes one night and looked out at the pool. I scared my husband when I ran out to see where my water went. LOL It was still there but so clear and calm that I could not see it!

Kim

 

[Z7What]

This is a UNDERwater picture of my 24' round pool. Don't think you can get any clearer than that!

Wayne

 

[woodyp]

Bonus points if you can count the number of teeth on the shark face!

 

[pooldv]

That is a great pic!

 

[splashpad]

 

[Dirk]

I haven't tried the quarter trick. I don't have any drains. But I can see the pebbles in my surface at 6.5'. And every detail of the vac when it's down there. At night the water is invisible. The only downside of a TFP pool is there is no hidin' nuttin'! Every spec of a leaf. Every flake of my flagstone coping. The dark finish discoloration that is starting to appear. My infamous CYA stain. All clear as clear can get! Mixed blessings... I guess I'm a pool-half-empty kind of guy...

 

[Mickey Moose]

I can clearly see a coin on the floor of my 8' pool but my vision is not good enough to determine the side. Now I wonder if others can. I'll have to check. Regardless, I feel my water is *really* clear.

 

[JimMarshall]

I don’t want to admit to having hairy toes, but if I did, I could count the hairs on my big toe while standing in my pool in 4 feet of water.

 

[sccm_sysadmin]

Looks like air.

I'll keep sending my buddy pictures like this until he quits going to the pool store

 

[niteshift38]

This was from my cell phone through 4' of water! TFP rules pools !!!!

 

[Yev]

I still stick by the quarter method, or a dime if my eyes are feeling like they can see well that day.

Regardless, I wonder how a thread I started in 2015, and hasnt had a post for 3 years somehow managed to get back to the top of the stack.

 

[Dirk]

I still stick by the quarter method, or a dime if my eyes are feeling like they can see well that day.

Regardless, I wonder how a thread I started in 2015, and hasnt had a post for 3 years somehow managed to get back to the top of the stack.

Ha, ha, hadn't noticed that! You'll have to ask splashpad! Though it doesn't take much to get us all braggin' about our TFP water!!

 

[splashpad]

Search and Tell

 

[Derb22]

From two stories up. I think you can read the drain manufacturers number....... :gone::gone:

 

[Divin Dave]

Re: How "clear" is clear? Lets compare clear water

Like everyone else, my water is so clear, it looks like there is none.

A while back, I dived in and forgotten I had drained it.... oops! ouch! (just kidding).



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I still stick by the quarter method, or a dime if my eyes are feeling like they can see well that day.

Regardless, I wonder how a thread I started in 2015, and hasnt had a post for 3 years somehow managed to get back to the top of the stack.

This kind of awsome thread never dies man. Its too fun to bring back now and then for all the fresh TFPers to see what TFP water really looks like. And for even us that have been around an while too!

 

[riley00dog]

Love this thread! I’m getting there with my water. These photos are great motivation!