Editorial Product Review:Item Description:First Alert, Home Environment Drinking Water Test Kit, 10 Minute Test Uses The EPA Standards For Acceptable Levels Of Lead, Bacteria, Iron, Nitrates, Nitrites, Chlorine, Pesticides & PH, A Great Addition To The First Alert Radon Home Environment Test Kit.
Amazon.com Item Description:The First Alert Drinking Water Test Kit tests for elements in your drinking water system that can lead to serious health problems. It tests and provides immediate results for:
- Bacteria--Strains of E. coli can cause serious illness or death.
- Lead--Causes developmental harm, neurological damage, and kidney damage.
- Pesticides--From agricultural uses, linked to increased cancer rates.
- Nitrates/nitrites--From fertilizers and animal waste, causes developmental problems.
- Chlorine--By-products can increase cancer risk and cause bad taste and odor.
- Hardness--Causes lime scale and higher detergent use.
- pH--Can cause heavy metal (such as lead) leaching and plumbing damage.
The Water Test Kit tests to EPA standards. The kit includes all testing materials; no further lab work is required for results.
--Bree NorlanderWhat's in the Box One bacteria test vial, one lead/pesticide test packet, one nitrate/nitrite test packet, one pH/hardness/chlorine test packet, and user's manual
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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Simple and Effective
The First Alert Drinking Water Test Kit is exactly what it claims to be: a simple and effective way to monitor the healthfulness of your drinking water. Simple instructions, clearly labeled materials, and 15 minutes is all it took to get a report card on my well water. All clear!
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Great test kit
A quick and easy test of your basic water quality. Most results are immediate. The bacti test takes the usual 48hrs. I haul water and use a cistern. If any of the tests had come out suspect I would have contacted a water professional for analysis. Great basic test!
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Good Little Test, Be Aware of What You're Buying
No much news on the item, other than it tests as advertised and works fine. Be aware that this will tell you if you have particular things IN your water, not now much of those things you have. For that, you would need to order the kind of test that you send a sample of water to a lab.
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I guess it works...
No problems reported with the water so I suppose it works...lol. Its pretty simple to do but could be a little more user friendly. Just make sure you follow the directions.