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Smart Monitors
How to Test Pool Water Without a Smart Monitor
You don't need a floating sensor to know what's in your water. Here's how test strips and liquid kits, paired with a consistent logging habit, cover the same ground.
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A Brief History of Smart Pool Monitors (and Why So Many Have Shut Down)
Automated pool sensors keep promising to test your water for you, and several have already shut down. Here's the business pattern behind those closures, and what to check before you buy one.
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The Best Pool Water Test Kits: Strips vs. Liquid
A cost-and-accuracy comparison of test strips, liquid drop kits, and digital photometers for pool owners testing water by hand, including what each method typically costs over a season and when upgrading is actually worth it.
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