TheMaverickFarmer
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Weird...my paper strips work just fine. Whatever floats your boat I suppose
Reliability of those paper strips degrades over time. If they are fresh, they are pretty accurate. If not, don't trust them. I bought some a few years ago off of Ebay. They were so old they didn't work at all. It's one of those areas where manufacturing used by dates actually mean something.Weird...my paper strips work just fine. Whatever floats your boat I supposeView attachment 1213909View attachment 1213910View attachment 1213911
That's what I was thinking myself ... Easy to find actually. Bought new and fresh, it's a reliable work around for an expensive pH meter ... It's also cheap enough to have around to verify the accuracy of your pH meter readings ... and even the pH of your calibration solutions.That I can't say, I always use mine pretty fast! mine comes in sealed wrap and a plastic case. Don't buy those on Amazon/Ebay complete rip-off, your local hydro store will have some fresh ones for sure....and the Blue Lab pen:)View attachment 1213933
I don't fuck with pens they all seem to be garbage . I broke down and got a blue lab guardian a few years ago I've only recalibrated 3 times , never had any problems with it. But they aren't cheapPurchased mine in October last year and it's toast already. Called Bluelab today and they confirmed it was bad. I ran out an bought a new one and now this one is acting strange right out of the box. Displays UR when I turn it on. Anyone else having quality issues with BlueLab? This shit is getting expensive and it should work better than the cheap ones but my cheaper HM brand ph pen lasted 11 months.
Does anyone know of a higher quality product? Something that lasts more than 4 months? That's about $25/mo payment for a PH pen and as I sit here I have no way to measue my ph, I have to store this new one in storage solution for 24 hours to find out if it's going to work or keep with the UR in the display in which case it's going back. But what a fucking hassle. 2 hour drive to replace this, and 2 more to take it back. As you can see I have no confidence in this working since it's acting strange already.
What's up BLUELAB?
-never use the pen to try and test RO or distilled water. It will pull minerals out of the probe and damage it over time.
I bought one of the ones you can put directly into the soil about 18 months ago. It still works fine. But pH electrodes are delicate. If a box of them are dropped, several in the box can be fucked.Um, I just bought this one hours ago from my hour away local Hydro store. I say they make junk. The HM brand lasted 11 months. Bluelab themselves even told me today, Jeana, they should be good for 18 months, so how are you guys getting 4 years out of them? They are obviously NOT the same product they used to be 4 years ago.
Hows their customer support/warranty service? Do they have a US based office?Apera instruments best there is all I use
Apera probe used with a blu lab guardian.never any trouble n a new probe is only 30$ when/if needed.Apera instruments best there is all I use
They make "labgrade" equipmentYes great warenty and customer service and they are based in the us
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