Testing solutions.

Laboratory analysis. Have you had your tank water tested? Our Basic domestic water test is designed to provide information on water quality. For example it can detect undesirable conditions that lead to build up of carbon dioxide, lowering of redox potential and buildup of dissolved organics. The Bacteria Water Quality test quantifies the main bacteria groups used by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines to assess water quality. Together these tests will help you decide how to filter or manage your water. See details at Water tests.

Quick screening tests. Test strips are a quick and cost effective method for testing in water quality, health and food industry applications. Recently we've added a range of test strips for testing sanitizer solutions. See the range of sanitizer test strips including tests for peracetic acid and peroxide at Sanitizer test strips. Choose pH test strips to suit your application. pH-Fix test strips are designed for weakly buffered solutions. Pehanon test strips are better for coloured solutions. Duotest pH papers cover specific ranges in more detail, are easy to read and have special application in the food and beverage industry. See pH test strips at pH test strips.

The Hanna Instruments Combo tester remains a good value for money solution for testing both pH and conductivity. Common applications are in water assessment and plant nutrition. The HI98129 has an EC range suited to drinking water and the HI98130 is better for nutrient solutions and testing water with higher salts. See them at Combo tester.

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Mini guides. Check out our mini guides on a variety of topics from Aeromonas to Zinc. These are designed to help you get the best out of testing and measuring water, food and process parameters. Mini guides.

Water filters - can you afford not to have one? The range includes sediment and carbon cartridge filters and reverse osmosis filters.

New website: Water filters are now over at Water Doctor water filters.

Quick guides Choosing a test meter. Not all test meters are equal. It's important to find one that measures just what you want. Read more

Meter of the month. Read about our popular meters.

Soil tests you can do: Easy to use kits and test strips put you back in control of your soil fertility. Read more. For ultimate convenience the lamotte electronic soil testing lab tests for 15 major factors including major and minor nutrients. See it at Lamotte electronic soil lab.

Tech talk: Salinity. What those measurements mean. Salinity is a good overall measurement of the quality of your water. But not all salts are equal. Read more.

Water treatment - what are the options? Check out our Easy guide.

Measurements - which way?. With the large variety of test kits and meters available from the major suppliers it's hard to know which way to turn if you want to do some of your own testing. We're trying to clear the water so to speak by offering an overview of some of the key methods starting from the more commonly tested parameters. See Testing solutions.

HACCP - do you know your temperatures for food handling? Quick guide.

What's sharing your water? OK not all bacteria are bad, some almost friendly. But sometimes those little unpleasant ones muscle in on your water supply. What can you do about it? You can't frighten me.

New products: We're always searching out those nifty products that make your life easier. Here's the latest: Duotest pH papers for a wide range of applications in buffered solutions including beer brewing. PEHANON pH test strips for coloured solutions. See them at pH test strips and papers.

Soil test kits. We've introduced a new range of Lamotte test kits for agricultural soils, greenhouse soils, plant tissue testing and hydroponics. See them at Agricultural test kits.