Best $3.50 Spent Yet

I found this clip-on magnifying glass at a local Meijer store by the reading glasses. It is marketed for clipping onto prescription medication bottles but it fits perfectly onto my hydrometer test jar allowing to take gravity readings a bit more precisely. It is at 3x magnification.

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I like it! I'm getting one of those. Thanks!

Not that I'm getting old, or that my eyes are getting bad............... but that seems like a great find.

Ah, should have put that $3.50 in the refractometer fund.

I have a refractometer but it doesn't eliminate my hydrometer.

I love you (in a heterosexual way of course) for discovering this!!!

This is awesome as someone who's eyes are going bad, I always end up digging for a pair of cheaters to take a reading.

Bobby, you once mentioned that you thought your refractometer would be doable for someone with crappy eyesight, I keep meaning to ask you for the name and model number of it.

Something like this for $30 Brix Refractometer 0-32% Fruit Juice Wine Honey A1 - eBay (item 270321303679 end time Dec-29-08 23:00:00 PST)

Bobby_M said:

Something like this for $30 Brix Refractometer 0-32% Fruit Juice Wine Honey A1 - eBay (item 270321303679 end time Dec-29-08 23:00:00 PST)

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Thanks! I knew you said you got it cheap on ebay.

Revvy said:

Thanks! I knew you said you got it cheap on ebay.

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I got that one and it works great - there's a huge variety in the focus ability...

But the calculations for correcting a refractometer's reading of a fermented beverage are a pain.

And the samples are WAY too small to drink.

No it's not, at least not anymore than temp correcting a hydrometer reading.

david_42 said:

But the calculations for correcting a refractometer's reading of a fermented beverage are a pain.

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not really -- someone posted an .xls on here recently that calculates it.

But then again, I usually just use a refractometer for the pre-fermentation and hydro for the post-fermentation

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And the samples are WAY too small to drink.

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you are correct - but I still squeeze the tube into my mouth!

Bobby_M said:

No it's not, at least not anymore than temp correcting a hydrometer reading.

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Direct me? I tried using beersmith for this but it was waay off.

Coastarine said:

Direct me? I tried using beersmith for this but it was waay off.

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I haven't checked its accuracy, but it looks pretty easy...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/refractometer-problems-94499/#post1028173