Test Kits

Test kits give a quick answer without a laboratory instrument: drops, tablets or strips change colour, and you read the result against a chart, a comparator or a direct-reading titrator. They suit water treatment plants, field checks, schools and screening before samples go to the laboratory.

Tell us the parameter, the range you need and how many tests you will run, and we will recommend a kit and send a quotation.

How customers use test kits

Fish and shrimp farms check ammonia, nitrite and dissolved oxygen in ponds every day.
Boilers and cooling towers are tested on site to control scale and corrosion.
Water treatment and sanitation staff check chlorine and other parameters in the field.
Farms and schools test soil nutrients and teach water-quality monitoring.

Test kits we supply

Drinking water test kits. Our drinking water individual test kits cover parameters such as alkalinity, arsenic and chlorine (free, total and combined), with ranges such as 0.1–1.0 ppm and 0.2–3.0 ppm chlorine. Each kit has its own order code, so tell us which one you need.
Soil and plant testing. The LaMotte soil testing range includes multi-parameter soil outfits, soil pH kits, macronutrient and micronutrient plant tissue kits and a soil texture test, for farms, plantations and agricultural advisers.
Vial tests for wastewater. Hach TNTplus vial tests measure COD, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate and total nitrogen on a Hach spectrophotometer, for treatment plants and effluent labs.
Food and other tests. Send us the parameter and the sample type, and we will check suitable kits for you.

Test kit or meter?

Test kit: low cost, no calibration and easy to carry. Best for screening and routine checks.
Meter: more precise, reads continuously and can store results. See Meters & Testers.
Many samples or parameters: an automated analyser. See Analysers.