The customer was a single mom moving into a home with a swimming pool. “I remember her coming in. She was completely terrified,” said Tabatha Poling, who at the time, the mid-1990s, was opening a new ...

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This svelte, floating device offers 3 years’ worth of pool measurements. But understanding its measurements might require some effort on your part. Keeping tabs on pool chemistry is a constant hassle, ...