FRESHWATER · DIGITAL STRIP SCANNER
Good water.
Clear next steps.
Your spa’s water care, made easier. Photograph your FreshWater 5-Way strip and turn its colors into a practical care plan.
LET’S CHECK YOUR WATER
Your next test starts here.
Your water-care plan
How much should I add?
Calculate one adjustment using the exact product below. Other brands and formulas need their own directions.
Small-cap doses are used only when the measured cap contents match the current Leisure Time label dose for your spa volume. Add only one chemical at a time. Never mix products or pre-dissolve them unless the current label specifically directs it. Circulate and retest as directed before making another adjustment. Cloudy water, slime, strong odors, illness or persistent imbalance need professional testing.
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Relevant options from our store. Already have a compatible product? Use its own label—there’s no need to buy another.
Use another product’s label dose
Use your exact product’s bottle directions to scale one initial dose to your spa’s volume. This works with volume-based directions for granular or liquid spa products. It does not decide which chemical is needed or calculate a final pH correction. Tablets, floaters, salt systems and treatments without a volume-based label dose need their own instructions.
About readings, dosing & privacy
For residential spas only. FROG @ease, biguanide, unknown systems, pools and commercial spas need different guidance. This strip-only reader uses the selected FreshWater label version. Reference colors are adjusted against unprinted label areas; photo lighting is estimated from blank plastic between pads when available. It is experimental and has not been validated as a measuring instrument. Background color is not a requirement. Camera processing and lighting can still affect color estimates. Photographs cannot certify safe water or confirm correct test timing. This reader supports only the FreshWater 5-Way chart shown here.
Hardness on these strips is total hardness, not a calcium-only result. Confirm calcium with a drop test and your spa’s manual before adding calcium. FreshWater 5-Way strips do not measure salt. Never add salt based on this test.
Strip-only color comparison, manual entry and dose calculations run entirely in your browser. Photos and readings are not uploaded or saved. The store catalog loads separately to show optional products.
Doses shown are initial, label-specific adjustments, not a guaranteed total correction. Reviewed manufacturer directions: Spa Up, 1 ounce per 500 gallons for a 10 ppm alkalinity step or pH 6.8–7.2; retest after 3 hours. Spa Down, ¼ ounce per 500 gallons; circulate for 30 minutes and retest. Your current bottle and spa manual take precedence.
- Spa Up manufacturer label
- Spa Down manufacturer label
- FreshWater system manual
- Hot Spring chemical-addition directions
Guidance ranges are starting points; equipment-specific requirements vary. Conventional alkalinity: 80–120 ppm; FreshWater: 40–120 ppm. pH: 7.2–7.8; free chlorine: 3–5 ppm; bromine: 4–8 ppm. No result is a declaration that water is safe for bathing.