Digital test kits

[tur4k]

I know that there are digital PH test kits. Are they accurate? Are there any other digital test kits? Nitrites? Nitrates? Ammonia?
I ask because I'm color blind. I'm constantly asking my wife to look at the test tube and tell me what my readings are.
I'd definitely be willing to drops some cash on digital testers if they are accurate. The holy grail would be some kind of wifi probe that constantly chart my water parameters on my computer

 

[salt210]

my pinpoint Ph was a PITA, but thats the only one I used

 

[scsinet]

Pinpoint makes a wide variety of monitors/testers... pH, Calcium, Nitrates are a few of them...
Unfortunately they are VERY expensive... sometimes several hundred dollars per unit. As if that's not bad enough, that price doesn't buy very good accuracy... pH aside, they tend to be very inaccurate.
IMO you're far better off continuing to have your wife read your results. Perhaps you should also look into a mistress so you have some redundancy.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by SCSInet
http:///forum/post/3239161
Pinpoint makes a wide variety of monitors/testers... pH, Calcium, Nitrates are a few of them...
Unfortunately they are VERY expensive... sometimes several hundred dollars per unit. As if that's not bad enough, that price doesn't buy very good accuracy... pH aside, they tend to be very inaccurate.
IMO you're far better off continuing to have your wife read your results. Perhaps you should also look into a mistress so you have some redundancy.

Good one

 

[tur4k]

Originally Posted by SCSInet
http:///forum/post/3239161
. Perhaps you should also look into a mistress so you have some redundancy.

Redundancy is good, but I doubt it would be very cost effective.

 

[scsinet]

Yes but they are good for more things than just test results. You can also have them help with water changes.

 

[tur4k]

I think they are both territorial species. I would probably run into trouble trying to get them to cohabitate.