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- #922,375 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #758 in Soil Meters
AiGerdinn Soil Tester, Soil Moisture Meter/Soil pH Meter/Light/Fertility for Gardening, Large Dial Soil pH Tester Plant Water Meter for Indoor and Outdoor Garden,Farm Soil Test Kit -Not Battery Powered
Ed
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
This soil test is easy to use but after several months in use it really doesn't seem that accurate. I have had it in pots of soil that are literally soaking wet and it still indicates "damp". Or I have also inserted it into pure compost and it shows the soil being low fertility. Sunlight indicator however seems accurate.Probably would continue to rely on test strips instead
Louise Hostetter
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
Sturdy enough, although I handle the plastic “head” with care. All the settings seem to give distinct readings. I do not have professional equipment to calibrate, but this gives me a good estimate for my blueberry bushes.
Ashley Steiner
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024
I love the fact it has a light detector as well as the moister meter! I have so many plants and I’m glad I can’t check to see which are getting the light they need. It’s easily movable from plant to plant but I bought a three pack so I don’t have to keep moving them all the time!
K. Littleman
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023
I have another soil tester that measures all these items, but it has three probes in parallel that makes it difficult to penetrate some soil types, especially if rocky. This is a single, albeit thicker, probe that manages all three measurements (light sensor is on the tester body). There are no instructions, but there is a sticker with a contact e-mail address if it is needed.I docked a star for receiving a DOA tester at first. None of the test modes would work and there is no battery to replace according to the packaging. Then, after a week of checking on and off, the light sensor would register full on or full off, but nothing in between. Amazon handled the return and the replacement arrived swiftly.The new tester worked right out of the box, but while this is not a precision scientific sensor, the needle is never at the baseline, so I am working on slightly relative values. This is not a huge problem, but after receiving a defective item at first, I am a little skittish when there are other signs of low quality control standards at work.Overall, my second tester works and registers values in each mode that are relatively accurate, but it will take a little time of consistent results to make me have a little more trust in this. For what I see now, though, this tester will give a pretty good idea of your soil's moisture, pH, light, and fertility.
Elsabae
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023
I tried this inside and out, before and after I watered plants, and couldn't get the needle to more than quiver on any of the four tests no matter where I put it.
Nuul
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023
I was so excited about this soil tester so the fact that I have to give it two stars is so disappointing. I tested it on most of my plants (about 10 or so) and I noticed that even on the plants that were just watered thoroughly the day before, it read that the moisture level was still in the dry zone, which I knew was incorrect. So then I decided to test the fertility and the fertility was low on every plant, even the ones that are actively pushing new growth currently. The only feature that seemed to work was the light feature, but honestly that's really not anything I needed this product to tell me. I really wish I loved this product, but unfortunately I am unable to express anything more than disappointment.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
This thing, with no power source, just a voltmeter movement, simply does not work. Period.Seems to get its "power" by using dissimilar metals in the probe?Soil acidity measurements are almost random numbers. Sure, test soil moistened with lemon juice will make it jump to "acid", but measurements at more reasonable pH values (calibrated in soil tested with pH paper), gives random readings, mostly "no meter movement". The moisture measurement is shockingly insensitive. Freshly rained on soil just barely moves the meter. Correctly moist indoor soil gives no reading. "Fertility" readings (conductivity?) are not useful. The light meter ALMOST works, but only outdoors. Readings outside a sunny window are at the extreme of brightness detected. Just inside the same window (sunlight only blocked by single pane of glass)... the reading is almost zilch. Light readings taken just under very intense "grow lights" (>10,000 lumens) gives almost no meter movement. Not clear what wavelengths this test meter picks up.As a PhD Analytical Chemist, I really wanted this thing to be a "cool new tool"... nope.
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