ChangeofIdea
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Since I am not new to gardening, I have made the mistakes of using the chemical PH testers, and Nutrient chemical testers for NPK, and letting them sit around and try to compare it to a chart etc... I then tried the PH Meter you push down into the soil and we all know how those $10-$20 work out. Now I am getting serious about my PH Meter this time around, and after reading about the digital PH Meter, ECC, and TDS Meter, looking at finding a good accurate thermometer, etc... the calibrating, cleaning and storage solutions and trying to do a lot more research I ran across an article by seemingly a professional grower, or at least someone who wrote a nice Grow Guide about just buying a good multi digital meter, and saving yourself the nightmare.
So after digging around on Amazon, I've found a "6 in 1 Digital Monitor Water testing Meter- PH, PPM, Temp TDS, EC cf Tester" that is how its listed. Of coarse I want to know is once a meter system like this calibrated do you just leave it in the water and perhaps check the calibration weekly? Are the probes left in the nutrient solution for constant monitoring? Or do you have to buy the cleaning solution for them, the storage solution, etc... and treat them like the other handheld Stick type Meters? If its really something you can leave in your nutrient tank so I can monitor my tank at a glance throughout the day and save time?
I want to invest in a good quality product that will last years, and I am looking for something that doesn't require all these various cleaning and storage solutions and it has to be accurate, and so I am looking at these 6-in-1 Meters... does anyone here use them, what do you think of them, and what brand name or types of meters would you suggest?
So after digging around on Amazon, I've found a "6 in 1 Digital Monitor Water testing Meter- PH, PPM, Temp TDS, EC cf Tester" that is how its listed. Of coarse I want to know is once a meter system like this calibrated do you just leave it in the water and perhaps check the calibration weekly? Are the probes left in the nutrient solution for constant monitoring? Or do you have to buy the cleaning solution for them, the storage solution, etc... and treat them like the other handheld Stick type Meters? If its really something you can leave in your nutrient tank so I can monitor my tank at a glance throughout the day and save time?
I want to invest in a good quality product that will last years, and I am looking for something that doesn't require all these various cleaning and storage solutions and it has to be accurate, and so I am looking at these 6-in-1 Meters... does anyone here use them, what do you think of them, and what brand name or types of meters would you suggest?