The strips are usually close enough to give you a ballpark number. Just be sure to follow the instructions carefully when testing with them.
Beth's conversion!
- Thread starter bethdorothy
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 24,403
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I personally always recommend the K-1766 salt test kit. It is the most accurate method of measuring salt levels and does not suffer any interferences. Strips are ok too but they can be hard to interpret and can easily go bad. They are also only good to +/-400ppm which is pretty lousy.
Up to you. I tried the strips initially and then switched to the drop based kit. I prefer the kit A LOT better!