Poolstore water testing numbers

[peekaboo]

Today @ 1pm and lastnight @ 11pm I tested my water with my brand spanking new K2006 test kit.All my number were dead on:

CYA=35ppm
FC=3.5
CC=.5
PH=7.4
TA=100
didnt test calcium because I didnt add any to my vinyl pool;

anyway,I used an Aquatech test strip and it read I had zero cya,1ppm of FC,ph of about 6.8.TA of about 60.So I took my water sample and made the ten minute trck to Budget pools and Namco pools(they are 2 blocks apart)Here are the results:
NAMCO
CYA=100ppm
FC=0
CC=1.5
ph=8.3
TA=65
okay now to
BUDGET POOLS
CYA=40
FC=2.0
CC=0
PH6.8
TA==120

all these discrepencies in a 30 minute span?I got to the first store @ 115pm and had both samples back AND back home @145pm.SO I re tested using my k2006 and got the exact same numbers I did before!Needless to say they both had a list of chemicals they tried to sell me but I just said "no thanks I was in yesterday and bought all these",they looked sad.What was funny was at Budget pools some 16 year old new kid was learning how to test water and input the info in the computer (learning from an 18 year old kid)and he had at least ten questions to ask his trainer (who actually left him alone for 5 minutes).I thought thid "free computer analysis was actually made in a computer not just tested by a kid and input in the computer.Anyway I just thought the whole thing was funny.




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