anyone use azoo test kits?

jsl6v8

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I am looking at getting some azoo test calcium and phos kits as they are significantly cheaper than test kits by other companys, has anyone had experience with them, good or bad, preferably bad. I would much rather pay 7 bucks for 50 tests than 28 for 40.
 
I have seen a HUGE fluctuation in test result ranges. Never used the Azoo brand, but I've had MANY people come in with tank problems who have "perfect" water, only to find out their parameters were way off with our tests. I've compared a couple of test kits with the Colorimeter (spectral color water analysis) that I have at the store. The kits that come closest were Salifert and on some, Fast Test (Instant Ocean). On the Instant Ocean Copper Tests, for example, they are so far off the Colorimeter results it's scarey. The Fast Test was showing the copper at .25, but the colorimeter showed .10 which would do very little to treat sick fish in our hospital tanks. Bring me a sample and your test kit and we can compare the results so you have an idea of the accuracy.
 
I've been using salifert but damn kits are pretty expensive. Been looking for something else but I really don't want to lose my accuracy either.
 
Nothing comes cheap in this hobby. I don't have experience with azoo either but haven't been anything but pleased with salifert. Compared to other test kits I think the ease of use and understanding for measuring parameters is really wonderful, too. A lot less room for error. I hate color tests you need a really good pure light to tell when a titration changes..
 
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