TaylorService Complete Pool Water Test Kit K-2006C

We bought a house w an inground huge fiberglass pool last year and we’re new to pool ownership. I had been using test strips and hated that I really didn’t know what the pool chemistry numbers were since the strips only show a color and an approximation. Last summer I would battle w cloudy water off and on and even saw an erratic brownish- tan stain forming on the floor of my otherwise pristine white fiberglass pool. But my test strips always confirmed my pools chemistry were in the ideal color ranges. After much reading online and trying everything recommended to identify and remove the stain last year, but to no avail, I was determined to try again this pool season and hoped there wasn’t any permanent staining from it lasting a year. So I bought this test kit. Read the included booklet cover to cover. That booklet was the most informative pool chemistry info I had seen. I read countless blogs, forums, and pool sites and that little 60 pg booklet taught me more than anything else. It has the appropriate amount of detail on how to balance the chemistry and each section breaks down some specific details that are necessary for every single pool owner to understand. For example, the section on PH let me know that for a fiberglass pool I need to maintain 7.6 not a range of 7.2 - 7.8 but a strict adherence to 7.6 and that maintaining my pools PH was the first and most fundamental action I need to take. The booklet stated that outside of 7.6 the pool can get stains. Aha, I thought! Finally I was getting closer to getting the stain out. The booklet even confirmed that my stain was due to iron. I ordered Jacks blue and bought a culator for the pumps skimmer basket and the stain was gone by slowly disappearing over the course of two weeks. I was doing the passive approach since we have a heater and a more aggressive stain removal process is not recommended. All this pool season my pool has been crystal clear without the need for a bunch of chemicals or adding clarifier. It is because I test PH and chlorine 2 x a week and others as recommended by the book, like some are once a month or once every two months. I thought my pool was in balance w the test strips misguided color coding but really my pool was out of whack which was why the iron staining occurred in the first place. The test kit has reagents that help you to know just how much of a chemical you need to add to achieve balance. For instance, if you’re testing PH and it’s low it has an included reagent that you drop in the tube and count the drops needed to change color. Then use the booklet PH page chart and line up drops needed with your pool size to get an accurate dosing to bring pool back in balance. No more guessing. No trial and error. It tells you what to measure, what to adjust first, how long to wait between adjustments, etc.Buy this kit. Read the book. Buy some plastic syringes to get pool water easily and quickly and to accurately measure to the line on the tubes in the kit. I bought syringes, a 10 pack thru Amazon for like $5 at the same time I bought this kit. I washed everything before use and after use with hot water. I perform my tests at the laundry room sink counter so I can fill the tubes w syringes of pool water and wash out in between each test at the sink. It’s easy. It’s accurate. This kit says it’s for pros but really all pool owners need to be a pro at balancing pool chemistry

This is an amazing pool testing kit! I was intimidated at 1st and sat it aside but eventually sat down one day and powered through the booklet and even watched a couple of YouTube vids about how to use it. Let me just say, it's been a game changer for me! My pool stayed blue and Chrystal clear all summer long and I saved a ton of money not wasting pool chemicals. Enough to pay for the kit and then some!

Easy to use instructions

If you want to keep close track of your pool’s chemistry, this is the perfect product

This is an excellent test kit, and the most complete that I have seen. But I see many inaccurate reviews saying that this kit can't be used to test for clorine or bromine because it is missing reagents R-0001 and R-0002. That is not true. While it doesn't have R-0001 and R-0002 as the cheaper, more common DPD tests, it has a different reagents and method (FAS-DPD) to measure free and combined clorine which is much more accurate and useful. And this kit "can" also be used to measure bromine, but you need either do an extra calculation, or buy an extra reagent, R-0872.This is not a "starter" kit for beginners. This is a complete test kit for people who are well informed and serious about maintaining their pool.

I bought this kit because I thought it had everything I needed to accurately test the spa water in my new spa (I'm a new spa owner, so just learning). We use Bromine as our sanitizer, so I was extremely disappointed when I opened the Taylor K-2006C kit and started reading the instructions, only to find that the bottles of reagent needed to test Bromine levels are not included in this kit. If you're looking for the kit that includes Bromine testing, you want K-2005C.Also, Amazon's policy is that you can't return it because it's considered a hazardous material. Wish I had known that before I spent over $100 on it! My advice is to lookup the kit on Taylor Technologies' website to make sure the kit has what you're looking for, because the description for this K-2006C kit on Amazon specifically stated that it tests for Bromine when in fact it does not. $100+ lesson learned!