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I'm in the commercial lighting business, and I use this product for reading foot candles nearly every day. It's a bit bulky and I want they'd figure out a method to incorporate the sensor into the unit so you're not always having to use both hands to use the device (the sensor is always flopping around while I'm using the device and juggling a notebook and so on). Seems to be well created and durable. Seems to be quite accurate. The device was more than I wanted to spend on such a tool, but it was recommended to me by others in the industry and it's living up to its reputation.
I believe the unit I received was a 'defective', so I am not making a statement about ALL meters of this model #. If you don't see any other reviews alleging poor readings, right out of the box, then disregard this one as a "one off" event. It would not restart itself, said "cap" (meaning place the cap on, to calibrate) about 80% of the time, even though the cap was already on for calibration. With cap off the readings were all over the is meter was more than twice as pricey as the LT45, but would not work reliably. I ordered the LT45 and it works very well, plus has a backlit display when you need it. about 1/2 the price.
Reasonable compromise between quality and price. Does what the ads claim it will do. Two things in particular that I like about this unit, the first being that it reads a dead 0 on the meter when the lens cap is on the detector lens (think about how problematic that it would be if this were not the case). And the second being that the measured light levels are consistent, you can measure a particular location, and then come back later and measure the same area, and obtain the same reading.I've no idea if the readings are specifically accurate, but for what I'm using it for (verifying that light levels are not adversely affected doing an "LED for Fluorescent" replacement), it works perfectly.
I use these for restaurant inspections as a health inspector. It is little enough and light so I don't mind carrying it in my tool bag everyday. It's a luxury item, because most inspectors could care less about proper light levels when there are so a lot of facilities with poor meal temps. I mainly use it on fresh construction, when they have the ability to create adjustments more easily. Works well. Just pop off the protective black cover to reveal the white frosted dome and begin reading.
Inexpensive light meter that is worth the price. Only problems are 1 - readings drift up in value over a few mins and 2 - no calibration certificate of any sort. A NIST certificate would be beautiful pricy, however some sort indication of calibration would be nice. I compared this unit for stability under indoor lighting next to my International Light photometer. The Extech drifted significantly more than the other meter. Then again it costs a fraction as much and is portable.
Does not come with any official certifications. If you need a certificate outlining the calibrations for insurance or manufacturing purposes (we use the meters in ASME testing) then you need to go through Extech themselves or through someone like McMaster Carr who can obtain you those certs.Other than that, the meter was in excellent condition! Worked great, wasn't damaged in any way. The box was a small beat up but the product was fine.
Excellent for testing the efficacy of sound deadening foam in a home/hobby environment. Create sure phone is in the same orientation and distance from source during your comparative ysis. Not sure about absolute accuracy as a sound meter but you can adjust your phone microphone in the application to match a calibrated meter reading. This is not necessary to me for my purposes and readings seem to fall within the descriptive ranges.
Perfect app. Cannot coment on its absolute accuracy. However, but it seems to be perfectly appropriate as a conparison tool, i.e. to compare various levels of noise using the same device. It was very helpful when I did some diy work at home to reduce the noise coming from two in-line bathroom extractor fans. The comparison between the noise levels before and after various alternatives used to reduce the fan noise served as a very amazing guidance to search the most effective ones.
amazing app, really like the history chart and description of what that sound roughly means. Although people should be aware that this isn't any amazing for risk assessing or testing for 'loudest' sounds as phones microphones have auto gain adjustment built in and I have yet to search an application that bypasses this. Also every phone model will be various and even using the error adjustment in the application the levels recorded will not be accurate.
I gave this 5 stars BUT, I have suggestions for changes. 1. The numbers inside the meter should present the current reading, or reading within the latest second; not an average since it's already listed at the bottom with Minimum Maximum. 2. I may be wrong, but, it appears that this application constantly records to a file so it's ready to save it. That would cause method too much wear on storage. It should only record to storage when it's selected. Otherwise, this application has nice features and is simple to use.
This has been an perfect tool to present others, true time, how much noise is in a room. Exhaust noise from motorcycles and cars. Lawn mowers etc. DO WISH could save the file so you can present someone later. Huge drawback. Otherwise amazing app. By the way, shouldn't have to pay additional for saving files. The ads that popup should cover that.
This has been an perfect tool to present others, true time, how much noise is in a room. Exhaust noise from motorcycles and cars. Lawn mowers etc. DO WISH could save the file so you can present someone later. Huge drawback. Otherwise amazing app. By the way, shouldn't have to pay additional for saving files. The ads that popup should cover that.
This has been an perfect tool to present others, true time, how much noise is in a room. Exhaust noise from motorcycles and cars. Lawn mowers etc. DO WISH could save the file so you can present someone later. Huge drawback. Otherwise amazing app. By the way, shouldn't have to pay additional for saving files. The ads that popup should cover that.
Very useful in measuring sound levels coming from my left/right speakers (just to create sure they are evenly matched). But on top of that, the interface is extremely intuitive, clean, ads are discreet (not in-your-face). There is also a helpful description of the sound level ("quiet living room", "normal conversation", "office") which reminds me if my volume is too loud. Thank you for an awesome app.
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Bought this for testing at work...the meter worked fine the first day, had amazing sensitivity and dynamic range. But it broke the second day and we had to buy another one. It just stopped taking measurements. We did all the normal things, replaced the battery, checked cables and fuse, but it was permanently broken.
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I purchased this light meter since it's the exact model the AHJ uses. The model I bought is slightly various than the inspectors and electricians already have, and the change was unnecessary and irritating. They added a push button to let the battery cover to slide off, which is located in the middle of the back of the meter body, so the light meter doesn't sit flat on the ground anymore. Other than that, it's a amazing meter at a amazing price.
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For the price, works great.Purchased this for use in acquiring night light meter readings on roadways. It allows for lux or foot candle measurements. The instruction manual covers the quirky min/max average function. Otherwise, it did a amazing job on the jobsite. The included bag provides for amazing storage and the device is sturdy and works amazing in a commercial e only problem is there is no back light, which created night readings a small difficult. The fact that the light meter was integrated into the device meant there was no extra wires to manage.
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