Readytouse

Readytouse (often written ready-to-use or RTU) is a term used to describe products that are sold in a form that requires little or no preparation before use. In general, ready-to-use items are pre-measured, pre-diluted, pre-assembled, or pre-configured, enabling immediate application or deployment.

Common contexts include consumer cleaning products marketed as ready-to-use sprays or wipes, gardening products such as ready-to-use plant foods or pesticides, and laboratory reagents provided as ready-to-use solutions or pre-aliquoted components. In software and IT, readytouse can refer to ready-to-run environments, including pre-configured software stacks or container images that require minimal setup.

Readytouse is primarily a marketing label rather than a formal standard, though some industries regulate claims about preparation requirements to avoid misrepresentation, especially for chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Variations in spelling and usage include hyphenated 'ready-to-use', and product naming conventions that use 'Readytouse' as a brand or stylized term. The acronym RTU is common in inventories and documentation.

This approach emphasizes convenience and reduced handling, but may come with trade-offs such as higher unit cost or reduced shelf life for certain pre-prepared formulations.

Readytouse is thus a broad descriptor across domains, reflecting a preference for ready applicability rather than a fixed technical definition.