Soil PH What tester or test kit to get ?

jamesmost · Jan 31, 2023

What tester or test kit to get ?

Thanks James

BigBlonde · Jan 31, 2023

jamesmost said:
What tester or test kit to get ?

I use one I bought on Amazon. It's a colormetric type, meaning a few drops of liquid are added to a water sample and then the color is compared against a chart. It isn't extremely precise, but it works well enough for many purposes. The kit cost about $10. I used it to test my soil pH a few days ago. Here's what it looked like:

GreenGalaxyFarm · Jan 31, 2023

BigBlonde said:
I use one I bought on Amazon. It's a colormetric type, meaning a few drops of liquid are added to a water sample and then the color is compared against a chart. It isn't extremely precise, but it works well enough for many purposes. The kit cost about $10. I used it to test my soil pH a few days ago. Here's what it looked like:

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use this until youre able to purchase a bluelab pen.

Gmix · Jan 31, 2023

I must admit I do love my bulelab meter was expensive however it’s a really good product

jamesmost · Jan 31, 2023

The blue lab soil pen is 2x more $ then the water pen..

How does the Amazon $10 kit test soil?

jamesmost · Jan 31, 2023

BigBlonde said:
I use one I bought on Amazon. It's a colormetric type, meaning a few drops of liquid are added to a water sample and then the color is compared against a chart. It isn't extremely precise, but it works well enough for many purposes. The kit cost about $10. I used it to test my soil pH a few days ago. Here's what it looked like:

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Don't see this one on Amazon?

mysticepipedon · Jan 31, 2023

I found that purchasing any pH meter, other than a Blue Lab, makes the amount I pay for a pH meter = cost of the "other" meter + cost of the Blue Lab I should have purchased in the first place.

It's rock solid, as long as you don't let it dry out.

GreenGalaxyFarm · Jan 31, 2023

mysticepipedon said:
It's rock solid, as long as you don't let it dry out.

storage solution and calibration fluids should be part of your initial purchase

2Bad · Jan 31, 2023

The 10$ kit works just more work . Any ph pen over $70 should work tbh.

jamesmost · Jan 31, 2023

I use mostly hanna checkers for my reef tank, except for po4 then I use a more expensive milwaukee....

Any suggestions on a less expensive alternative to the blue lab...
$100 or <

mysticepipedon · Jan 31, 2023

jamesmost said:
I use mostly hanna checkers for my reef tank, except for po4 then I use a more expensive milwaukee....

Any suggestions on a less expensive alternative to the blue lab...
$100 or <

Oakton is pretty good. It will take longer to do a reading, but you can get them for under $100.

I used to use one of these for work. Carried it in the field for years. I'm not pushing this company, but this is a similar model to the one I had. I'm sure the model I had is no longer made:

https://www.grainger.com/product/55...:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gclsrc=ds&gclsrc=ds

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