Poll: How do you test your water?

[drprwnap]

Test strips?
Taylor test kit?
pH meter?

[East_TX_Spa]

Test Strips

Terminator

[ssbraun]

Test strips for TA, total chlorine, free chlorine, hardness;
phenol red indicator for ph...tried 3 brands of strips and still haven't found a ph indication I'm confident in (kind of "bleeds" and I'm never sure what the reading is, so I use the phenol red indicator to be sure).  Mind you, I've been having ph issues, so I'm watching it like a hawk

Steve

[NE-Phil]

Mostly I use the test strips. The ph indicator does bleed and the color never really matches up well.

I see in another thread stl-rex uses a ph meter. I'm hoping he'll chime in and let us know what exactly he uses, the cost and how well it works for him.

I also use the taylor kit every week or two but find it less convenient even though it might be more accurate. Too much thumbing through the booklet trying to figure out, "What do I do now?"

Phil

[drewstar]

Yea, I use a gas fired chromatology field pack unit, .002 micron imaging and laser array.with on board  digital print out, and full specturm analsis and self diagnosis.

Ok. Test strips. Works pretty good.  

[NE-Phil]

Yea, I use a gas fired chromatology field pack unit, .002 micron imaging and laser array.with on board  digital print out, and full specturm analsis and self diagnosis.

...and you got it on ebay, too. LOL

Phil

[svspa]

Routine - test strips
Occasionally double check with taylor kit

Steve

[drewstar]

...and you got it on ebay, too. LOL

Phil

NAMCO.  

[hymbaw]

BioGaurd 1200v test kit--a little more accurate than test strips.

[tony]

Taylor test kit.  Strips sometimes for free chlorine only.  I find test strips for everything else totally unreliable.

[water@104]

Test strips and our local Bemisters

[Haynes]

Taylor test kit.  Strips sometimes for free chlorine only.  I find test strips for everything else totally unreliable.

I agree with Tony.

[Mr._Bubbles]

Test strips

[bobhol]

TEST STRIPS AND MONTHLY DEALER CHECKS

[marks]

Taylor test kit.  The test strips seem to arbitrary matching the color.