Water testing for dummies

[leejp]

I've been doing this with a dropper for some time with my drop test kits (PS234S on order). I sit inside with the following...

sample water bottle
dropper
waste water container
shop towel
bright white background (for reading results... piece of paper does fine)

it's a better, more controlled environment with consistent lighting. At the end of each test I log it into my PC spreadsheet (I'm trying to get better control over my pool water chemistry this year).

What I find still a bit cumbersome still is rinsing the test tubes between each test and at the end. Oh... since I'm on septic (no sewers in our development), I can't dump the waste down the sink. Instead I dump it on my patio where I don't want things growing between the pavers.