...indicators are always the best test for ph. Never need calibration...
Ha that's a good example of the type of thing I meant before. I fully agree with that and it's the advice I'd give a newbie because it's one less complication. Over on the 420 boards, I mentioned something like that that the drops are more accurate. And they are the sense that they are reliable. And you certainly won't fuck up if you go by them especially if you've checked the colour against a calibrated solution.
However when I posted that on the 420 boards a moderator immediately chewed me up angrily telling me not to post misinformation. As if I've ruined their perfect record. Also I used 'fuck' in a post. Not to anyone just as an intensifier when referring to a plant. Another mod explained that this sort of language was unnecessary. In their terms and conditions they say not to use exclamation points because it attracts minors. WTF are they smoking. Finally even after I told told off for saying fuck, some stupid old fart, (younger than me) weighed in and called my post 'odious'.
They also threw Autobeast (who's now on the Autoflower Network passing on his excellent information there) off their forums and locked all his brilliant threads. Needless to say I trashed my account there.
Here I am getting chewed up on another forum, like you guys try and chew me up, and all I did was basically say a similar thing to what you just said. So this is why, I say, let people say their thing without complaint and let the reader weigh it all up and work it out for themselves.
All forums are like this, for motorcycle forums you just need to start an oil thread and it's the same thing one bunch of people will abuse you for saying you need to add zinc others on the same forum will abuse you for saying the opposite.
Sometimes the anonymous nature of the inter web works against it. Bottom line is we really should be more chilled here. We're Australians remember, we're supposed to be laid back with a "let the bastard be" attitude, and that's even without this being a dopers board.
Peace.