Another year has passed and the founder of Water Testing Blog & Water Test Kit Store will age another year in a few days.  In honor of Mike's turning the ripe OLD age of 44, and so that he gets reminded of it constantly for the next few days, please feel free to use discount code  MIKE44  in the Water Test Kit Store to receive 12% of your next order!

That's right, enter discount code  MIKE44  at check out to save yourself 12% regardless of order size!

Yep.  Mike's turning 44 in a few days and we want him to feel EVERY minute of it (and then some!), so MIKE44 will remain active until 4/19/16.

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I hope he doesn't fire us for this...  Ha ha.  Happy Birthday, Mike!

To all our fellow residents of the United States we wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! To everyone else we say, um, well, Happy Thursday the 27th of November! 🙂

Regardless of where you live, take 10% off your entire water test kit order with discount code TURKEY2014 from now until the end of the month (November 2014).

Free USPS Shipping in the Continental United States

The Water Test Kit Store offers free shipping in the Continental United states for all orders of $75 or more…. all year long!

Sign up to win a WaterSafe Science Fair Project Water Test Kit

The Water Test Kit Store is giving away a free WaterSafe Science Fair Project Test Kit. No purchase necessary to win!

Click the Image to Access the Contest Entry Page!

The WaterSafe Science Project maximizes a student’s (or team of students’) scientific discovery by letting them test up to 4 different water samples for Lead, Bacteria, Pesticides, Nitrates, Nitrites, Chlorine, Hardness, and pH levels.

Water quality issues exist everywhere on the planet, but people in countries outside of the United States often must acquire water testing products from other countries since local shops and stores overseas may not carry water test kits.

Today’s inquiry came to us from somewhere far from a person outside the US who asked, “I want water test order for non us water. you ship outside us i pay customs?”

After receiving a number of questions similar to this one we took a look at the international shipping settings in both Water Test Kit Stores (shop.watertestingblog.com & www.watertestkitstore.com) and noticed that each site had a slightly different list of allowable ship-to countries… and that some countries that we believe we SHOULD have the ability to ship to, based upon what we recently read on the USPS and US State Department web sites, did not exist on either site’s list.

We then checked Ebay’s list of allowable ship-to countries and found that Ebay Shipping can go to some countries that neither of our other two stores could ship to… so we opened the Ebay Water Test Kit Store, as well.

So, for those of you who prefer to shop on Ebay and/or for other folks located outside of the United States that have had trouble finding US-based online retailers of water test kits that can (or in some cases will) ship overseas, we invite you to check out the selection of 40+ water testing products now available in the Ebay Water Test Kit Store!

As more and more requests for us to carry new products come in we do our best to oblige each and every one — except for the requests involving test kits for things like goat’s milk, chemical compounds we can’t even pronounce, human DNA in food (gross!), and other interesting things some of our readers said they wanted to test for.

Most recently we added two new test kits that MANY of you have asked for: The WaterSafe Lead in Water Test Kit and the WaterSafe City Water Test Kit.

We think these two test kits bring a lot to the water testing table in terms of utility, ease-of-use, accuracy, and affordability. Look for us to begin carrying more of the WaterSafe Brand in the new near future!

Point-of-Use Water Filters by Austin Springs

By now you have undoubtedly seen us mention a new product line that we will begin carrying in just a few days now called Austin Springs Water Filters in recent articles — and you will see us bring it up more and more as the official company release date gets closer.

If you have considered putting a water filter in your home — after testing your water to make sure you actually need a water filter, of course — we highly suggest taking a look at the benefits offered by the Austin Springs line of water filters which include NSF/ANSI 42 Certification for chlorine reduction (countertop, undercounter & whole house) as well as NSF/ANSI 53 Certification for the reduction of unwanted water contaminants like VOC’s (volatile organic compounds), lead, cysts, mercury, MTBE (a gasoline additive), asbestos, and turbidity (countertop & undercounter).

With pricing in a range that most home and small business owners can certainly afford and benefits that most people can use, we believe the Austin Springs product line will quickly become one of te most sought after brand names in the point of-use water filtration market!

Interested in learning more about Austin Springs water filters? You will find information on them in our online store (Shop.WaterTestingBlog.Com) and in the following data sheets: Austin Springs Countertop/Undercounter Data Sheet & Austin Springs Whole House Water Filter Data Sheet.

New Test Kits for Oxidizer Levels

Over the past few months we also added new water testing products from the SenSafe and WaterWorks brands of water test strips for ozone, hydrogen peroxide, chlorine dioxide, high range free chlorine, high range total chlorine, and iodine — and we hope to have even more oxidizer testing products available in the next few months!

Creation of a Clearance Section in the Water Test Kit Store

As happens in ANY retail business where products have assigned shelf lives, invariably some products don’t sell as quickly as store owners would like… and since we hate to see perfectly good water test kits go to waste, well, we created a special clearance section where you will find water test strips and water test kits whose shelf lives have become short offered for drastically reduced prices.

So, if you find yourself with immediate testing needs and you won’t need test strips with longer shelf lives, definitely take a look at the current offerings in the Water Test Kit Store Clearance Section!

We must admit that this question completely caught us by surprise when we received it. At first we believed it some form of clever SEO Marketing advertising ploy but it turned out that someone really and truly wanted to know what made our water test kit store different from all the other online stores that sell water test kits.

Hi. I’ve spent way too much time over the past days looking for a place to get some water strips. We have water problems, want to fix them and think you make sense saying test first, buy filter next. What makes water test kit store better? How do you stand out?

