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Can a positive line be thinner than the control line?

On the internet cheapies the control line is fairly wide. Does the test line have to be just as wide or can a positive line be thinner, much thinner even than the control line?

4 Answers • 10 years ago


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Normally they should be the same thickness on a positive test when read within the correct time

10 years ago


Thank you!

10 years ago • Post starter


Every test is different but normally the test line should be about as thick as the control line. On the tests I use to take, the test line was always a bit thinner but not noticeably. Even when it was a veryyyy faint positive, you could still tell it was a fairly thick line. If you're worried about an evap, look at the photo gallery on here and sort them to only show the brand of test you want to see and look at what the different positive and evap lines look like. That's how I deciphered mine because they were just sooo faint when I first took them that it made me unsure, even tho they say a line is a line. I have seen 1 evap before and it was on a positive test of mine. The evap was above the test line and looked like an indent. No color, nothing. It was undeniably an evap. They say evaps dont have color and they say most just look like an indented line on the test. And thats exactly how mine looked. Hope this helped! Good Luck!! :)

10 years ago


Thanks, mmariej. I got two evaps yesterday and two today. All were pink but yesterday's were just thin lines on the tests and today's covered the entire positive test line but showed after the allocated time. I am frustrated because I seem to be getting evap after evap no matter what brand of test I take!!

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