Taylor Xpress Flex testing system any experience? Accuracy?

[Bob2010]

I was at one of the local pool stores today and usually they were using the drop method previously seemed like Taylor kits. Today they had this new setup Xpress Flex

Xpress Flex by Taylor Technologies. There was some info I read there when I found it.

Anyway I wanted to see how it would do so I brought a sample in after testing the same sample at home with my TFT pro set. It registered pretty much identical readings. I was curious if anyone had any experience with this test set up. It seems there is minimal user involvement which would hopefully reduce the chance of error but I wasn't sure on the long term accuracy.

I have a lot of trouble with consistency and even reading the CYA test and ph shades so was thinking I may take the water in here and make use of there system as a backup or double check if it checks out. Thanks!

 

[mknauss]

Strip tester.
Use data at your own risk.

 

[Donldson]

Test strips, nothing more need be said.

It's being used to provide free testing, which means they are using extremely cheaply made strips. Cheap means low QC, no matter who made it. As always, free testing isn't worth the price you pay.

 

[taylortechnologies]

I am a bigger fan of drop tests for water testing, but there is a lot we built into the Xpress Flex lab and the test strips. One of the biggest items you will appreciate is that the lab/program requires you enter the "lot code" of the test strips. This serves 2 main purposes: 1) You cannot use expired test strips to test water, and 2) the color readings are calibrated for that batch of strips. There are some slight variations on test strips from batch to batch. The system adjusts for those variations. This test system was created to help retailers with the speed and ease of testing. It also is a very economical alternative to the spindisks.

Here is my best advice for using test strips: Do not dip test strips directly into the body of water. The top layer of water is not necessarily representative of the whole body of water, plus, there could be suntan lotions and perfumes and other stuff floating on the surface which could blind the pads and affect their color development. If you do use a test strip, go elbow deep with a water bottle and collect that sample the same way you would for a proper liquid test kit test.

I hope all of this helps!

Chris Golden

 

[HermanTX]

I am a bigger fan of drop tests for water testing, but there is a lot we built into the Xpress Flex lab and the test strips. One of the biggest items you will appreciate is that the lab/program requires you enter the "lot code" of the test strips. This serves 2 main purposes: 1) You cannot use expired test strips to test water, and 2) the color readings are calibrated for that batch of strips. There are some slight variations on test strips from batch to batch. The system adjusts for those variations. This test system was created to help retailers with the speed and ease of testing. It also is a very economical alternative to the spindisks.

Here is my best advice for using test strips: Do not dip test strips directly into the body of water. The top layer of water is not necessarily representative of the whole body of water, plus, there could be suntan lotions and perfumes and other stuff floating on the surface which could blind the pads and affect their color development. If you do use a test strip, go elbow deep with a water bottle and collect that sample the same way you would for a proper liquid test kit test.

I hope all of this helps!

Chris Golden

Appreciate the feedback and the technical details behind this new technology.
I have seen it on the website and was interested in how it worked. Thanks.