🔬 LaMotte 1766 PockeTester: Unmatched Accuracy and Resolution for Precise Testing Review

We really needed this product to work but the sponge dried out and broke off and the plastic faceplate twisted and lifted. It may be an old product or heat damage. In any case, for the price, we returned it and will either buy another brand or directly from the manufacturer.

I've had big ones Hopes in the 1766. The meter I received was never able to read the salinity anywhere within the acceptable range (compared to the other two manual salt PPM methods). It may now be that the device was damaged in delivery by ONTRAC who threw it through our gates. For reference, we followed the instructions closely and took numerous measurements. Readings consistently fluctuated within +/- 100ppm and were much higher than my old manual methods.

it never worked properly. Salt readings were, and still are, much higher than readings taken at pool shops with calibrated salt meters. For example I visited 2 different pool shops and got the same reading today of 3400ppm while the tester reads 4500ppm. This also happens after carefully following the instructions in the user manual, recalibrating the tester a number of times, and recalibrating the tester a number of times with Calibration Fluid 3000. The same thing happens to Ph even after…