Solaxx MET01A SafeDip Digital Test Meter for pH, Chlorine, Salt and Temperature Blue

Im writing this review because I believe this product has a lot of biased reviews which might set people like me that were weary of buying. First of all it works great is accurate for pH and chlorine with little to or no error. You just need to make sure that you fallow the instruction as requested. IE: soak the probe in 8oz of water for 24hrs before use, calibrate the probe with the solution provides as instructed, and wash the probe before and after use. We have test strips and a water chemistry kit and used to compare results and more often the reader was equally if not more accurate then both. I believe that this product has had negative reviews due to misuse. We have tested our water, aquarium, and spa without a problem. Only thing is have some test strips on had to ensure accuracy if calibration starts falling off just to be sure. I know this sounds counter productive so what we did was keep the priming solution premixed in a sealable jar as we just recalibrate once every other week of consistent use and everything is fine. Its not a cheap tester but in the long run will save you quite a bit. Hope this helps

I have bought two of these. The first one was an open box from Amazon that did not work. Returned for a refund. The second one was new in the box. It sat for two weeks while I had a new salt system installed on my pool. I opened it up and followed the directions. I used it maybe 8 times. The display went out. I contacted the seller and was told no refund. The meter has a 1 year warranty and I returned it for repair/replacement as directed by the manufacturer. They contacted me and said the damage was not covered. I contacted them and asked them to reconsider. Once again they said the display was not repairable but they would sell me another one at their cost of $144. I passed on that deal. I strongly recommend that you avoid this product at all cost as it is too expensive for what it does and you have to buy buffer tablets to calibrate it every two months. That wasn’t mentioned in the description of the meter. Used 8 times so it cost me about $20 per test. No support from the manufacturer whatsoever.

Doesn't have the exact chlorine reading, just low, OK and high.

nice product, but it is kind of useless when I need some special requirement.

The SafeDip worked as advertised. I ran a test of my pool water and wrote down my values. Inputted the values in the online calculator and right away I knew if I had to add chemical(s) to the pool water. I then took a water sample to my local pool store and had them test the water for me. As it turns out, my SafeDip numbers matched exactly to the expensive store tester. One drawback as when entering the values in the online calculator, the display has a tendency of powering off requiring me to power back on.

Hesitated because so many bad reviews but suspected folks were unhappy who expected it to be like a test strip. It’s not. It’s got to be calibrated and kept moist. Lots of blogs online for laboratory technicians make clear what it takes to get good readings from these electronic sensors. I’m finding my readings are consistently better than the pool store and the pool guy I pay to do this stuff. Not cheap and also requires you to pay attention to the directions and routinely calibrate. But if you are willing to pay and do your part, it’s an excellent piece of equipment.

After carefully calibrating upon receiving, my first reading showed Low Cl. That never changed. The pool shop and my salt generator showed the recommended 3200, but the meter steadfastly held to "Low CL". A Solaxx technician told me to disregard that reading. Oookay. The TDS reading was 4200, way above the recommended 1400. Come to find out I have to subtract the salt reading from the TDS reading to get the true TDS reading. ???????!! Next up, the ORP reading. This was around 620. I totally cleaned and vacuumed my pool, cleaned the skimmer baskets and the filter basket, and backwashed. The lower organics should raise the ORP. The meter showed the ORP had plummeted to 120. This meter does nothing close to what it claims in advertisement. It's a total waste of time and money. If it worked as it should, it would be ideal. As it is, RUN!

My machine was defective. That aside, I thought this would be an easy answer to pool testing. This is NOT it. You have to soak it for 24 hours. Then you need to purchase de-ionized water and buffer solution powder/tabs. You create a buffer solution and calibrate (which has to be done fairly often). When I was finally ready to test, the numbers on my screen only partially displayed and were unreadable. I finally ordered a Taylor test kit, and that process was no more complicated than the one for this device.

Makes testing easy and accurate.

So easy to use and unlike strips far more accurate

Very easy to use, accurate with its assessment, and an excellent Purchase in my opinion

This product is great and easy to use but the accuracy is questionable. After a PH calibration it read 7.0 and the chemistry check I had done by the local pool company showed 7.6. The salt is fairly close but the ORP and chlorine values are way out. This is not worth the money! There are no values for the chlorine and when it shows low you would assume to add more but this didn’t change the value. My pool is now high in chlorine but it said low still on the device!

Nice meter and easy to use. Just be sure that you calibrate it for pH at 21c water temperature. Appareil facile à utiliser. Assurez-vous simplement de calibrer le pH avec de l'eau à 21c.