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11-03-2005, 02:59 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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American Marine Pinpoint pH Monitor
Hello all,
Does anyone have any experience with the product below? Is it worth buying?
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewIt...product=AM1111
Thanks,
-Khan
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11-03-2005, 03:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NJ
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absolutely YES!, I have their salinity one too. I like MarineDepot but it's cheaper on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/American-Marine-...QQcmdZViewItem
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11-03-2005, 03:16 PM
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Noo Doot Aboot It!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Prince George
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Yes they are a great product. If you get one be very careful with the probe b/c if you break one of the little plastic pieces it will give false readings, and they are very delicate!
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11-03-2005, 04:00 PM
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Tang Lover
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockville, MD
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are you asking about the monitor unit? or the calibration fluid (which your link points to).
Doesn't matter.
both GREAT products! Make sure you get the A/C adapter though. Batteries are SOOO stone aged! 
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11-03-2005, 05:31 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Yes it's great! I want to get the cal. one but it's new and $$
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11-03-2005, 05:35 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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I love mine and must have I say. 
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11-03-2005, 06:44 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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I'm talking about the monitor unit. Do i need the calibration fluid? I'm thinking it comes with calibration fluid...
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Originally Posted by skeety
are you asking about the monitor unit? or the calibration fluid (which your link points to).
Doesn't matter.
both GREAT products! Make sure you get the A/C adapter though. Batteries are SOOO stone aged! |
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11-03-2005, 06:47 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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I just ordered the salinity one from one of the post that skeety posted a couple weeks ago.
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11-03-2005, 06:48 PM
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10:13
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Maryland
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Ditto on all of the recommendations. It's one of the best pieces of equipment that I've purchased. As for calibration fluid, yes, it's definately necessary. Mine came with one packet each of 7 and 4. I would recommend the 7 (of course) and 10. You could also use 7 and 4. The PinPoint suggests a dual calibration, you can't go wrong with that. I would get enough fluid to have some on hand for monthly recalibrations.
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11-03-2005, 08:03 PM
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Tang Lover
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockville, MD
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Originally Posted by Loverotties
Yes it's great! I want to get the cal. one but it's new and $$
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I know...I saw that. NEXT on my to-get list.
but yeah...$300 right now...that's a bit of change just for a monitor! ahhaha
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11-05-2005, 07:09 PM
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Nucular Hermit
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Takoma Pk, MD
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Definitely a must have. Given how often and how fast pH can change, test kits are useless. The pinpoint pH monitor is a good way to go. I've had mine for a year and it seems to give me accurate readings. Whenever I recalibrate it, i see that's it's still pretty dead on.
Get a bunch of calibration packets. Get like 10 of each. At $1 a piece, it's not too bad and a good thing to have around in case you need to urgently validate the reading the unit is giving you.
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11-05-2005, 07:12 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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A superior unit, best of the hobbyists' pH meters, AI own several and ther pH controllers for the Ca reactors. I have the Calcium meter as well.
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11-06-2005, 07:19 AM
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Reefer in training
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
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Great unit, its real cool to see the PH movement during the day.
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11-06-2005, 09:23 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,114
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Originally Posted by skeety
I know...I saw that. NEXT on my to-get list.
but yeah...$300 right now...that's a bit of change just for a monitor! ahhaha
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You can find them cheeper then that ,but the replacement probe is like $50 less then the whole package! Unreal!!!
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