Recommendations for a pH meter

[rwing7486]

anyone have any good recommendations for a pH meter? I am looking to invest in a reliable one to confirm my Brun' water estimated pH. I have seen many models ranging from $30 to $500 and wondered what will get the job done.

 

[Hello]

I would read through this:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/buying-guide-ph-meter-127062/

 

[Homercidal]

I still like my Hannah. It seems to work fine and is probably as accurate as a cheap home pH meter is likely to be.

 

[WayFrae]

Which Hanna meter do you have?

 

[logdrum]

I have this one & am reasonably happy w it. :
http://www.eseasongear.com/hahipophtehi.html
the resolution is high enough, however, manually calibrating is somewhat of a PITA.

 

[logdrum]

Browsing through that page, I came across this one :
http://www.eseasongear.com/hmphphmewafs.html
which is what I would buy if purchasing today. There is a coupon code that gets you 10% off as well.

 

[WayFrae]

Man, I just don't really want to spend that much. I will just keep using the calculators to determine my mash pH until I can justify the cost.

 

[Homercidal]

Which Hanna meter do you have?

I use a Hanna PHEP5 like this one:

http://morebeer.com/products/ph-meter-phep-5.html

Although I think I spent less than that. I wanna say it cost around $80.

 

[Homercidal]

Man, I just don't really want to spend that much. I will just keep using the calculators to determine my mash pH until I can justify the cost.

I understand. I would advise maybe trying out a package of test strips from a reliable online store, and then adjusting the readings according to Kai Troester's (Braukaiser?) experiments, which found the strips are fairly consistently off by .3 in one direction or the other. It's an interesting read in any case.

Braukaiser.com

 

[clarkpadgett]

Take a peek and see whats available on eBay. I got one of these a couple of months ago for $35 shipped.

http://www.4oakton.com/proddetail.asp?prod=313&parent=12&seq=5&TotRec=12

 

[WayFrae]

I understand. I would advise maybe trying out a package of test strips from a reliable online store, and then adjusting the readings according to Kai Troester's (Braukaiser?) experiments, which found the strips are fairly consistently off by .3 in one direction or the other. It's an interesting read in any case.

Braukaiser.com

Awesome, thanks Homer!