Pool Care, Simplified

Pool care is now easy.

Test your water, calculate the exact fix needed, and see exactly what you need. No more guessing off a faded test strip, and no more spending hundreds of dollars a month for someone to do what’s a simple DIY job.

Open the Pool Balancer →Browse Starter Kits

How it works

Three inputs, in this order, and the tool does the chemistry.

01

Log your pool

Gallons, surface type, and how you sanitize — it sets your personal target ranges.

02

Enter today’s readings

Whatever your test kit or strips give you: Free Chlorine, pH, Total Alkalinity, Calcium Hardness, and Cyanuric Acid.

03

Get exact doses

The right chemical, the right amount, in the sequence that actually corrects the water.

Set up your pool

A few quick fields and the Balancer knows your targets every time you test after this.

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Test Your Water First

You can’t fix what you haven’t measured — this is the one thing to buy before anything else. Everything below is easier to get right once you know your numbers.

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Pool Testing Essentials

The Taylor kit gives you a lab-accurate baseline; keep strips on hand for a quick check in between to see if it's even worth running a full test. Add the salt meter only if you're on a generator.

  • Taylor K-2006-SALT 9-in-1 FAS-DPD Complete Test KitLab-accurate FC/CC, pH, TA, CH, CYA, and salt — worth the upgrade from strips.
    Essential
    $89.99Add
  • AquaChek 7-Way Test Strips (100-count)Fast daily check between full test-kit readings.
    Subscribe & Save Pick
    $13.99Add
  • eSeasonGear SALT-3050 Digital Salt PPM MeterA real reading in seconds — no titration, no color-matching against a card.
    Salt Pools
    $59.99Add
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Then, Round Out the Kit

Cleaning gear keeps the pool clear no matter what your numbers say, so it’s worth grabbing anytime. The Rebalance Kit earns its keep once your first test tells you what’s off. Maintenance Kit restocks the consumables once you’re dialed in.

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Pool Cleaning Essentials

The gear that actually touches the water — brushing, vacuuming, skimming, tile. Doesn't need to wait on a test; a clean pool matters no matter what your numbers say.

  • Sepetrel Professional Telescoping Pool Pole (15 ft)For brushes, skimmer nets, and vacuum heads.
    $27.99Add
  • 3-in-1 Full-Coverage Pool Brush Head SetLong brush, pole-mount scrub brush, and sponge brush — walls, floors, steps, and corners.
    $24.99Add
  • POOLWHALE Pool Vacuum Head & Hose (1½ in × 30 ft)Manual suction vacuum — attaches to your pole and skimmer for the debris a net can't reach.
    $44.99Add
  • Poolmaster Extra Large Pumice StoneScrubs the calcium and scum line off tile and grout without scratching it.
    $9.99Add
  • NOOTO Upgraded Pool Skimmer BasketBuilt-in weight and a sturdier handle than the basket that came with your skimmer.
    $16.99Add
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Once You've Tested

Pool Rebalance Kit

One of everything the Balancer might call for — stabilizer, alkalinity, pH in both directions, hardness, plus a measuring pitcher so you're adding the exact dose, not eyeballing it.

  • Pool Mate Cyanuric Acid Stabilizer & Conditioner (4 lb)Granular — dissolve slowly in a sock, never poured straight in.
    $19.99Add
  • CPDI Champion 12.5% Liquid Pool Chlorine (1 gal, 2-Pack)Fast-acting, no stabilizer added — the default choice for routine FC dosing.
    Subscribe & Save PickChlorine Pools
    $26.99Add
  • Morton Pool Salt (40 lb bag)Non-iodized, additive-free — safe for salt chlorine generator cells.
    Salt Pools
    $12.99Add
  • Pool Mate Sodium Bicarbonate Alkalinity Increaser (25 lb)Raises Total Alkalinity without moving pH much.
    $27.99Add
  • In The Swim Soda Ash pH Increaser (10 lb)For raising pH — dose in stages, it overshoots easily.
    $21.99Add
  • Leslie's Dry Acid pH & Alkalinity Decreaser (25 lb)Sodium bisulfate — the shippable stand-in for muriatic acid, which most carriers won't ship as a liquid.
    $32.99Add
  • Pool Mate Calcium Chloride Hardness Increaser (25 lb)Dissolve in a bucket of water first — it heats up fast going in.
    $34.99Add
  • ACCUPOUR 128oz (1 Gallon) Measuring PitcherChemical-resistant, oz/mL markings — measure the exact dose before it goes in.
    Essential
    $25.99Add
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Once You're Dialed In

Pool Maintenance Kit

The consumables that run out — keep these on the shelf so a low reading never waits on shipping.

  • AquaChek 7-Way Test Strips (100-count)Fast daily check between full test-kit readings.
    Subscribe & Save Pick
    $13.99Add
  • CPDI Champion 12.5% Liquid Pool Chlorine (1 gal, 2-Pack)Fast-acting, no stabilizer added — the default choice for routine FC dosing.
    Subscribe & Save PickChlorine Pools
    $26.99Add
  • 440 Floating Chlorine DispenserFor trichlor tabs between manual doses.
    $8.99Add
  • Aqua Org Plus 65% Cal-Hypo Pool Shock, 1 lb Bags (12-pack)Best for breaking down combined chlorine without loading up CYA.
    $54.99Add
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