Multi-Use Smart Strips™ for Testing Pool Water

Not for a spa

I bought these off a recommendation from a friend, but ran into the same complaint as others. It won’t let me use the app without setting up all of my personal info (no thanks) and entering a pool size. Spa isn’t an option. Too bad. I really liked the idea, the colors all look too similar to my eyes. — rating is for the app, not the strips themselves.

Hard No

Cannot download App since there is no app to download on play store. And even if I could, I can’t open the darn container! Tried everything. Pliers, multiple people. No go and very frustrating. Guess it doesn’t matter if I can download the app or not! And, chose this product because it was Clorox. We’ll look at a different brand. And will be returning today.

great product

I have used your test strips for years and they work great. I’ve never downloaded the app, I just compare the strip to the side of the bottle after all, its not rocket science. You people surely understands once you put the strip in the water its wet no matter how deep you push it!! I use an open top bottle, turn it upside down and push it elbow deep. Then I turn it over collecting water at elbow depth. Then I place the strip into the bottle for my reading.

Can’t read the strip

I can’t download the app because it says it’s to old and my device is to new.

Salt pool

I like the idea of using the strips and then get the reading on my phone so I can treat my pool.

Don’t waste your time or money

If you plan on using one of the big selling points – the picture scan for testing – don’t waste your time or money. It doesn’t work. Doesn’t work at all. Period. I have a brand new tube of strips that I will sell for half price with free shipping if anyone wants them. Awful with no response from the company. Terrible.

App No Longer Recognizes Strips

These strips worked decently well over the last two seasons, but no longer works now. The app keeps popping an error to take a new photo. I have a couple of boxes of overpriced test strips now.

No App

I wish I had known this pool app was only for old phones. What good are test strips without knowing the solution. Next time I will buy a system that works without the guessing because these chemicals are dangerous.

Doesn’t Work

Cannot use product because the android version is for older phones. How am I supposed to use test strips? Seemed like a great system but useless for me. Sad face! 😞

pH reading always inconsistent

These strips are pretty good for the most part. The pH reading seems to always read @ 6.8, so I used my HTH pool test kit and it then reads my pH @ 7.2 so that’s the one I go with. All other readings have been accurate and consistent.

App Doesn’t Work

Clorox hasn’t even updated their app to work on newer Android phones. When the appeal of the product is the utilization of the strips with the app, it isn’t very useful without the app one would think. Ridiculous.

App is not available

I bought these because I believed that the app would have been very nice, I had used it years ago. However the app is no longer available, apparently because the app was never updated for newer versions of phones. You would think a company like Clorox would be on top of this

Can’t use the app with spa

I bought these because I thought it would be easy because of the app but since you can’t enter anything under 1000 gallons, I can’t use it. I will be bringing these back.

Overall, good product

I have found this product to be very useful for Color-Blind people like myself. I can’t manually read the various color differences. The app makes it easy-peasy. I do find a slight variation in the reading depending on the length of exposure time. 15 seconds may not be long enough to get an accurate reading so I generally check it at about 15 sec. and again at about 30-45 sec.

Great Idea, Needs Improvement

I love the idea of using a smartphone to scan a test strip, and I would be happy to spend a little more on a specific strip. However, in my case it doesn’t work. Like others have reported, the strips don’t actually scan. They are either “overexposed” or “blurry.” So, I end up manually entering the data.

App is a no go

First, App is dependent on you making an account, no sandbox mode. Second, forget it if you have a spa, it won’t take anything under 1000 gal. Useless. Third, Strips are good for a quick check, but not as reliable as a reagent test.

No go

Not reliable enough to count on but good for quick check

Don’t waste your money

Two days ago I was having a problem with my pool and bought the test strips. I thought I had high and in accurate readings based on using these test strips according to the instructions. I started questioning the readings I was getting on the strips and took water samples to 2 Local pool companies the following day. The test strips were totally in accurate comparing it to the two companies that I used. I would not recommend these test strips based on how in accurate they are.$15 waste of money for salt water and chemical balance kit.

Excellent

I’ve not used it with the online app, but the strips work great.

