I received the TF 100 last week and just used it for the first time. I still have my Taylor K2006 from last year but was out of the reagents to do the CH test, which was the first thing I used in the new TF 100 kit.
The first thing I noticed was the drops came out super fast and super small! I dumped that water and started over trying to be as careful as possible. My results were over 500! I had my water checked at my local pool store last Saturday and their number was 190. I also used one of the strip tests and that was in the normal range.
I performed the CH test 2 more times, the second was 450, and the third was 350. Crazy. And I never felt like I had total control over the drops. They would start to come out without me squeezing at all.
Next, I tested the TA. I've been raising this slowly from 60 to get to 100-120. The Taylor results were pretty much the same as the pool store, tonight the Taylor result was 90 but the TF 100 came out much higher at about 150!
I didn't do any more testing tonight because it's starting to get dark and I prefer to do it during the day. The other thing I noticed was that the lid on the water sample tube doesn't fit snug enough, so water leaks out when I shake it after every drop. Not enough to change any results I don't think, but enough to be a little messy and annoying.
I love this forum and really appreciate everything I've learned here so I hope I haven't insulted anyone! I am pretty disappointed with this test kit though. Any thoughts as to the drastic differences in test results?
tlbb
The first thing I noticed was the drops came out super fast and super small! I dumped that water and started over trying to be as careful as possible. My results were over 500! I had my water checked at my local pool store last Saturday and their number was 190. I also used one of the strip tests and that was in the normal range.
I performed the CH test 2 more times, the second was 450, and the third was 350. Crazy. And I never felt like I had total control over the drops. They would start to come out without me squeezing at all.
Next, I tested the TA. I've been raising this slowly from 60 to get to 100-120. The Taylor results were pretty much the same as the pool store, tonight the Taylor result was 90 but the TF 100 came out much higher at about 150!
I didn't do any more testing tonight because it's starting to get dark and I prefer to do it during the day. The other thing I noticed was that the lid on the water sample tube doesn't fit snug enough, so water leaks out when I shake it after every drop. Not enough to change any results I don't think, but enough to be a little messy and annoying.
I love this forum and really appreciate everything I've learned here so I hope I haven't insulted anyone! I am pretty disappointed with this test kit though. Any thoughts as to the drastic differences in test results?
tlbb