Step One: Test Your Pool Water, and Here’s Why
One of the most important thing you can do at the start of any pool season: TEST the WATER before you add chemicals!
Why? Because one of several things could happen if you don’t:
1. You may waste chemicals by adding them to water not properly balanced and the chemicals will not work properly.
2. You might not add enough of what you need and your water will take a lot longer to clear up and/or get properly balanced.
3. You may add too much of something and need to add MORE chemicals and/or drain water to counteract what you added by accident.
The best way to get an accurate reading of your pool water’s chemistry involves taking a trip to your local pool store where you pick up your pool chemicals and having trained staff test your water. Short of making that trip, you have a few pool water testing options: Liquid Test Kits, Test Strips (Pool Check, Aquachek) and Meters.
Liquid Test Kits
Pool Testing Meters
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Pool Test Strips
| * Pool Check 6 Way & AquaChek 7 Way Test Strips both test for the same seven parameters, with the seventh parameter being bromine. |
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