Thanks again for the review Kurt, we're happy to see how happy with the accuracy you are! And good to know for the data nerds of your audience: we provide a public API if you want to automate things. 🏊
How does this compare to the Taylor test kit seems like a lot of work to get it to work correctly I don't know I'm new to all this but I'm definitely looking for something once I get my pool up here soon
Last summer we actually put in a salt water in ground pool, so the one in this video is now living in my parents pool, we got the salt one for our new pool. Both are holding up well, we did need to recalibrate the one at my parents house but both are reading fairly accurately. I still double check its readings from time to time with a drip test kit.
@@DoItYourselfDad excellent, thanks. After some research on the "Oxidation Reduction Potential" measure, and based off yours and another solid review, I orderd one yesterday. Hopeefully will get many years of reliable use of out it - with replacement probe/battery every couple years. Cheers! Kurt
If anything it’s better. Knowing the amount of free chlorine doesn’t give you enough info without comparing it to the the level of cyanuric acid. The disinfectant potential takes the stabilizer level into account.
@@DoItYourselfDad thanks for the reply! Question is how do I compare the ORP value to a pool store test which provides separate numbers: free & total chlorine, ph , total Alkalinity, Cyanuric Acid etc. Did you find a store that gives you ORP? Also how do I translate ORP to the various chemicals I need to add? iopool have their products, prefer to get products from local pool store.
They have probes that work in salt pools as well. After this video (last summer) we built a salt pool and have had a salt probe in there since last August.
Make it as complicated as you want to. Spend as much money as you can. No pool pro worth his salt ever even uses test strips. No pool needs to have chems baby-sat 24/7. But feel free to have the app at hand when you have zero other concerns in your life. There's a market for everything, so kudos to the people that make this stuff. But as a pool tech having spent 27 years in the industry, I can't recommend this type stuff to anyone. Get a Taylor K-2005 test kit. Takes just a few minutes every week or two. It's been that way for decades.
Thanks again for the review Kurt, we're happy to see how happy with the accuracy you are! And good to know for the data nerds of your audience: we provide a public API if you want to automate things. 🏊
As a software engineer, thank you! Having an API officially puts me over the top. I'll be ordering one today!
Quick question, do you still use this with your new salt water in ground pool (c.2023 summer)?
How does this compare to the Taylor test kit seems like a lot of work to get it to work correctly I don't know I'm new to all this but I'm definitely looking for something once I get my pool up here soon
After I got it dialed in it was much more accurate than the standard test where drops are used for Chlorine and Ph
Will this work with a hot tub that uses chlorine? I think amazon markets it for pools and hot tubs but any research I can find it is not mentioned.
nice review. How is it holding up after 1 year? Still working, accurate results, etc? thanks
Last summer we actually put in a salt water in ground pool, so the one in this video is now living in my parents pool, we got the salt one for our new pool. Both are holding up well, we did need to recalibrate the one at my parents house but both are reading fairly accurately. I still double check its readings from time to time with a drip test kit.
@@DoItYourselfDad excellent, thanks. After some research on the "Oxidation Reduction Potential" measure, and based off yours and another solid review, I orderd one yesterday. Hopeefully will get many years of reliable use of out it - with replacement probe/battery every couple years.
Cheers! Kurt
How can you compare this to a pool store test? Disinfectant potential (orp) is not a typical pool store measure.
If anything it’s better. Knowing the amount of free chlorine doesn’t give you enough info without comparing it to the the level of cyanuric acid. The disinfectant potential takes the stabilizer level into account.
@@DoItYourselfDad thanks for the reply! Question is how do I compare the ORP value to a pool store test which provides separate numbers: free & total chlorine, ph , total Alkalinity, Cyanuric Acid etc. Did you find a store that gives you ORP? Also how do I translate ORP to the various chemicals I need to add? iopool have their products, prefer to get products from local pool store.
Do they make one of these for a hot tub with Bromine
Yes, it’s the same unit, during the setup you can select bromine or chlorine, and they will also work in a hot tub.
@@DoItYourselfDad Does it work with the frog @ease chlorine floater system? I know they have their own special test strips
Curious if running lower chlorine because of having an inline UV light can be accounted for.
Not that I can tell in the app, although they do have a new version coming out, I don’t have any info on that one though.
Does the app require a subscription?
You do have to log in, but there isn't any paid subscription.
It's nice to have real time PH and chlorine level readings but that's it?
If you've got everything else balanced you really don't need to be checking everything else all that often.
Pity it doesnt measure Alkalinity...
One thing you should pass on WILL NOT WORK WITH SALT WATER POOLS,,Bummer!!!
They have probes that work in salt pools as well. After this video (last summer) we built a salt pool and have had a salt probe in there since last August.
@@DoItYourselfDad what model???
@@biglon74 I have the older model of this one: amzn.to/4e1zalm
30 minutes to wait for results, no good for someone who does pool maintenance
That’s not really the purpose, it’s to monitor things to let you know when you need to do pool maintence.
Make it as complicated as you want to. Spend as much money as you can.
No pool pro worth his salt ever even uses test strips.
No pool needs to have chems baby-sat 24/7. But feel free to have the app at hand when you have zero other concerns in your life.
There's a market for everything, so kudos to the people that make this stuff.
But as a pool tech having spent 27 years in the industry, I can't recommend this type stuff to anyone.
Get a Taylor K-2005 test kit. Takes just a few minutes every week or two.
It's been that way for decades.