How To Send In Water For Ward Labs Test

[thatjonguy]

I don't understand... Why would anyone else be involved?

Just saw your quote.

So imagine a 60 pound piece of metal, lets call it a tooth for a backhoe being shipped via UPS. Guy loading the trailer is having a bad day or doesn't care about the load.

Shipper of said box thought: "It is a 60 pound piece of metal, it is undamagable so I can reuse this flimsy box with any packing material!"

Now the box with metal in it happens to be in thr trailer on its way to Omaha with your water sample. Trucker driver gets a pothole and that 60 pound piece of metal is now on top of your box, just resting. Still hours from being unloaded. The box with the metal tooth is falling apart on top of your box with more bumps before its destination.

What happens next? Your packaging will determine the outcome. Make sure you pack your box full of packing material (paper, peanuts, etc.) to make the sides ridgid and able to support another box or 8 on top of it.

 

[Steve271828]

Did the price of this test go up recently? All I see is the W5 test is $39.60.

$39.60 is for the brewer's kit. You don't want the kit. You want to submit this form: http://www.wardlab.com/images/SampleForms/HomeBrewer.pdf use your own box and container, and include a check for $21 for the W-6 test.

 

[mtnagel]

Are you sure about that? This page says $27.25.

 

[TNugent]

Are you sure about that? This page says $27.25.

He suggested the W-6 test which is $21 rather than the W5-A Brewers Test which is $27.25.

 

[mtnagel]

Ah I see. Thanks. So we don't need iron and phosphorus?

 

[mchrispen]

I believe that your municipal supply report is adequate for iron and phosphorus, unless you see a red, rusty or brown color to your water, or taste metallic flavors. Then you may wish to get those reported. I would think for well water specifically it would be more critical.

I would save the extra few bucks and go with the cheaper suggestion.

 

[mtnagel]

Awesome. Thanks.

 

[itsratso]

i just recently did the brewing water one and was absolutely shocked at how long it took. i actually thought it was lost at one point. it took about 3 weeks to get the kit and about 3 weeks to get it back. this is from illinois to nebraska. they blamed the post office. hmm... both times?

 

[Steve271828]

Took me less than a week to get my results emailed to me..

 

[thatjonguy]

i just recently did the brewing water one and was absolutely shocked at how long it took. i actually thought it was lost at one point. it took about 3 weeks to get the kit and about 3 weeks to get it back. this is from illinois to nebraska. they blamed the post office. hmm... both times?

Is it going parcel post? USPS takes their sweet time moving those packages around.

 

[ResumeMan]

i just recently did the brewing water one and was absolutely shocked at how long it took. i actually thought it was lost at one point. it took about 3 weeks to get the kit and about 3 weeks to get it back. this is from illinois to nebraska. they blamed the post office. hmm... both times?

That didn't sound like my experience a year and a half ago, but I couldn't really remember.

But just last Friday I mailed off another sample. I didn't use a kit, just an old water bottle. Mailed from California.

My results were in my email this morning.

So while apparently sometimes things go wrong with the Ward Labs shipping, sometimes it's almost shockingly quick.

 

[E-DUBB]

sorry for bumping an old thread. i should have read this thread before i sent my water off.

i just threw the package into the usps collection box with the pre-paid shipping label on top. LOLOL.

good thing i bought 2 test kits...im gonna wait a few weeks to see if hear anything from ward labs.

if not...i'll just use the 2nd kit and drop it off at the post office. sigh.