I thought it'd be fun to share what initially brought you to TFP and how you found it.
I'll share. i bought a house with my first pool. I previously had an above ground pool but had no idea how to properly care for it. The prior owner left an old TF100 test kit that had expired many years prior and i didn't pay much attention to it. I did what i knew....went and bought some test strips and trichlor tablets and a floater. Not just any test strips... probably the worst ones: Clorox brand. The strips told me my "hardness" was high and to add a bottle of their scale remover. So i did. I tested again and hardness was still super high so i added another bottle as recommended by their app. Little did i know, that little strip was never going to change and it would always recommend a new bottle. I quickly realized it was a complete joke and remembered the TF100 kit which had the website on the front. I bought a refill of the reagents, joined the forum, asked some questions and have had a completely trouble free pool from the beginning. I'm quite thankful the prior owner left the old TF100 kit. Otherwise, i may not have found TFP for many months, if ever and probably would still be doing the pool store dance.
I'll share. i bought a house with my first pool. I previously had an above ground pool but had no idea how to properly care for it. The prior owner left an old TF100 test kit that had expired many years prior and i didn't pay much attention to it. I did what i knew....went and bought some test strips and trichlor tablets and a floater. Not just any test strips... probably the worst ones: Clorox brand. The strips told me my "hardness" was high and to add a bottle of their scale remover. So i did. I tested again and hardness was still super high so i added another bottle as recommended by their app. Little did i know, that little strip was never going to change and it would always recommend a new bottle. I quickly realized it was a complete joke and remembered the TF100 kit which had the website on the front. I bought a refill of the reagents, joined the forum, asked some questions and have had a completely trouble free pool from the beginning. I'm quite thankful the prior owner left the old TF100 kit. Otherwise, i may not have found TFP for many months, if ever and probably would still be doing the pool store dance.