Testing Disaster!!

[YippeeSkippy]

Got my TF-100 test kit refreshed with new reagents. Got myself a spankin' new pool thermometer. Cleaned out the TF-100 box with rubbing alcohol and got it spiffy looking again....so what could go wrong when I went to perform my first official test of the season!??

The blasted battery in the Speed Stirrer has DIED! dead. dead. dead.
I tried swirling it by hand...and my hand swirling and reagent dropping is next to incompetent. I've lost all rhythm and coordination... if it wasn't so sad it would have been funny.

Needless to say I'm at a loss until I get a new battery for the Speed Stirrer. Who knew I'd become so dependent on this little thing!!?!?
<sigh>

Clutzy Maddie <--ought to be a limp flower really.

 

[kimkats]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh the horror!!! LOL I hear ya though. How in the world did I ever do the test with out my magic stirrer???

 

[Texas Splash]

The blasted battery in the Speed Stirrer has DIED! dead. dead. dead.

We need DC power - STAT!

 

[jasonwbaggett]

Oh the humanity!

On a scale of 1 - 10, how much better is testing with the speed stirrer? I think about it every day while I’m manually swirling these samples. I’m assuming it also helps with test accuracy? Can you also make mixed drinks with it?

 

[Jimrahbe]

Jason,

Your scale is not large enough to even understand the issue.. On a scale of 1 to 1,000 having a speed stir is 999 or higher.

Jim R.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

yes, really small drinks. Worth every penny though!

Maddie

 

[JamesW]

Note that people in Australia should get the speedstir that goes counterclockwise.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Note that people in Australia should get the speedstir that goes counterclockwise.

That was pretty funny.

 

[Teald024]

Nope, not for me..... I'd drop that stinkin' pill down the drain every time! I'll stick with my head pat - tummy rub coordination for now.

 

[Arizonarob]

Maddie, how come you don’t have batteries on standby? I buy those huge packs at Costco so I never run into the predicament that you’re in.
Oh well, off to play with mine. Weeeeeeeeeee

 

[Brad_C]

Note that people in Australia should get the speedstir that goes counterclockwise.

My homebrew unit does.

I do remember my first trip to the US back in 1988, repeatedly filling and draining the sink in the hotel room at the wonder of the water going the other way.

 

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

The speedstir and sample sizer are two must haves for me. I love them both. They make testing a breeze.

 

[bmoreswim]

I just go to Leslie's if my SpeedStir has a dead battery. Then I don't have to suffer the indignity you exposed yourself to.