How Hydara works
A local Hydara partner installs a small unit beside your tub. Its controller doses by its settings, Hydara watches the readings, and you check your phone.
The old way, the new way
Testing
The old way: Squinting at a test strip under the porch light.
The new way: Your tub's pH, ORP, temperature and TDS in the app. Some tests stay by hand.
Dosing
The old way: A measuring cup, a calculator and granules on the cover.
The new way: The controller doses EPA-registered sanitizer and pH correction according to its settings.
Away from home
The old way: Back from a trip, lifting the cover to look.
The new way: If a reading leaves its range while you're away, the alert goes to your partner or to you.
Service
The old way: Calling down a list of pool companies.
The new way: On full service, your Hydara partner sees your tub's readings.
What happens when you get Hydara
You order or send a request
On the website. Where ordering is not open in your ZIP code yet, you send a request.
Your partner gets in touch
Your Hydara partner contacts you to schedule the install.
Install day, with you there
Your partner installs and sets up the unit. You see your tub's readings in the app before they leave.
The controller doses
It doses according to its settings, and Hydara watches the readings.
Alerts
When a reading leaves its range, the alert goes to your partner on full service, or to you on DIY.
Measured, and tested by hand
Measured on every edition
pH
Acidity of the water
ORP
The sanitizer signal, in millivolts
Unknown· ORP calibration pending
Temperature
Water temperature, in °F
TDS
Dissolved solids, against your fill value
Tested by hand
Free chlorine
Calcium hardness
Total alkalinity
By hand until the complete edition adds automated alkalinity, later
Your partner tests and logs these on full service. On DIY, you do.
There is no free-chlorine probe. ORP is the sanitizer signal.
Renting the tub to guests? Test by hand before guests use it.
What dosing looks like
The controller doses pH correction in small amounts according to its settings. The shaded band is the range the app shows as In range for pH (7.2 to 7.8).
pH across an example day
- In range band
- pH
- Small dose of pH correction
See the numbers
| Time | pH | Dose of pH correction |
|---|---|---|
| 12 AM | 7.48 | None |
| 2 AM | 7.52 | None |
| 4 AM | 7.56 | None |
| 6 AM | 7.47 | Small dose at 5 AM |
| 8 AM | 7.51 | None |
| 10 AM | 7.55 | None |
| 12 PM | 7.46 | Small dose at 11 AM |
| 2 PM | 7.50 | None |
| 4 PM | 7.53 | None |
| 6 PM | 7.57 | None |
| 8 PM | 7.48 | Small dose at 7 PM |
| 10 PM | 7.52 | None |
| 12 AM (next day) | 7.55 | None |
What it costs
The Hydara unit is a one-time purchase, and Hydara's water-care service is monthly. Available in select ZIP codes.