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I’m really enjoying having a magnetic stirrer doing all the mixing work for me so I can make other things, so let’s take a look at this new addition to my workshop! Please note, none of these are affiliate links or links from which I’ll benefit. I’m sharing where I found the things I bought,...
Now that we’ve met all the meters I have, let’s take a look at which ones I liked and which ones I didn’t! I find it helpful to gather all my meters and test the heck out of them using the same fluids. You can see this in action in this post where I compared...
This one has a strange way of calibrating, by using a screwdriver to alter it if it doesn’t register exactly the reading you want. This has an all in one glass electrode. It has an accuracy of +/- 0.05 pH. It doesn’t measure temperature and doesn’t have automatic temperature compensation, so if you’re measuring a liquid...
This is the worst meter I’ve tested thus far, completely inaccurate and annoying. This has an all in one glass electrode. It has an accuracy of +/- 0.05 pH. It doesn’t measure temperature and doesn’t have automatic temperature compensation, so if you’re measuring a liquid that’s less than 20˚C and higher than 25˚C, it won’t be...