A recent addition to the water testing meter market, the Lamotte Color Q, uses either tablets or liquid reagents — depending upon which model you select.


ColorQ w/ Liquid Reagents
made by Lamotte

In the words of the kit’s manufacturer…

“No color matching, no look up charts, no guessing! The unique, multi-test ColorQ pool and spa hand-held photometer reads SEVEN test factors (Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Bromine, pH, Alkalinity, Calcium Hardness, and Cyanuric Acid) directly on a digital display. Featuring an innovative dual-optic design the ColorQ provides more accuracy and more test factors. The ColorQ eliminates the need to visually determine slight color variations or use look-up tables, thus taking the guesswork out of pool side water analysis.”

“Awarded one of the “Most Valuable Products for 2008!” by Aquatics International


ColorQ w/ Tablet Reagents
made by Lamotte

In the words of the kit’s manufacturer…

“Photometer directly measures seven pool & spa tests which includes Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Bromine, pH, Alkalinity, Calcium Hardness and Cyanuric Acid. The photometer is easy to use and includes 50 TesTabsĀ® tablet reagents per test factor packaged in blister-style foil. The user dispenses each tablet into a ColorQ test tube by pressing the tablet through the foil. This eliminates the need to manually tear open a foil packet and carefully dispense the tablet. The user friendly photometer, testing reagents and photo-diagrammatic multilingual instructions (English, Spanish, French) are packaged in a convenient carrying case.”

Now that we’ve shown you the meters, we will now list off replacement reagents for various versions of the Color Q water testing meter: