Having Trouble Cleaning a Pool..

[PoolDoc]

I also seriously doubt that the water changes much in 20 minutes.

If you collect it with NO air space in a CLEAN plastic or glass container, and keep it reasonably cool, it doesn't change quickly.

[BigDave]

Fair enough.
My point still is: Inviting the pool store over may well cost more than buying a K-2006. Based on the presumption that "free" is never really free.

[PoolDoc]

I wasn't disagreeing with anything you said, Dave. Just adding a testing comment about how to avoid changes in tested water.

Thanks,

Ben

[BigDave]

I didn't mean to be defensive, just to emphasize the importance and value of regular testing and monitoring.

Clearly you're right, laboratory practice is important. You wouldn't get good results if you sucked down a bottle of coke, dipped it in the pool half filling it with the top water, capped it, and let it sit in the bed of the truck in the hot sun (at noon?) on the way to the PS.

[PoolDoc]

You might be surprised how close to that some people come -- I've seen a little of that, but I bet Waterbear & Waste, having worked in stores, have seen that a LOT.

[CarlD]

I didn't mean to be defensive, just to emphasize the importance and value of regular testing and monitoring.

Clearly you're right, laboratory practice is important. You wouldn't get good results if you sucked down a bottle of coke, dipped it in the pool half filling it with the top water, capped it, and let it sit in the bed of the truck in the hot sun (at noon?) on the way to the PS.

Dang! I gotta stop doing that. I might even mess up my truck bed!