I had the first opportunity to "use" test strips. My neighbor is having a problem with their pool and showed me the results.
I felt useless - I really like my Taylor kit. Without having my numbers, I really didn't feel effective. I like having a PH of --- but they show very low, low, OK, high ... on all the parameters.
I know lots of you use test strips but I will say that I am more than happy with the "complexity" of using the Taylor.