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

[salinda]

Don,

Where did you get it? LaMotte told me to order from a local pool supply store (they all carry Taylor though) or from AskAlanAQuestion.com.

[MikeInMo]

Alright...does ANYONE have any additional comments on this tester???

Getting ready to pull the trigger and want to make sure no buyer remorse hits in.

Thanks!

[MikeInMo]

Well I couldn't wait so it's GEEK AWAY and I ordered the tester. I live about 45 minutes from the closest pool store so hopefully this make those trips for testing unnecessary, plus no hard sell for chemicals. Still have a fair number of drop tests left so I can't wait to compare.

[salinda]

I didn't get a good feeling from the AskAlanAQuestion website, so I found out I could order one directly from LaMotte. I went to their website and called the number off of the contact us link. They are backordered a little because they have been very popular.

[MikeInMo]

Last night the ask alan website was showing a 2-3 week back order notice but when I looked at it today the notice was removed. I'll give it 4 or 5 business days and if haven't received it I'll escalate.

[Poolsean]

I used mine afew times this week. Works pretty good and easy to use. Takes away the human error factor, as long as you can count drops. The meter measures then shows you the test result.
Very nice but a little bulky to carry in my suitcase when I travel.
I was just in Phoenix (110 degrees!!!! WOW!) and the tester worked just fine. It didn't melt in my hands...

[Ront]

I didn't get a good feeling from the AskAlanAQuestion website, so I found out I could order one directly from LaMotte. I went to their website and called the number off of the contact us link. They are backordered a little because they have been very popular.

See my previous reply, askalanaquestion.com has excellent service.

[salinda]

Great! It is nice to know there is more than one source.

Unfortunately, I am not able to use my ColorQ (see above). If you have high CH, think twice about using this system. Mine is in the 500-600 range, which people on this forum consider to be more than manageable. This is only a bit over the range of the CH test in the ColorQ, but it is "buffering" my results per LaMotte. I am pursuing a refund right now.