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"We recommend several Tap Score kits from SimpleLab, both for their ease of use — they come with prepaid and labeled packaging to help you ship your samples to the lab quickly — and for their clarity.

Consumer Reports use Tap Score kits for PFAS testing:

"If you are concerned about PFAS and your utility does not yet test for them, or if you get your water from a well, you can have your water tested by an EPA-certified lab."

The Best Water Quality Test Kit for Your Home 2025
- The New York Times Wirecutter

“All of this makes Tap Score by far the most user-friendly and informative home water quality test kit we found"

BEST OVERALL WATER TEST KIT

"Tap Score is a kit that gets sent to a lab, which gave me professional results that are more accurate than any DIY kit could provide. As such, the Tap Score kit was a good control for my experiments."

"When Tap Score posted my results a few business days later, interpreting the data was simple too, thanks to a robust dashboard complete with a glossary, sortable data and information about each contaminant."

"Depending on your water source and concerns, Tap Score has other tests as well, from well water kits to PFAS-specific testing."

Best Lab-Screened Water Test Kit - 2025

"For lab-verified results, we love the Tap Score Advanced Home Water Test Kit that screens for 114 parameters to provide highly accurate and comprehensive results."

CR-Tested Mail-In Kit

"Be wary of the many do-it-yourself test kits sold online or in hardware stores, in which you test a sample of water in your own home without sending it to a lab. It's not always clear what they test for or how accurate they are. Instead, the EPA recommends using a certified lab".

THE BEST WATER TESTING KIT

"a comprehensive water testing kit for drinking water service that provides accurate and easy-to-understand results."

Best Overall Test Kit 2024

"Tap Score is not affiliated with a water treatment company but will offer you advice on how best to use your water to help keep your family safe."

Best for Home 2023

"The Tap Score Advanced water test kit gave us thorough results at a discount compared to the Safe Home lab test and did a great job of explaining the contaminants. The testing regimen was less detailed than Safe Home’s, but the interpretation of the results was outstanding."

“The Water Systems Council endorses a mail-in water test from SimpleWater called Tap Score. "

"Tap Score doesn’t actually do the testing, but it gets your samples to certified commercial labs that may not be prepared for consumer trade. It sends you a water testing kit to mail back. Then you get an easy-to-understand explanation of the results and recommendations for what kind of filter (or filters) would be best for your home.”