Jul 022013
Pro-Lab WQ105 Water Quality Do It Yourself Test Kit
- Safe and easy to use
- Reliable results instantly
- Laboratory tested for accuracy
- Free lead in water test kit
- Allowing for up to 18 instant water tests
This water quality test kit is the most accurate instant water test available to the consumer. The non-toxic laboratory grade test strips, when moistened with water, provides effective and reliable results. Safe and easy to use. Test your water for pH (acidity), total alkalinity, total chloride, total hardness, hydrogen sulfide, iron, copper, nitrates, nitrites, iron bacteria. Includes 2 test strips of each test.
List Price: $ 12.99
Price: $ 4.72
I thinkit is a rip off,
The only kit I saw that claimed to test for Hydrogen Sulfide and Iron Bacteria. GREAT! However kit has no test strips for these tests. I called the 800 number for Pro-Lab and was told that of course I could test for this, just smell my water and look in my tank. The reason for ordering the test kit was to quantify and confirm what my nose and eyes told me. That is like selling me a test to check for warm water and telling me the test is to put my hand under the water. They see nothing wrong with selling you a test kit, and the test is to smell your water. Is it just me????
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|Not exactly what I expected.,
This test advertised in its description that it included:
pH, total alkalinity, total chlorine, total hardness, iron, copper, nitrates, and nitrites. Includes 2 of each test, and bonus tests for hydrogen sulfide and iron bacteria. With the exception of the hydrogen sulfide and iron bacteria, many kits offered this same list of tests. The reason I bought this specific kit was that it did advertise the hydrogen sulfide and iron bacteris “bonus tests”, and I needed to know levels of those specifically in determining the type of filters and/or oxidation system to purchase. Well, much to my disappointment, the two “bonus tests” were simply instructions to smell your water, and look in your toilet tank. This didn’t help me quantify the levels of contaminants, and I now need to go spend more money on tests to determine those levels.
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|Look elswhere if you need to test your water.,
I was extremely dissapointed with this purchase, and wish I would have read the reviews on here before buying.
1) The instructions were printed in black and white. This is not good when you need to compare the color on the test strips to the colors on the charts in the instructions. If you go to the pro-lab website, you can download the instructions in color, but it’s hard to compare the strips to colors on a computer monitor.
2) The only reason I bought this kit was to see how much iron was in my water to determine what filtration system I need to buy. Well, according to this test, I have no iron at all. I know there is iron in my water; I can smell it, I can taste it, I can see it turning my filters and toilet orange, but according to this test…none.
3) This test said my PH was 2.0. Really? 2.0? Pretty sure I would be dead by now if this were true. I checked this using a test kit I had for my aquarium and it came out 6.5.
4) There is no test for iron bacteria or hydrogen sulfide in the package. The instructions just tell you to smell your water. To give them a little credit here, I think the best way to test for hydrogen sulfide is to smell your water, but claiming there is a test in the package is very misleading.
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