How deep do the strips have to be submerged in water for the test?
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in a small paper cup (or similar) used for drinking water, you need no more than a 1/2 inch of water.
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Hello, You test the water in a cup with about an inch of water in it. Thanks, Mark
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Have only used the ph strips to test saliva / urine as per box instructions. Don't know how u would test vaginal ph balance
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The strips are placed in a TRU TEST meter--about $10. A tiny drop of blood is taken by the part of the strip outside the meter and the side with bars goes into the meter. You will need lancets--33 gauge recommended. The lancet is pushed into the FINGERTIP, not the main part of the finger. It is recommended you purchase a spring loaded device to snap the lancet into the skin--less pain and less squeamishness from the user--it is not easy to stab oneself!
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This will not work underwater and you need to be within about 3 inches to detect metal, I suggest a gaff hook and long rope.
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The kit contains ONE strip per test. So if you want to test 12 water sources you could pool them. A better plan might be to buy two kits and test a pool of 6 water sources for each. That way if one set is positive, you only need to buy 6 more, for a total of 8 kits, rather than 12.
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I used spa frog test strips b/c I ordered them at the same time but you can use any test strips so your good with the ones you have.
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I'm sorry I don't know the answer to this, they are smaller than accu chek strips
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I don't think so. Whenever I purchase the Easy Strips online or in a store, the cap isn't sealed. The big thing is keeping the cap on securely so that the integrity of the test strips remain intact for a most accurate reading.
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I found the salt strips to be a bit tricky (compared to chlorine etc chemical strips). They take a long time to read, so I was just laying the strip in the water sample. You need to stand the strip up in the container so the bottom is in the water and let it sit. The strip was reading far lower than it should have when laying in the water vs standing up in the water. Perhaps you are having the same issue and it really is higher than 2000ppm. I started out with too much salt because of this as well.
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Your best bet would be to contact the reagent supplier and try to acquire the MSDS for each chemical. If they are the same, they will work. This is a great test kit. It takes me about 5 minutes to run a detailed water test, eliminates the guess work that comes with using strips.
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Did you ever do this test? I am very interested to know if the residue comes from the water or your feet. I have a water distiller and I can get a residue left from our tap water (without putting my feet in it).
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No strips needed. It uses a built-in sensor which measures K-levels form your saliva.Only thing you might need is the calibrating solution in case it gets over.
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NO! and you will need a little more blood in the sample than you do with meters like the FreeStyle.You will however be able to see the blood travel up the space in the strip, and the test is not too difficult and most times it seems to be as accurate as the ones I do with the FreeStyle.Over all, it is a good bargain as the strips coat about 20 cents each as apposed to the FS strips which cost over $1.50. I have repurchased these test strips now several times, and will probably continue to do so. Hope this helps.
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Im the last person to answer this one. Both boxes i purchased tested on distilled water, tap water and my spit the same reading. i never could get the strips to change from the same reading. I do know under normal testing (other strips i did notice a change when water was tested).
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The strip will tell you if your Low or OK or High. Then you add which chemical by the size of your pool.Color coded strips to compare to the plastic bottle on the back of it. Very easy to use.
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can't exactly say but they must be, at least up to where the cable joins the probe. meat is wet after all!
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Probably not. The levels of chlorine in drinking water should be well below the detection range of the strips. If you can get a reading with these strips for anything other than pH with drinking water, then you have very hard, over chlorinated, questionably safe drinking water...