I am trying to see if I can simplify my life by switching to testing strips to cover some of the tests that I do on our pool. I purchased a batch of the AquaChek 7-way test strips and I compared it today to the results I got with my Taylor FAS-DPD kit:
CL: 14 ppm Taylor vs 10 ppm AquaCheck
FreeCl: 0 ppm vs 10 ppm
pH: 7.8 vs 7.2
Alk: 80 vs 40
TH: 150 vs 500
CYA: 80 vs 30 - 50
I was hoping that at least 2 or 3 of the tests would have comparable results, but none of them really matched closely.
Another oddity was that I have never registered a FreeCL reading using my Taylor kit (which also seemed weird to me) and the test strips showed a reading of 10 ppm.
I am planning on repeating the comparison a couple more times, but I wanted to hear if anyone else has had some success using the test strips.
CL: 14 ppm Taylor vs 10 ppm AquaCheck
FreeCl: 0 ppm vs 10 ppm
pH: 7.8 vs 7.2
Alk: 80 vs 40
TH: 150 vs 500
CYA: 80 vs 30 - 50
I was hoping that at least 2 or 3 of the tests would have comparable results, but none of them really matched closely.
Another oddity was that I have never registered a FreeCL reading using my Taylor kit (which also seemed weird to me) and the test strips showed a reading of 10 ppm.
I am planning on repeating the comparison a couple more times, but I wanted to hear if anyone else has had some success using the test strips.