Blue Lab PH pens are not good

bk78

bk78

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calvin.m16 said:
You got lucky their "pens" suck my grow shop doesn't even sell them anymore they sell ones that you can swap the tip out and it is on the spot out of the box for pH & EC/PPMx700. I just use the bluelab truncheon and drops.. Pens are too high maintenance for $50 I can have enough pH dropper kits for a year and its never not accurate or batteries died or gotta calibrate and buy solutions n shit.
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Sounds like a YOU issue, and not a bluelab issue?
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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calvin.m16 said:
You got lucky their "pens" suck my grow shop doesn't even sell them anymore they sell ones that you can swap the tip out and it is on the spot out of the box for pH & EC/PPMx700. I just use the bluelab truncheon and drops.. Pens are too high maintenance for $50 I can have enough pH dropper kits for a year and its never not accurate or batteries died or gotta calibrate and buy solutions n shit.
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That's what I like about the Apera is the replaceable tips. My BlueLab has worked fine for me, but if I ever bough another I'd probably get the Apera. And I'm talking about the soil probes, not the regular pH pens.

I rarely ever use it though since I'm in organic soil, but it's cool to have.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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PadawanWarrior said:
That's what I like about the Apera is the replaceable tips. My BlueLab has worked fine for me, but if I ever bough another I'd probably get the Apera. And I'm talking about the soil probes, not the regular pH pens.

I rarely ever use it though since I'm in organic soil, but it's cool to have.
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The conversation is about pH pens not soil pH pens, try to follow along.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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twentyeight.threefive said:
So your gripe about the soil pH pen is that it doesn’t have a replaceable tip? Does the Apera with the replaceable tip measure soil pH?
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No. I said I've never had a problem with my BlueLab. But the probe isn't replaceable like the Apera. So if I bought another soil pH pen I'd spend a little more for the Apera.

But I barely ever use it, so it's all good. If I ever bust the probe, I'll buy an Apera.

They both have both different pen styles. If you want to check soil or medium ever too get the soil version vs the liquid version.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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PadawanWarrior said:
No. I said I've never had a problem with my BlueLab. But the probe isn't replaceable like the Apera. So if I bought another soil pH pen I'd spend a little more for the Apera.

But I barely ever use it, so it's all good. If I ever bust the probe, I'll buy an Apera.

They both have both different pen styles. If you want to check soil or medium ever too get the soil version vs the liquid version.
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So again. Why would you ever need a replaceable tip?
 
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