Simply Amazing…

I would like to take a minute to tell anyone who has not used these strips on what a game changing experience this is on how you treat your pool. Everything is done for you all you are required to do is do the strip take a picture and the app does the rest. It analyzes each element of the water needed to maintain balanced chemical makeup. Then it tells you to the letter how much and what to add. It makes owing a pool alot less stressful so you ca n stop wondering so much and start swimming. Thank you Clorox for this wonderful invention.

Useful tool

Totally am diggin this new app and all its perks !

Worthless

I have two My Pool Care Assistant Test Strip kits. I wasn’t seeing changes in the test strips despite adding the recommended amount more than once over a week. I understand under or over shooting my target, but there was no change at all. I went to my local pool store and I overshot the pH. In the process, I no doubt got everything else out of whack. I went looking for community feedback on these strips and apparently they’re terrible. Is Clorox planning to fix them? Now I have good chlorine levels, but who knows what my stabilizer level is, so I don’t know if it’s actually going to do anything.

Birch

I love the ease of using the pool test strips for my chemical analysis..Thanks Clorox

Not accurate

Chlorine #s accurate. Alkalinity close. PH way off. Reads 6.8 it’s 7.4 on my Taylor test kit (which is very accurate). Strips read 6.8 all the time. The one big one is CYA. And this is where these strips can cost you headaches and dollars. My CYA I know is 60. It’s always on the high side. Repeated tests by Taylor and the local pool store concur, 60-70 depending on how often I dilute. These strips always read 0 CYA and want me to dump a bunch of stabilizer in the pool. Want a quick chlorine scan? Fine. Don’t trust any other numbers these strips give you, or you are gonna have one rough pool season.

Not Accurate

The concept of this product with the scanning app is wonderful. Unfortunately in practice it doesn’t live up to expectations. The readings are not accurate. Chemical testing is much better. The pH reading in particular has never scanned accurately. Also the saved readings process doesn’t work well. It is supposed to save the last 2 days data but saves some readings longer and does not save most recent readings. I will keep on trying to work with the app but it will not be useful for most users.

Tablets

The tablets do a great job on my pool water. Always test good no problems stays crystal clean.

Awesome strips!

Easy to use & the app helps you through everything while using these

Frustrating

1 out of 10 strips actually scanned on my phone. Sounds like a good concept, but after days of testing and adding chemicals and purchasing more chempicals…. (because the app tells you to) I’m not even close to where it should be. I’m done being a slave to this Clorox app!! I’m going back to the old fashioned drops and figuring it out myself.

Waste of time and money

Test strips are so unreliable color fades as soon as it hits water? App is worthless every scan is different in every scan even on the same strip. Entered Data both manually and scanned made me buy all Clorox products and the results are a pool I really don’t know if it’s safe to swim in. Don’t waste your time go to a professional pool store for advice it’s cheaper. I have all Clorox products and test after test something is wrong and more chemicals are needed may need to just completely replace the water. It’s very easy to use but it’s very inaccurate.

I love love loved them

I really loved the strips. It makes it so easy to keep your pool balanced.

Great Product

Does what it says it will do! Reasonably priced and easy to use.

Easy doesn’t make it good

This product is very easy to use, but I don’t feel that it is accurate. You get to guess at the colors produced. Buy a good liquid kit to get results you can trust.

Great Stuff

Purchased the water test strips. Clorox has an app for checking the strips after dipping. It’s the greatest idea I have come across in a long time for my pool. My pool levels are perfect. No more, a little of this, a little of that. Thank you Clorox, you make me look good.

Clorox test kit doesn’t work

3 weeks and about $500 later I just realized the app instructions differ vary much from back of bottles, so try follow bottle instructions and they fail to work to maintain clear water. Went to a local retailer and had water tested and they ask what direction I was following and when I said Clorox they laughed at me and told me that they sell most of there stuff because of what Walmart products will do to the water. My first thought was great time to spend more but the guy sold me clarifier & shock & a basic water test dip kit for $56.00 so took it home and put it in last night & bam! Clear pool! Clorox products don’t work well for me!

