Accurate PH meter

[ettin]

The combo meters are nice, but damn so expensive.

 

Alot of hydro shops retail this one for around $325. Ouch!

 

It does Temp/PH/EC so im told.

 

[ettin]

Has anyone used these before?

 

[blackheartedprofit]

Has anyone used these before?

 

 

looks like an older style hanna ph pen, ettin

[Lucian]

Has anyone used these before?

 

 

yeah mate the are cheap and nasty , last about 3-6 months

 

i think they are the throw away hanna ? about $25-$50

 

i also have had a hanna http://www.geneq.ca/catalog/images/p/pocket_phmeter%20phep4-5.jpg, expensive and the tip lasted about 13 months , just out of warranty >__<

 

the replacemant tip was about $140 , i think i payed nearly $200 for it orinially

 

in my line of work we use WPW meters , i can put 3 next to each other and they will all read diffarent

 

and thats with brand new $200 dollars probes in the 3 of them

 

youll never get 2 x Ph meters to read the same thing ...

 

i use the eye dropper bottles , hassle free

 

as some one said earlier , you really have to calibrate them at least once a week

 

with 4 and 7 and keep them stored in electrolyte or calibration becomes impossible

[Naycha]

I was given a pair that looked just like that, but they were pretty old. It might be cause of how old they were, but they were shit.

[Lucian]

i guess the question is how much do ya wanna spend on a reliable digital Ph meter , rather than an accurate digital ph Meter

 

i mean theres Lab type Ph meters and ya throw away ones , i guess your asking whats inbetween

 

but what sorta cash are ya talking ?

 

how much do you want to pay for probe replacemant ?

 

are you gunna store it and calibrate it every 4-8 days ?

 

i wasted good kanga on them fuggers when i was stratin out

 

get a roll of litmus paper or the eye dropper die test

 

itll save you money and head aches

Edited June 20, 2008 by Lucian

[janemary]

I just got new ph tester as I noticed my poor little young immigrants were getting sick and the reading on the old meter where changing drastically overnight. So I now have a new eutech, and I’m hoping my young new imports survive with a weak solution with some extra superthrive, now that there food is just right for them. My last tester was also eutech and it lasted over 4years Edited July 3, 2008 by janemary