Need a new refractometer any suggestions

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

I need a new refractometer I broke mine this morings any brand over the other I was looking at the dd brand its supposedly made for seawater

mike007 · Nov 26, 2014

Redsea refractor made for saltwater works great.

phillrodrigo · Nov 26, 2014

Get the one brs has on sale with calibration fluid. Normally 40 on sale for 25. It's ats

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

I wanted to get a better one than the regular ones I had that the last time and it worked but made a little crappy

phillrodrigo · Nov 26, 2014

I think it's made alittle better now. The one my friend has is light in weight. Mine is heavier. I've left mine at his house and that's how I figured which one was mine. The part that I don't like about them is they aren't sealed. I dropped mine in water and it filled up so yea I guess they aren't all that good

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

I heard dd and seavee are good ones

jdl513 · Nov 26, 2014

PA has the DD and RedSea refractometers included in their sale now.

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

Premium aquatics ?

FX CharityCorals · Nov 26, 2014

I hate the DD the scale is so hard to read. I order sybons for my maintenance crew. It's heavier than other refractometers also which to me feels higher quality

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

I think im going with sybon premium has them for 41 $ right now

jaguars4263 · Nov 26, 2014

This is the one I use. BRS has it on sale for $83 regular $120. I will never use anything else it's awesome!

dbl · Nov 26, 2014

+1 on Jaguars suggestion...I was just getting ready to suggest the Milwaukee.

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

Do u have to constantly calibrate it

charliethetuna · Nov 26, 2014

Is it easy to use

powdermonkey · Nov 26, 2014

Take a look at veegee

jaguars4263 · Nov 26, 2014

charliethetuna said:
Do u have to constantly calibrate it

The calibration is automatic you just put your water sample on and press read. Very easy to use.

dbl · Nov 27, 2014

I've been using mine for five months and I have yet found the need to calibrate. I check it about every other weekend when mixing water with two different test solutions. I may just be lucky thus far, but it's always been dead on the test solutions. And yes, it's very easy to use.