Excellent

LOVE THE EASE OF USE, BEETS PUTTING DROPS IN TEST TUBE

Love my Clorox products

These strips are easily read. Love em. Any time you want to send me more, I sure would appreciate it

Great product

Easy to use, tracks history and tells you what is needed. Reading isn’t always perfect (scan it a few times and the reading will vary). Yet, my pool always looks great. Additionally, if you have any color vision issues, this product solves that problem.

Pool strips.

The strips work great, I had not tried the phone app.

Love this product

Great product. Loved the app that goes along with app. Always know what my pool needs. Very easy to use.

OK for history…but not for opening or closing

This is a bit in consistant. The photo struggles to get it right. Even when entering manually the strip has a hard time reading the numbers properly. I still have to use a liquid test to augment.

Test Kit

Works well with the exception of the PH. The PH always shows low when it’s actually a bit on the high side. Sometimes the App struggles to take a picture of the test strip for instant analysis.

Very easy to use, a lifesaver.

I’ve been using the Clorox test strips as my primary means of keeping track of my water quality and when comparing the results with my professional kit, found the results to be fairly accurate. It’s honestly a godsend to be able to walk out, dip a strip into the pool and see how things are looking without having to fuss with drops. The only challenges I’ve found are that you have to be quick between when you dip the strip and when you scan it, and the app can be somewhat slow to respond when you try bring up the scanner (which uses your phones camera to take a picture of the strip). Getting the scanner to work in bright conditions can also be difficult. When doing this in the middle of the day, you may need to find a shady spot so that the image isn’t overexposed (too bright). If it wasn’t for the slowness with bringing up the scanner, I would give this product 5 stars.

AWESOME

This is awesome, after entering the amount of water into the app I know exactly what I need to put in my pool. Half of the people around us use a pool company to keep their pool clean. Just put the stick in the water and then lay it on the piece of plastic and take a picture in the app. in a couple seconds it tells you exactly what you need to add to the water. The first time I tested this I immediately took water to the pool company and had them test it (didn’t tell them why). The results were identical, they told me to add the exact same things.

Love these!!

These are wonderful! Perfect for busy families and the app makes testing a cinch.

Water Analysis made easy!

Love the fact that the Clorox Smart Strips make testing your pool water easy and fool proof. When you follow the directions and use the My Pool Care Assistant, it is quick and efficient. I trust the Clorox Brand for the household products so why not the pool?

Great Product!

It’s very easy to use. You download the app and scan it and it tellls you exactly what to add. No need to make time to take water in to a pool store.

Great Idea!

I really like using these with the on line app. These make it very easy to test the water and get a treatment plan.

This product takes out the guess work!

This is an excellent product because it takes the guess work out of the “color code”. Prior to using this, I would say “close enough” to the color, and never really got the correct amount of chemicals in the pool.

Easy to use

This makes testing pool water easy! You can manually enter your results or take a picture of the test strip and it will analyze it for you. You will then get directions on how to treat your pool.

So easy to use

I found these around the end of the pool season last year and fell in love with how easy they are. Just dip and scan with your phone and it will give you a guide as to how to fix the problem

On the fence

The concept of using an app to read pool test strips is a great idea. Everyone wants to use technology these days. However, I’m not sure the readings are accurate. I used the app, read the strips manually and had my water tested at my local pool store. All three were different and I have a tendency to go with the pool store results. Capturing the image of the strip is not always easy either. To take a picture, it’s hard to avoid the shadow of your hand and camera, so I’m not sure if that skews the results. A little disappointed with this product.

Takes the confusion out of testing

I really like the Multi-Use Smart Strips. After making sure I was testing in good light, these test strips took the guesswork out of pool testing. It did take me a few days to figure out the best lighting to use, but overall these test strips helped me maintain my chemical levels at a safe level.

Great! And easy to use!

I have been using this for several years and will continue to use it. It gives me good readings and support. Can’t imagine using anything else.

