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Water Hardness Testing
Customers generally find the Pentair R151276 1200 Total Water Hardness Test Kit useful for testing water hardness levels, both for pools and water softeners. Some users appreciate its accuracy and ease of use, while others note that it tests total hardness rather than just calcium hardness. The kit is considered a bit pricey compared to test strip kits but provides more confidence in the results.
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Quality
Easy to use and seems to be calibrated well.
Easy to use, accurate enough for most applications.
Based on this i selected the lowest unit capability of water softener, set it to 35 grains per gallon and voila!
All sorts of problems with the water softener, from the drop pipe coming out of the inlet valve bypassing hard water directly a... Read More
Price
Ppm units sell for about $13 on amazon and has an instant reading.
Probably at least $10,000 in repair costs.
Shipping
Should ship in a box not envelope.
Packaging/appearance
The reason for the 4 stars is the blue liquid was about 1/4 gone because it was not sealed correctly and leaked all over the in... Read More
Competitiveness
Pentair (marketed as a rainbow lifegard product) calls this a test kit for pools but as far as i am concerned it works well for... Read More
I felt the price of this kit is a little high compared to "test strip" kits, but i feel more confident in the results compared ... Read More
The instructions indicate that the test finds water hardness in 50 ppm increments--not particularly precise, but better than wh... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
blue, accurate, great and soft. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 166 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 21 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well over a decade ago i purchased two of these kits because i was having problems with a water softener
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All sorts of problems with the water softener from the drop pipe coming out of the inlet valve bypassing hard water directly around the water softener but carrying resin into the house water supply to small orifices in the regeneration system plugging to outright failure of the of the regeneration valve
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I cant imagine the amount of money id be out right now if i had called a repair man every time the water softener had gone hard
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Probably at least 10000 in repair costs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Two water softeners later i have a waterboss softener that went untouched except for the addition of salt from 2007 through mid 2013 before having a problem but this is another review that i have on amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It worked well although if used as purchased will only tell you if you have below 50ppm or 50ppm increments
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since i got the waterboss i seldom have hardness so the only solution that i normally use is the indicator solution
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