HTH1274 Multi-Purpose 6-Way Test Strips Swimming Pools Chemical Tester, 30 ct

Work well

I am a first time pool owner so though I understand chemistry, had no clue how to use this. The instructions are very poor (none came with the 'kit'), the web site almost worse. I called the company and a very helpful person there emailed me 2 other instruction sets that we much better and I now know how to perform all the tests. If they would load those 2 sets on their website, better yet include them with the package, I'd give this a 4 star at least (one of the tests calls for you to color the liquid until you cannot see a black dot at the bottom of the test flask - a bit imprecise but it did work).

FIrst, I am not rating the kit in that I didn't have all the items when received so I was not able to do all the testing. This review is for the not just horrible but non-existent customer service.I recently purchased an HTH 6 way test kit. Upon opening it, I found that instead of receiving 1 alkilinity indicator and 1 Alkilinity Titrant I had received 2 Titrants making it impossible to condut the Alkilinity Test.Well so this should be an easy solution correct? Yeah - no. First I am unable to return the item. So, I figured I would contact HTH and simply get a replacement .75 oz bottle of Indicator. So I go to HTH's webpage and call them via their help line.Long story short, the customer service rep says - we do not ship any product from HTH so you will have to contact the Amazon seller. So to make this even better, the seller was the HTH company store. So let's see, the item was sold by HTH so I called them and got the repsonse I posted above. And, to make it even more hilarious, the rep said if Amazon doesn't resolve the issue, contact us. I then asked her - ok so if I call you back will I get the same answer? Her reply was yes, we do not have any product here. So what are they simply a window for sales from somewhere else?This is beyond horrible customer service. A company sells a product but will not in any shape or form stand behind that product. Wrong item? Sorry, we can't help you. Call the seller (HTH store - I swear I couldn't make this up if I tried).Bottom line is I will never buy another HTH product nor will I recommend any of their products.16 Jun 22 Edit: I have to commend ShipIQ (seller or distributor? But, I don't believe they are not part of HTH) for a fast response to my complaint. They made it right by issuing a complete refund for the kit. As such, I upgraded my review to 3 stars. The product itself was still not fully usable but the customer service was great. I would also add that they stated that there were no replacement items available in the warehouse. Again, I truly believe that HTH (to include the website) is nothing more than an admin storefront for the products. They have no replacements nor individual kit items so, if you have an issue like it did, your only option is to replace the complete kit which to me is a waste of money.

We’ve had our pool for 4 years and have tried many brands of test strips. I bought my first set of these at Walmart because it was convenient then some others came with the shock and have used them all up and came here to order more. These seem to match my Taylor drip test most accurately. The Alkalinity on almost all test strips seem to be the most inaccurate (shows low when it is higher) but I adjust for what my drip test tells me. Highly recommend these strips.

Overall, this test kit works well. One improvement would be to plasicize the guide page. Working around the pool, as is intended, it gets wet and becomes unusable. Other kits have typically had that.

The price on this has been bouncing around lately. I bought it at a relatively low point around $14 bucks. It's probably still a good value up to maybe $20 bucks. Higher than that and I might look for something else, such as the kit from H*** Depot.When I first tried, it I initially thought it was harder to read than the HDX kit, but then I changed my mind and decided it was actually easier to read.I tried the chlorine, pH, and alkalinity tests so far. I haven't tried the CYA or hardness tests yet. For the CYA (I think), you only get to try it a couple of times, so I'll save it for when I think I need it. The others look like there is enough to last a whole season.I was worried that this might be a cheapo test, but it actually reminds me of the Taylor test kits, but this one was not as expensive, at least when I bought it.

A little complicated to enter the results. But once I got it figured out then it was fine

My First review. This test kit makes it easy to ready your Chlorine, PH, and alkalinity levels. I take make water to get professionally tested every two weeks. Thy always say my water is perfect. The piece of mind and saving $ of managing my pool chemicals on my own is great and easy.

The colors printed on the scale of the bottle don't actually reflect the color you get from the strip for free chlorine levels.