Pool & Spa News magazine readers selected our new Pool Check^®i digital test strip analyzer as one of “The Top 50 Products of 2012.” This is the second major industry honor won by the Pool Check^®i. It was awarded best new product at the 2011 International Pool and Spa Patio Expo show in Las Vegas, the largest pool and spa exhibition in the country with 9,400 attendees from all over the world. Last year our eXact Micro 10 photometer won.

Last weekend’s Orlando Pool and Spa show was a big success as we demonstrated our eXact Micro 10 photometer and new Pool Check-i Test Strip Analyzer. Trade show manager Maris Jaunakais gave an educational presentation Saturday morning on Water Balance and Healthy Pool Water. Click to download the PDF version for review.

Unfortunately there are many short comings of the FAS-DPD drop test kits:

1. The titration for 10 PPM chlorine required a lot of drops to be counted ( 50 to be exact for 10 PPM) and stirred
2. Math was required to determine the chlorine (or bromine) concentration.
3. Sensitivity was no better then 0.2 or 0.5 PPM for chlorine and for bromine it dropped to 0.5 or 1.25 PPM.
4. The drop test was especially deficient since the lowest level of Combined Chlorine you can detect was 0.2 PPM and this was the Health Department’s official regulation at which point pools should be shut down for shocking. (maybe that is why public pools in general are kept at a chlorine level of 4 PPM and higher-to keep shock issues at a minimum)
5. FAS liquid reagents often were unreliable due to short shelf life and sensitivity to summer heat and the DPD powder or liquid reagents were also problematic.
6. Additions of powder DPD are cumbersome with the small cup.
7. Visual color matching varied results with different light sources.

No more shortcomings with the quick and patented EZ-3™ procedure in the eXact^® Micro 10 for Free Chlorine and Combined Chlorine.

1. The drop counting is replaced with the 20 second back and forth dipping of the DPD strip
2. No math and the meter stores the values in memory automatically
3. Sensitivity is 0.01 for Free Chlorine and Combined Chlorine and the meter range is 11.0 PPM
4. Meets all Health Department requirements for testing
5. Reagents are precisely measured and impregnated on a test strip pad
6. Stabile reagents even when exposed to summer heat
7. Simple EZ-3™ step procedureLearn more about the preferred choice for pool professionals – The eXact Micro 10 Advanced Photometer.

THE FUTURE OF POOL TESTING IS DIGITAL!

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Current sampling methods may not be detecting all the lead in Chicago tap water.
“In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during routine screening.”  The article correctly mentioned the drinking water is safe when leaving the plant however it accumulates lead and other metals as it travels through older water service lines. Chicago has many working water service lines and pipes made of lead.

Concerned citizens can test their drinking water at home. Our eXact^® LEADQuick™ Advanced Photometer is the perfect solution for accurate, reliable field testing of lead levels in water. This easy to use and auto calibrated meter uses our patented EZ-3 technology method. Additional resources on the dangers of lead in water are below.

Click here to download the USEPA brochure “Is there Lead in my Drinking Water?”
(1.2 MB)

A recent presentation by President Ivars Jaunakais New Methodology for Lead Testing

Interview in Water Technology Magazine about lead in water. Educating Customers about Lead

Mid America Pool & Spa
Schaumburg, IL / Jan. 18-19 / Booth 517

Atlantic City Pool & Spa Show
Atlantic City, NJ / Jan. 24-26 / Booth 2121

Desert Pool Show
Phoenix, Arizona / Jan. 21 / Booth 408

Spatex
Brighton, UK / Feb. 4-6 / Stand U123

Orlando Pool & Spa Show
Orlando, FL / Feb 24-25 / Booth 727

WQA Aquatech USA
Las Vegas, NV / March 7-8 / Booth 200

PITTCON
Orlando FL / March 12-15 / Booth 1944

Western Pool & Spa Show
Long Beach, CA / March 15-17 / Booth 535

Child Care Health
Chapel Hill, NC / March 28

NSTA
Indianapolis, IN / March 29-31

Analytica
Munich, Germany / April 17-20 / Stand A1-139

Food Safety Summit
Washington, DC / April 17-19 / Stand 130

National Headstart
Nashville, TN / April 18-20

IWEX
Birmingham, UK / May 22-24 / Stand F5

Water Poland
Bydgoszcz, Poland / May 22-24

Aid & International Dev
Washington, DC / June 6-7

AWWA
Dallas, Texas / June 10-14 / Booth 3906

Achema
Frankfurt, Germany / June 18-22

IFT Food Expo
Las Vegas, NV / June 25–28

Well Drillers Jubilee
Virginia Beach, VA / July 22-23

Water Pro Conference
Nashville, TN / Sept.24-26

P.I.E
Monterrey, CA / Sept.27-29

WEFTEC
New Orleans, La. / Oct.1-3 / Booth 4500

World Waterpark
Las Vegas, NV / Oct. 3-4

Interbad
Stuttgart, Germany / Oct. 9-12

AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (Army)
Washington, DC / Oct. 22-24

PMA Summit
Anaheim, CA / Oct. 26-29

WWEM
Telford, UK / Nov 7-8

IPSPE
New Orleans, La. / Nov. 6-8

Piscine Expo
Lyon, France / Nov.13-16

NGWA
Las Vegas, NV / Dec. 12

 Wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

Marketing Manager Mike McBride accepts the award.

The International Pool and Spa Patio Expo (IPSPE) is the largest pool and spa show in the country with over 500 exhibiting companies, over 1,200 booths and 9,400 attendees from all over the world. Last week our new Pool Check®-i test strip analyzer was awarded first place for the best new product of the 2011 show. The Pool Check®-i handheld digital analyzer tests 6 important pool and spa water quality parameters with only one test strip in under a minute. It eliminates the need for color matching and is perfect for poolside and in-store testing. For a video on the PoolCheck-i, visit our YouTube or Vimeo pages.

The future of pool testing is digital!

• Fast and reliable results
• 20 second procedure
• U.S. Patented performance
• 50 test strips per bottle
• Easy color matching

Stop by our IPSPE booth #1414 this week for a free sample.