I have been using ph strips to read my water, but have heard they are inaccurate and to spend the money on a ph reader. Any suggestions on ones that are accurate, reliable, easy to calibrate?
I have a PH pen thingy. It came with a buffer solution as well. I really only used it in the beginning before I got comfortable with my regime. Some people test religiously. I for one do not. Eventually ill get one of those 24/7 monitors, but thats eventually. I like the digital pH tester I have. Bought it off of ebay years ago. I never calibrated it so its probably waaaay off. But its given me an idea of what i needed to do.
I have a PH pen thingy. It came with a buffer solution as well. I really only used it in the beginning before I got comfortable with my regime. Some people test religiously. I for one do not. Eventually ill get one of those 24/7 monitors, but thats eventually. I like the digital pH tester I have. Bought it off of ebay years ago. I never calibrated it so its probably waaaay off. But its given me an idea of what i needed to do.
when you do decide to get a continuous monitor the bluelab guardians are great.
pricey but great.
The bluelab pens and truncheon I have no idea but coming from bluelab I do know they stands behind their product.
Milwaukee has been good to me for $25: http://www.eseasongear.com/ph20stph4ph7.html Have gotten a lot of use out of it and haven't needed to calibrate yet. Comes with storage solution (important for pH meters - don't skip getting some along with) and a packet of calibration solution.
My water is always PH 7.2 so I use my water as a test solution.
I bought a cheap PH Pen from China red with black cap, $20.00
works fine and over 8 months of continuous use.
just get one of ebay for like 10 bucks, its better then those strips and accurate I paid 7 for mine from china lol and its been on point this whole last three months