For the most part I have used Botanicare and General Hydroponics nutrients and Ph control. My local hydro store, www.hydro77.com carries a wide selection, although they're not always the cheapest. They are convenient and have a few people on staff who know what they're talking about. I was tired of having such large containers of nutes all over, so since my growing space is limited, I picked up a few glass/rubber eye dropper bottles since I don't whip up more than a few gallons at a time when I do refresh/flush every few weeks. The eye droppers give me a better control over how much I measure in. Maybe a graduated cylinder or other measuring glass would be better, but for now, this keeps the counter less-than-cluttered and they're all ready for me to even mix up a small amount for seedlings, young plants.
Thankfully I have not ever burned my plants. Short of them getting too close to the lights, they have been ok. Chemical or nutrient burn hasn't been a problem short of in a seedling batch where I mixed in the wrong batch of water, and quickly noticed the next day some browning of arugala seedlings. I flushed them and gave them the right low-to-no nute water.
We'll see how long it takes the Ph Down to eat through the rubber stopper on the dropper, but I bought a case of 24 online for about $15, so it wasn't bad.
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