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Pros

This tool is now indispensable to me. Comes in a nice plastic (durable case) heavily sponger protected inside along with a small siphon dropper, small screwdriver, test solution and clearly explained instructions. Brightwell sells for $9 and $12 at am...  Read More



Cons

The interior blue is very dark making a bad situation worse. The picture shows a much lighter blue. I wonder if these are knock-offs?

It's not possible to calibrate. Calibration drifts even if you handle it with kid gloves. It appears to be way off from my densitometer.

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Quality


The storage case is well made as well.


Works great and is easy to clean and read.


Or maybe keep as a backup to calibrate and test the quality product from time to time.


Factory calibration was off a bit, and could have been temperature related.

Price


I spent half the money and it is completely accurate and easy to use.


Accurate and easy to use all for about half the price of ones you’d find at big box stores.


I purchased this due to its price point.


I was skeptical as it seemed very simple and inexpensive.

Shipping


I had just finished setting up my phytoplankton reactor, awaiting this delivery, and arrival of the phytoplankton in todays mail.

Packaging/appearance


It certainly is a refractometer, only thing that would make it better is if it came with calibration fluid so you don’t have to...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    calibrated, easy, fluid, accurate and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 4,279 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 25 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My old refractometer was looking pretty worn and getting loose


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was skeptical as it seemed very simple and inexpensive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wear glasses but with my glasses off i can adjust the optical lens to see it crystal clear


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I received this refractometer next day


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Opened it up focused and then calibrated with distilled water


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Factory calibration was off a bit and could have been temperature related


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had just finished setting up my phytoplankton reactor awaiting this delivery and arrival of the phytoplankton in todays mail


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I will be mindful of checking calibration whenever precision accuracy is needed

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