LaMotte ColorQ Water Tester

[donaldm823]

Please add me to the list as well anxiously waiting to hear on how well these work.

I was too late to get Ben's kit last year and was planning on getting a good drop kit, (probably the kit offered at troublefree.com), but with the number of tests included in the colorq with somewhat reasonable refill prices...
But who am I kidding, it's the GEEK factor that has me looking at this.

All I currently have is the Walmart 6-way and am quickly running out of my CYA test so I need to replace the kit soon.

Last question....Where can you buy the Colorq? I've only seen 1 place and he's posted that he's backordered for 2-3 weeks...any other ideas where it can be purchased?

Thanks,
Mike

Checkout lamotte.com web site (the manufacturer). The ColorQ is listed in the pool testing section under new products.

As for the GEEK factor-I too suffer. I have been very happy with the tester. It comes with 140 individual tests (except CYA which was 50 pills that you crush), which should last you the pool season. I bought a kit refill for $45 since I knew I would be testing 2x per day for a while until I get some history on using chlorox daily adds (just shifted this year). The tester uses liquid reagents (5 drops)(CYA uses a pill you crush) in a 5ml test tube that you insert into the tester, so the cleanup is very quick. The tester reads out in two decimal places-although I doubt if it really is that accurate. Also chlorine goes up to 10ppm. Comes in a nice travel kit. Actual electronic tester is about the size of your hand and uses a regular 9v battery