You can see why we suspected the message as spam from an SEO Marketing firm, right? Seriously… Why elsewould someone take the time to ask us why we felt we did a better job than our competitors? Answer: Because they actually wanted to know… so we will now do our best to, um, brag(?) about what makes us ‘awesome’.

• We started the blog about water quality and water quality testing several years before opening the Water Test Kit Store… and have hands-on knowledge of almost all the water test kits we carry — because at some point or other we have USED almost all of them.
   
• Other companies sell water testing products as add-on items whereas we sell them as our main product line. Yes, we do intend to branch out and start shipping a select number of water filtration products (i.e. Austin Springs Water Filters), but we will NOT drop our commitment to carrying water test kits that we trust will work as advertised.

  After all… Without water test kits, how will anyone know what type of water filter will work best for their water quality needs AND how will they test their water after installing a water filter to make sure it works?
   

• Ever order a product online and find yourself surprised that the seller did not take the time to at least put your purchase in some sort of protected (padded/cushioned) envelope? Well, WE ship the majority of our products in BOXES w/ packing peanuts, packing paper, those inflated air pouches, etc. What good would testing products do for you if they arrived on your doorstep in a battered, torn, nearly shredded, and possibly sopping wet non-padded envelope… or in a cheap, torn-to-shreds thin plastic/polymer mailer?

  Additionally, whether padded envelope or traditional box, we place a pack of clear packing tape over our customers’ addresses so that accidental contact with water (ironic, right?) will not blur them and make the package undeliverable.
   

• Since we obviously DO care about the environment, we reuse the packing peanuts, packing paper, the inflated air pouches, etc. that we receive as protective materials for the orders we get from our vendors.
   
• As part of our daily routine we strive to respond to emails and web inquiries as quickly as possible — even on weekends.
   
• In-stock water test strips and water test kits normally ship within one business day.
   
• Full-size arsenic test kits ship within 3 to 5 days — guaranteeing you the freshest test kit reagents possible.
   
• Water testing meters also ship within 3 to 5 business days — guaranteeing you the freshest test kit reagents possible.
   
• We love to help people find out what in their water they can reduce or remove to make their lives better. Safe, clean drinking water has innumerable health benefits… and we believe everyone should enjoy them!

We could go on and on tooting our own horn about how awesome we are, but by now, if you’re still reading, we think you got the point by now.

A bit about the future of the Water Test Kit Store…

As requests come in from our readers and we see developing needs in the water testing market we will continue to diversify our water test strip and test kit selection.

Regarding our plan to carry countertop, undercounter, shower and whole house water filters, well, we thought very long and hard before deciding on what brand to start with… and believe very strongly in our selection of the Austin Springs brand.

Please visit with us, again, soon for more information on new, exciting and USEFUL water testing products as well as Austin Springs Water Filters.

Start the New Year RIGHT by testing your water for important water quality parameters such as total hardness, chlorine (free, total or free & total), coliform bacteria, heavy metals, nitrates/nitrates, arsenic, etc. — and save 10% until the end of the month by entering ‘NEWYEAR2013‘ when you check out!

Whether you have concerns about health issues stemming from the quality of your water, a desire to improve the taste and/or smell of your water, you have grown sick of cleaning calcium (hardness) deposits off of your fixtures, or you simply want to make certain your water does not contain any potentially harmful contaminants, our Water Test Kit Store carries more than 40 different products designed to help you quickly and accurately diagnose possible problems with your tap, well, and yes, even pool water — and from now until January 31st, 2013 you can take 10% off your order w/ no minimum order required or maximum discount limit!

Just type NEWYEAR2013 into the promotional code box when you check out or you may click here and the code will automatically get loaded into the shopping cart for you!

It took a bit longer than expected to get everything up and running but it finally happened… The Pool Water Test Kit Store officially opened its doors the other day!

Your Best Source for Pool Check Test Strips

What makes this site unique? Well, for starters it offers flat rate shipping (just $5.55!) for all orders regardless of size so you can stock up on pool water testing supplies for the whole swimming season and not have to worry about outrageous shipping costs. Oh, and this site ships by USPS Priority Mail so you KNOW your order will arrive fast!

Additionally, the Pool Water Test Kit Store carries ONLY pool water testing supplies so you won’t get lost in a sea of pool toys and other stuff. They make it easy top get what you need without unnecessary distractions.

Moral of the story?

If you need pool water test strips the Pool Water Test Kit Store carries the Pool Check brand — which is made in the United States, by the way. Pool Check has pool water test strips ranging from basic 3 Way Pool Test Strips (free chlorine, pH & alkalinity) all the way up to the more advanced 6 Way Pool Test Strips (free chlorine, total chlorine, pH, alkalinity, total hardness & cyanuric acid).

One final (important) reminder: Flat rate USPS Priority Mail shipping of any order for just $5.55 so you won’t get stuck paying a huge amount for shipping! 🙂

After years of getting requests from loyal readers to open an online store where they could quickly and easily locate a lot of the products we frequently write about… we have finally taken the plunge and opened the Water Testing Blog Store.

Water Testing Blog Store Now Open

To start we have selected 20 water quality testing products that we feel do an excellent job of accurately measuring various water quality parameters that really and truly should matter to more people.

Examples: Arsenic, Bacteria, Chlorine, Metals, and, of course, everyone’s favorite in the Summer, Pool & Spa Water Quality.

Look for us to expand our offerings as time goes on and, as always, thanks for dropping by the Water Testing Blog… and don’t forget to test your water on a regular basis! 🙂