Just want to confirm my Reagent are good

[ramirez41]

We just opened our pool. I checked the expiration dates on all my Reagents and they all show a date of late 2025 (after pool season is done) or 2026 before expiring. I kept them in the house over the winter. They should all be good still for this year correct?

 

[mknauss]

Should be.
Best practice is to buy a complete set of refills each year when TFTestkits runs the spring sale. Typically month of march.

The R0870 powder and the R0014 pH reagent are those that go bad the quickest.

 

[proavia]

How/where do you store them when it's not winter?
Best storage for reagents is in a climate controlled space - inside the house.
Mine stay indoors and I test everything at the kitchen sink - except the CYA test, which I do outdoors after I mix the pool water and reagent.

 

[ramirez41]

Should be.
Best practice is to buy a complete set of refills each year when TFTestkits runs the spring sale. Typically month of march.

The R0870 powder and the R0014 pH reagent

How/where do you store them when it's not winter?
Best storage for reagents is in a climate controlled space - inside the house.
Mine stay indoors and I test everything at the kitchen sink - except the CYA test, which I do outdoors after I mix the pool water and reagent.

I store mine in the garage during the summer away from sunlight. Typically when the temps do not drop below 60 outside at night is when I move it out there. We are in Michigan so days typically don't go above 90 degrees and once it hits mid 80s we keep the garage closed up to keep it cooler in there since our garage is under our bedrooms and the temp in the garage effects our house temperature.

 

[proavia]

Suggest you keep your test kit reagents in an air conditioned space year round. A more constant moderate temp and controlled humiditywill aid in keeping the reagents viavle for a longer period of time.