Simple and Accurate

The strips identified low ph and alkalinity levels. I used the mobile Clorox mypool app and the amount and type of each chemical needed was accurate when adding one chemical at a time and saved me time ad money that I would have spent on the wrong chemicals.

easy to use

great product. easy to use strips. just opened pool here in north east. stip colors matched chart easily. havent downloaded the app yet. definitely worth using.

Great Product

Great product that was fast and accurate and easy to use

multi-use smart strips

Easy to use, convenient, quick, accurate. Would purchase again and again.

Clorox Pool&Spa™ Multi-Use Smart Strips

The Clorox Pool&Spa™ Multi-Use Smart Strips work like a charm… easy to read and lets you know exactly hat chemicals to add…. Great Product….

Quick and easy!

Love how easy these are to use! Wish it was as easy to make the pool balanced!!

Simple and accurate!!

I have been using this product for a couple years now and love it!!! If you are like me, very often the colors on my strip are somewhere in-between the colors on the bottle and I am sometimes not sure how much, if any, additional chemicals are needed. This comes with a downloadable app that completely takes the guesswork out of the chore!!! It is very simple; open the app and scan the strip. Not only does it give you the test strip results, it tells you exactly what products are needed, if any, and how much you need to use!!!! I was using for a couple months, and while my pool looked great, I was just curious to the accuracy of the app. So I took a sample to my local pool supply and the results were dead on!!! I did receive this kit in exchange for my honest review, but in all honesty, I had already been using for a couple years so it was an easy review to right. 🙂

A Professional at your fingertips

I have used this to open up my pool. These test strips have given me consistent results. With the downloaded app, you have a professional at your fingertips

Great product

Love the fact that I can assess status of pool water online using my phone.

Made my pool easier to care for

Great product and easy to use!! The app is so easy to use with the strips and it tells you exactly what your pool is needing to keep it sparkling.

I had high hopes

I tried this a few years ago and was underwhelmed. The sticks are accurate using the chart on the bottle – but the app….well, let’s say it left a lot to be desired I thought with the improvements in technology and the inclusion of a neutral background for the app to read the strips against this would be a big improvement. I was extremely disappointed to find the most basic phone functions didn’t work on this app. Come on, scroll bars have been around for years as well as auto-sizing the window. I had to manually input my results which was easy but then I couldn’t read all of what was recommended since there was no way to navigate the screen! Probably the worst app I have on my phone – well, I won’t have it much longer. I got this kit for free in exchange for this review – thanks for the test sticks, but I’m giving up on the app.

Love them

Easy to use and really acurate helps keep pool really clear

Quick and Easy!

There is no questions when you use these strips, especially when you download the app. everything is every easy to use and also to figure out what you need to add to your pool to keep it sparkling.

Used these for years

They tell me accurately what my chemicals are reading in my pool

Easy to Use and Complete Results

I have used these for all regular testing of my salt water pool and spa. The strips are easy to use and the readings are clear to read. Based on these results and using other Clorox products for making adjustments I have now horrendous my pool under control and quite stable.

Great

I love that this can be used with the app! It makes things easier.

Efficient way to monitor your pool’s chemicals.

I tried different products for monitoring my pool chemicals such as pH, chlorine levels, and alkalinity, and the best product so far is the “My Pool Care Assistant” from Clorox. It is really easy and simple to use, just dip the Smart Strip in the pool (about 1 to 1.5 feet deep) and compare the results with the color chart displayed on the bottle. There are two ways this can be done: You can proceed either manually (visual determination of the test results and manually entering the results online at the WEB site “www.cloroxpool.com”) or using the “Clorox Pool” App on your smart phone (place the Smart Strip on a grey background and scan it, preferably under natural daylight). Next, go to the test result analysis for diagnosis, and recommended solutions and agents needed to be added to the pool. It is simple, accurate, and the Smart Strip provides an effective way to determine levels of your pool’s chemicals. Pros: Really easy to use. The Smart Strip gives a fast and reliable reading of the standard pool’s chemical levels (total hardness, free chlorine, total chlorine, pH, total alkalinity, and stabilizer). The Clorox WEB site is user’s friendly and very well designed to obtain maximum results. The Clorox Pool App makes it even easier. Just follow the recommended solutions for proper balance and maintenance of the chemicals levels in your pool. In just one reading, you can fix most of your pool problems. Cons: You need to proceed quickly because the color results on the strip tend to fade away with time. If you use the Clorox Pool App with the scan function, you will need a good and bright daylight for consistent results. The results entered manually generally differ from the results obtained with the Clorox Pool App. So, if you want consistent reading of your pool chemicals, stick to only one method. I would preferably recommend the use the Clorox Pool App but using it all the time under the same amount of daylight because this can affect the reading.

