PH Meter

Mini Digital Pen Type PH Meter PH-009 I Multimeter Tester
is this decent for the cheap price?


or get something better?

Well. Yes it will work? It probably wont be the most accurate, but should work relatively well. Probably hard to calibrate and needs it a lot of the time, so make sure you get both solution and how to do it. it will probably take 30-40 seconds to register the ph as well, it may not seem like a lot but wait till your high and doing it multiple times or whatever, it will annoy you at some point.

They all will do an adequate job it really boils down to how accurate, how much calibration/adjustment and time to read settings for your choice. No one can answer that but you, I chose Blue Labs its 300 but worth every penny, because I grow in hydro DWC and water is my soil I want the best device to read that so I can troubleshoot or stay out of trouble.

I have had them all Hannah, Milwaukee, TriDip and my Blue Labs is by far the easiest, most accurate, fastest meter to date. I love it, I only wish both ppm and ph probes were detachable.

i dont have much fundage but i need something thats decent enought in the accurate range cause my water has a rather high ph

Should work fine then.

kk sweet deal

I bought a generic digital meter. A few years on and it still reads perfectly when tested in known ph solutions.

I'm of the school that it doesn't take much of a pH meter. They don't have to be that accurate. Also, two point calibration isn't necessary, IMO. Many meters calibrate to 7.0 only. I don't use the solution either. I calibrate to RO water that I know to be 7.0.

Decepticon said:

Mini Digital Pen Type PH Meter PH-009 I Multimeter Tester
is this decent for the cheap price?
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or get something better?

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these things are total shit, buy at your own risk, they give inaccurate readings and they fail completely very quickly
if you must use a meter to measure pH spend more money on one that has replaceable probes

Deception: I don't agree with everything that's been said. The pH pens on the market today are a lot like cars; they're designed to get you from one place to the next but some folks with over sized egos are only satisfied if they're driving a Lexus. I've a Ford man myself. A pH pen is only going to last you for about a year anyway, and I think that's why they only guarantee them for that long. You shouldn't be using it if you're fucked up so that isn't really an issue. If you're a commercial grower then that's really a dumb question but if you're a personal grower like me that little yellow and black pH pen is easily affordable and it should be fine.

True, it's slower and harder to calibrate than the more expensive models but it should come with a little screw driver and sufficient instructions. If you calibrate it correctly every month the accuracy shouldn't really be an issue. I had an inexpensive one and it worked fine for a year but then I'm not in a big hurry. Last time around I bought the next model up and it doesn't do anything more but self calibrate and it only last about a year so I vote for yours. That's what I'm going to buy when my present one goes bad.

Jut don't let it dry out. If the sensor bulb dries it dies. Either store it in a glass with an inch or two of water or storage solution, or cut a piece of kitchen sponge, put it in the cap wet and check it regularly when you use it. It should be fine. I hope that helps. Hank

yes thank you hank that is rather helpful

i grow for myself mostly when i do go big its 10 plants at the most and thats soil but i do scrog with dwc and the water here its over treated with bleach and such so the pen would be best cause i only use 1 - 3 buckets, atm im using only 1 bucket

Deception: do you check the pH of your run off? You should. HSA