I bought salt test strips and the pool was showing around 7200ppm

I drained 50%of water hopng to get around 3500ppm

After testing with salt strips before it always was clear to see the water had too much salt and you could taste it when swimming

Not tried the meter as not calibrated it yet but heard they are not accurate

Test strips are showing either 7800ppm or 3000ppm as not clear but the pool has no noticeable salt taste

Any accurate way to check apart from taking a sample to get tested?

Callibrate it and test. Take a sample to a shop and test it & compare.

I usually supply the cheaper ones to my customers and they have nearly all be reliable.

I think only one ever played up.

In Thailand due to the tropical conditions 4,000 ppm is best to keep salt levels at.

Ignore manufacturers reco for most brands.

Any higher will either turn the machine off or damage the cells.

22 hours ago, Bagwain said:

Callibrate it and test. Take a sample to a shop and test it & compare.

I usually supply the cheaper ones to my customers and they have nearly all be reliable.

I think only one ever played up.

In Thailand due to the tropical conditions 4,000 ppm is best to keep salt levels at.

Ignore manufacturers reco for most brands.

Any higher will either turn the machine off or damage the cells.

Many thanks again for your help

On 3/22/2026 at 1:29 AM, Bagwain said:

Callibrate it and test. Take a sample to a shop and test it & compare.

I usually supply the cheaper ones to my customers and they have nearly all be reliable.

I think only one ever played up.

In Thailand due to the tropical conditions 4,000 ppm is best to keep salt levels at.

Ignore manufacturers reco for most brands.

Any higher will either turn the machine off or damage the cells.

Do you get test solutions with these to calibrate as the one i have asks for calibration solutions which i am yet to find

Looking to buy the one you have but unsure if they give the solution?

11 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

Do you get test solutions with these to calibrate as the one i have asks for calibration solutions which i am yet to find

Looking to buy the one you have but unsure if they give the solution?

A salt in water solution should be quite easy to make. You just need a small/jewellers weigh scale and add a few grams to a litre of water.

Sterile eye wash liquid found in a pharmacy is 9000ppm if that helps.

I have a test kit for salt. You count the drops to the colour change.

Mostly I don’t bother, too much salt seems to be fine.

8 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

I have a test kit for salt. You count the drops to the colour change.

Mostly I don’t bother, too much salt seems to be fine.

Now that sounds good I will have to look for one on shopee/lazada

Salinity meter, available on Lazada

100% Distilled water. Same you buy for an iron or battery.

You need a reading of zero.

Stay away from the B/S marketing 💩

4 hours ago, Bagwain said:

100% Distilled water. Same you buy for an iron or battery.

You need a reading of zero.

Stay away from the B/S marketing 💩

Excellent I was hoping this would be the case

I will calibrate the one I have

Thanks