These work great

I’ve been using Clorox test strips for over a year now. Easy and accurate, I only wish that they would test for phosphates, have to separate for that.

Easiest Pool testing Kit I’ve used

Other pool strips you have to try to match the colors and wonder if it’s this color or closer to that color. With Clorox Smart Strips you can scan your strip right on your phone using their app! Then the app tells you what your pool levels are, no more second guessing, plus it tells you what to do to fix it. I will never use another test strip.

My Pool Care Assistant

The tester strip does a good job. Would love a good and exact testing system. But this works for now!

Great Product

Great product and is very easy to use! Will purchase again

Clorox Pool Test Strips

I tried the Clorox Pool & Spa Multi-Use Smart Strips in my above ground pool. I downloaded the ap and scanned the test strip. It took a minute to register on the ap. It took a couple of tries to scan the strip properly, but I received the results right away and the ap and the follow up email I received told me exactly what I needed to do to balance the pH in my pool. I even received an emailed coupon.

Smart strips

I love being able to take a picture of the strip and the app telling me what to add to my pool

I love the Clorox pool system!

The strips are so easy to use! Just dip and scan and the app tells you how to treat your pool…couldn’t be easier!!

The BEST!

This is the best system. Having a tied in smartphone app really makes this appealing to us younger and lesser experienced pool owners.

Convenient

This saves a lot on the guesswork. The technology involved makes me feel more confident.

Fast and Efficient

Fast and efficient method to analyze your pool chemicals. The app is easy to use and provides quick feedback to help even the novice user.

Great Product

Great Product… After setting up the details of your pool, it is simple and easy to use day to day…

Easy to use and accurate

This product is easy to use and accurate, just point and shoot. Each time I tried it, I scanned the strip and also entered the values manually, and every time I got the same results.

Helpful

The scanner doesn’t always seen to pic the colors up right but that could be my phone. The strips are nice to watch your levels with

Great product!

Best strips I have used by far! They were so easy to use and to have the app to use with them was great!

Love the strips! Easy to use. Easy to read!

Instructions are very clear! Strips are easy to read. Great hints to balance your pool water!

Easy to use product

The strips are easy to use and they work well. Instructions are also easy to use.

Great idea

The strips are terrific, but the smartphone app is not good at all in reading the strips. At least 75% of the time I have to enter the values manually. An upgrade to the app would be wonderful.

Pool Test Strips

Great, easy product to use for Testing Pool Water Quality. Load up the APP on your Smartphone and it works even better!

Finally taking pool care into the 21st century!

I have been taking care of a pool for a long time. Testing strips were always guess work. What color do you think that is? With this product, it is not longer an issue. The app is very responsive, is updated constantly, and provided quick and dynamic feedback to help me get my pool ready to swim. The app also gives reminders to test your pool and allows you to buy products quickly!

Cannot live without

download ap dip strip scann and BOOM instant feedback on your pool needs. Tells you what product and how much of it to use. Its like having a water test lab on your phone. Also has manually chart incase you dont have you phone handy

The Clorox Pool & Spa test strips are equivalent to other test strips I’ve used in the past. I would recommend this product.

easy to use with the App

i have used this product in the past, a very quick way to measure the chemicals, even better if you use the APP

Simple to use

Great product that is straight to the point. Instructions are clear and very simple to use with their app.

Dip, Scan & Splash

Easy to read product…Great Product. Love how east it is to use.

Great Product

Easy and simple to use. Helps simplify pool maintenance.

Clorox Smart Strips testing strips

Love the testing strips, so easy to use. Love that there is an app to use with it which makes keeping your pool up to par a snap!