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Tetra EasyStrips 5-in-1 Test Strips, 25 strips |  | Brand: Tetra
Category: Pet Products
Buy New: $51.99
as of 9/9/2010 07:59 EDT details
Seller: Action Packaged, Inc.
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 145182
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 1.5 x 2 x 6
MPN: 77220
Model: 77220
UPC: 046798772200
EAN: 0046798772200
ASIN: B000HE25YI
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | Results for Nitrate, Nitrite, General Hardness (GH), Alkalinity (KH) and pH | | • | More accurate hardness measurement; 3 pads vs. 1 pad in other test strips | | • | Reactions stop at 60 seconds; other brands keep developing which can cause higher readings |
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Product Description
Perform 60 second checks on aquariums and ponds. Easy testing - just dip and read. Each contains 25 test strips.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 6
 An Efficient Status-Check for Your Aquarium July 9, 2008
S. Tate (Houston, TX USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
EasyStrips are a quick way to assess the status of your tank. The color pads indicate the level of your nitrites, nitrates, pH, alkalinity, and water hardness. While master kits will provide you with more definitive information (a numeric value for each level), the approximate value that these strips provide let you know what you need - that is, whether your aquarium is safe, and if not, what the problem is. I have compared the results of these strips to master kits. In my experience, they are reliable. There is not the bother of bottles and test tubes, and you will have results in less than a minute!
Perfect tests! April 28, 2009
Tarey A. Read (Lucas Valley, CA)
I've been using these for several years. They are so quick and easy to use that I test my Koi water more often than I used to. I really appreciate the total hardness test.
 Simple to use October 20, 2008
M. Lind (colorado)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
These strips are very simple to use and I believe pretty accurate. Was very happy to have these after a heavy rain storm that caused my PH to crash in my Koi pond. It was good to know quickly and make a partial water change fast. So much faster and easier than the test tubes.
Product is great, but Amazon shipped me expired product March 4, 2010
Jebra
Update: Double thumbs up for Amazon customer service. They responded in a matter of hours with a full refund and marked the item as "under review".
I have used these strips in the past and ordered from Amazon because it was much cheaper than the pet store. The canister I received today had an expiration date of March 2010. I am sure the functionality won't be severely impacted, but in aquariums small deviations sometimes cause lots of problems. You might want to inquire about the date before ordering!
I emailed customer service and will update this review at a later time.
 Good idea, but not great execution February 5, 2010
David L. Holcombe (Seattle, WA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used multiple tubes of these strips but I've reached the conclusion that they don't work well enough to keep buying them.
On the up side, the strips are simple to use, and having the color chart on the tube itself means you don't have to keep track of a separate chart.
On the down side, though, are:
1) There are no instructions on the tube itself. If you didn't keep the instruction sheet that came in the box (and how many of us really do?) you may find yourself later wondering how long to dip, and how long until you should read the results.
2) The indicator pads on the strip are too close together and the indicator dye bleeds from one to another. This happens so quickly and often that I've found I'm always going through multiple strips to try to get a clear reading, particularly on pH.
3) This isn't a big deal, but it is an annoyance... I've honestly found that it takes me a lot less time to get an accurate reading with a liquid test kit than to wait 60 seconds for the Tetra strips to be ready for reading. I can rinse, fill, drop, cover, invert, read, empty, and re-rinse in about half as much time with my liquid kit.
When these objections are combined with the fairly high price of these strips, I no longer consider them a good choice.
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