(60 Rapid Home Testing Swabs) Lead Test Swab Kit,30-Second Results. Dip in Water. Home Use for All Surfaces - Painted,Metal, Toys,Dishes, Ceramics,Jewelry,Wood,High-Sensitive, Non-Toxic Test (60)

Got these because I suspected there was some lead problem in my house. Was able to discover my office chair had been covered in lead and I, plus everything I regularly touched, was contaminated. Was able to return the chair and verify most everything else in my house was safe. Have loved having these to test new items before spending a lot of time in contact with them.

Highly recommend. I bought these more then once work great

I guess they work. Don't know about them or really how they work. Inconsistent color before using.

These testing strips are easy and quick to use. I used them to test some vintage pyrex, fire king and corningware to make sure they were safe to use. Nice to have the peace of mind that grandma's stuff is still good!

I take these and a mini bottle of water with me when I go thrifting. Nice to know if an item can be used safely for food before purchasing and bringing home when there is no recourse for return.

I purchased to test some plates and a namebrand brass trombone mouthpiece that the school assigned to my son to play. As can be seen in the photo on the left, lead is present in this mouthpiece since the side of the swab rubbed against the mouthpiece turned red in contrast to the yellowish orange of the side of the swab that wasn't rubbed against the mouthpiece as seen in the photo on the right. It is sad that there are many young brains in school bands all over the US pushing those leaded mouthpieces against their mouths while their parents are not informed that these pieces more than likely contain lead. This particular mouthpiece was supposedly purchased by the school in 2007.By the way I used water as instructed on the container and tried some with vinegar. Both gave similar results, however using water seemed to yield better contrast.Update:. Down rated it to one starfor uncertainty. When follwing the instructions on the label by using water, the sqab turned red on lead, iron, copper, and zinc. When wetting it with distilled white vinegar, and testing on brass trombone mouthpiece it turned red. I tested another block of brass with a second swab dipped in distilled white vinegar, and it didn't change color. This may mean the second brass block had no lead in it. This is consistent with the information from the manufacturer of the mouthpiece that ot has lead. I would say these swabs are useless and give many false positives whe dipped in water as instructed on the label. Negative 5 stars if possible.

OK So first things first you just need to be comfortable with at home test kits and the weird ways colors are used... like the scale here is basically a pale pink (negative) to scarlet red (Positive) yet the swab, for me, starts as yellow/orange and stays as yellow/orange. BUT THAT'S STANDARD for home test kits like this (I'm comparing it against all test kits I've ever used for substances, not just lead, they just all seem to have a little wonky color schemes).Anyway I bought these because my wife inherited some really old baby toys that meant a lot to her, and since the paint was very bright on them I suspected they might have lead. I tested all the toys and they were all mustard-negative.I then wanted to test it against something I KNEW had lead to make sure the tests worked properly. I found a fishing line sinker because they are (almost?) always made of lead. Anyway WITHIN ONE SECOND the swab turned bright red like it was bleeding from the horror of being exposed to lead. This gave me EXCELLENT confidence that these swabs MUST work and that none of the toys I swabbed had lead paint.I would HIGHLY recommend. And I'd also point out that the manufacturer specs on the bottle indicate that the bottle is good for 2 years; so I'm assuming that means that once you pop the top you have 2 years of accuracy that they are vouching for. Though if I have these for 5 years and am curious if they still work I'll just swab another sinker :)Cost: AmazingQuantity: AmazingAccuracy: Amazing (enough for me!)A++!

I tested few locations, at the sink it turned pink. Which indicated lead. However, there should not be lead because we don’t have lead water mains in our town. I suspected the soap is turning this thing pink. So I tested on soap it turned pink, and tested on baking soda it also turned pink. Make sure when you testing the object the surface does not have ph value larger than 7