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I tried this one at Windy Point Soap Making Supplies in 2017, and it was still calibrated in 2018! I can’t remember what we did out of the box, to be honest, but I think the instructions said to soak it for 2 to 3 hours in distilled water. This machine comes with three calibration...
It’s summer, so get your oils, butters, solid oils, and other fine meltables into a cool, dark place or fridge lest you suffer the curse of melted coconut or babassu oil coating everything in your oils box! Babassu and coconut oils melt at 24°C or 76°F, which is barely above room temperature for some buildings!...
I bought this one by accident! I put a few different meters into my Amazon cart, and figured I’d hit “save for later” before checking out, but I didn’t, and it soon ended up at my house. This one has a glass electrode and measures pH and temperature. It measures pH 0.1 to 14, +/- 0.02...
This was the first meter I ever owned, a lovely Christmas present from my husband and mom in 2010, and it served me well for seven long years. This meter has a glass sensor and reference tube, and the electrode can be easily replaced. It measures temperature – -9.9˚C to 99˚C or 14˚F to 212˚F, the...
This one works with your smart phone using a free or paid app, and it has no screen! This one has a gel filled, single junction glass electrode, like most others. It can measure a pH range of 0 to 14, It measures temperature from 0˚C to 50˚C, +/- 0.5˚C, but it doesn’t note that it has...