Poolmaster 22260 5-Way Swimming Pool or Spa Water Chemistry Test Kit with Case, Essential Collection

The Poolmaster 22260 5-Way Test Kit is a must-have for any pool or spa owner who wants to keep their water balanced without the guesswork. It provides quick and accurate readings for chlorine, bromine, pH, acid demand, and total alkalinity, making routine maintenance a breeze.🔥 Why This Kit is a Winner:✅ Easy to Use – The color-coded vials and instructions make testing straightforward, even for beginners.✅ Accurate Readings – Provides reliable results that help prevent chemical imbalances before they become a problem.✅ Saves Money on Chemicals – Helps fine-tune chlorine and pH levels, reducing unnecessary chemical use.✅ Reusable & Cost-Effective – Unlike test strips that run out fast, this kit lasts a long time with refills available.✅ Great for Pools & Spas – Works just as well for chlorine or bromine systems.This test kit has been a game-changer for keeping my pool crystal clear and balanced. If you want an affordable, reliable, and easy way to test your water, this is the one to get. Highly recommend!

Great test kit. It has the same chemicals that any other complete kit would have. I think the packaging makes a huge difference. The test kit and chemicals each have nice compartments in the plastic case, and there are simple instructions on small laminated cards. I've had my pool for over 30 years, and this is definitely the best test kit I've had. I'm pretty sure it's no better than the one they use at the local pool store. Definitely a good selection.

Okay, I've had this kit for about 7 months now, including through a summer season. Last spring I decided to fire the pool guy and start maintaining my inground pool myself. So ordered this kit (and various other needed pool maintenance accessories) from Amazon. Soon thereafter I discovered the "Trouble Free Pool" (TFP) method of pool care & maintenance. Anyone doing their own pool cleaning/maintenance should check out TFP. Anyways, back to the Poolmaster 5-way kit......GREAT!! Easy to follow instructions. More than enough chemicals to last a busy pool season. Accurate.....how do I know this you ask? Well when I started following TFP I ended up also purchasing a highly recommended, more complete pool testing kit (TF-100). It includes several additional chem tests, including a more accurate test for chlorine (including levels above 5 ppm---the max on the Poolmaster kit). I checked my Poolmaster results against the TF-100 results and they were always virtually identical. Plus I took them to a local Leslie's Pool Supply to have them checked a few times and again........Poolmaster results matched the pool shops.I believe the 3 most important chemicals to monitor for your average pool owner are: (1) chlorine, (2) pH, and (3) Total Alkalinity. Keep those three in their proper ranges and you will likely have a safe and chemically stable pool. Now other pool owners are going to scream about other chem's you should be monitoring, such as calcium and cyanuric acid (CYA). Those should also be checked occasionally (in my opinion). But most pool supply stores will check your chemicals free of charge. So you can have those chems checked by them occasionally. Average pool owners should focus on regularly checking (and adjusting as needed) chlorine, pH and TA. This Poolmaster kit does well in all of those. Plus, it has an acid demand test for determining how much pool acid (MA) to add if your pH is low. All you need to know is approximately how many gallons your pool is.For less than $20 you can't go wrong with this Poolmaster kit. The amount of chemicals should last a full season, unless you are checking constantly. Some chems you use more and will likely run out of before others. I suppose you can re-order those, or just order a new kit every year. Plus that ensures your chem's are "fresh". They do have a shelf-life you know.......

This is a great basic test kit. The tests for ph, alkalinity, etc are relatively easy and completely effective. The quick instruction card is clear and concise (although it would be nice if they put all target values on the card--some are only in the larger booklet which is a pain if you forget). It would be nice if there was a white background behind the vials and color standards, but it's not hard to hold up a piece of paper. I also wish the instruction card was laminated. That's not a big deal, though. The only major problem is the lack of a FAS-DPD chlorine test (never included in basic tests like this). If you keep free chlorine no higher than 3ppm, you can get by the the OTO test that this kit includes, however, there is no accurate way to measure higher chlorine levels. Even with a target level of 2-3ppm, you will need to raise the FC level much higher and keep it higher to effectively shock the pool (sure, you can just dump a bunch of chlorine in and wait until it comes back down, but if you have a serious problem with algea, you will need to raise the chlorine and the maintain it at shock level until it stops dropping overnight, and to do this, you need to be able to read the free chlorine at shock levels). Even when your not shocking, if your stabilizer gets high (and it will if you use tablets) you will need to maintain higher free chlorine levels than this test can read. This kit doesn't claim to include the FAS-DPD test, so I can't take off too many stars, but if you are serious about maintaining your pool, that test is absolutely critical. This kit plus a stand-alone FAS-DPD test and a CYA (stabilizer) test kit should be sufficient for most people. You may want a hardness test kit, too, particularly with plaster pools (not as important with vinyl liners).No matter what kit you choose, as long as you learn how to use it correctly, it's a much better option than taking water to the pool store for testing. Sure, that's free, but it's rarely accurate. I figured that since they test water all day long they should be pretty good at it, but I was amazed at the inaccuracy when I asked them to test two identical samples (I said they were from different pools, but they were taken from the same pool at the same time/place). One sample they said the hardness was too low (100) and the other was too high (400). On one, the pH was 7.4 and the other was 7.8. They said free chlorine was 4ppm for both samples, when in fact, it was around 25ppm (very misleading, but not completely their fault--they use an OTO test like this kit has, not the FAS-DPD test, so they had no way to know what the chlorine really was).