How It Works

Testing Guide

Learn how to use PCM pool and spa test strips in three simple steps: just dip, wait, and compare to read your water chemistry accurately in minutes.

Simple 3-Step Process

How to Use PCM Test Strips

Click any product below to read its specific step-by-step testing instructions right here. Just dip, wait, and compare to get accurate pool and spa water results in minutes.

Dip

Submerge all testing pads in pool or spa water for 2 seconds.

Wait

Remove the strip and hold it horizontally for 15 seconds. Do not shake.

Read

Compare against the color chart and read immediately for accurate results.

Dip

Submerge all testing pads in pool or spa water for 2 seconds.

Wait

Remove the strip and hold it horizontally for 15 seconds. Do not shake.

Read

Compare against the color chart and read immediately for accurate results.

Prepare Container

Fill the container with Pool & Spa water at a depth of 1cm.

Wait

Dip the strip into water for 4 minutes.

Read

Remove it, compare the color chart and read the result.

Prepare Sample

Fill the test tube to the line with water sample.

Mix & Wait

Dip the strip in water and cap the tube tightly. Shake the tube vigorously for 10s and let it stand for 90s. After then open the tube and take out the test strip.

Read

Place the tube in the white circle, and compare the color from top to bottom.

Prepare Tube

Take the transparent colorimetric tube. Add the water sample until it reaches the graduation line on the tube.

Dip

Take a strip from the bottle and close the cap. Immerse the test pad of the strip into the bottom of the tube, dip it up and down 10 times, and then take the strip out.

Read

Observe the color by putting the tube bottom in the blank circle on the color chart and looking down thru the tube (as the picture shows), and then compare the result with the color chart (compare the color immediately).

Dip

Immerse all the testing parts of the test strip into water for 2 seconds and take it out.

Wait

Do Not shake excess water off, hold the strip horizontally for 15 seconds.

Read

Compare against the color chart and read immediately for accurate results.

Dip

Immerse all the testing parts of the test strip into water for 2 seconds and take it out.

Wait

Do Not shake excess water off, hold the strip horizontally for 15 seconds.

Read

Compare against the color chart and read immediately for accurate results.

Dip

Submerge all testing pads in pool or spa water for 2 seconds, then remove.

Wait

Hold the strip horizontally and wait 15 seconds (peroxide reads in 5 seconds). Do not shake off excess water.

Read

Compare each pad against the color chart and read immediately for accurate results.

Important tips:

Handle with dry fingers

Read in natural light

Store in a cool, dry place

Close lid tightly after each use