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Luster Leaf 1880 Rapitest Electronic 4 Way Analyzer |  | Brand: Luster Leaf
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $21.53
as of 3/16/2010 09:32 CDT details
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Seller: A.M. Leonard
Rating:  12 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 1880
Model: 1880
UPC: 035307018809
EAN: 0035307018809
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Accurate pH, moisture, fertilizer and light conditions every time | | • | Shows pH levels from 0 - 9 | | • | Provides the percentage of moisture in your soil | | • | Lets you know when fertilizer levels are too high or too low | | • | Easily switches functions |
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Product Description
Determines soil PH, fertility, soild moisture, and the amount of sunlilght per day in one unit. Instuctions included.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 12
 Waste of Money February 7, 2010
Joel Fluit (Iowa)
This thing is a piece of junk. The light tester just measures the amount of lumens and not the actual amount of good quality growing light. You Bring it right by a incandescent bulb (bad for growing) and is says 9 and outside it says 9, very worthless. The moisture test is either wet or dry, no in-between. And then the pH test doesn't work period. I tested it by putting it in known pH neutral water, 7, and it reads just over 6. Then I put it in OJ and then lemon juice and then vinegar. They all read the same, just over 6. I followed the instructions but the entire thing is worthless. Save your money and just buy the pH test strips or get a more expensive reliable electronic tester.
Get what ya pay for November 21, 2009
Paul M. Nipper (Washington State)
Not bad for the price. If you really need to monitor your NPK's closely, this isnt for you. The PH meter works well. The light meter also. The moisture meter isnt that useful, but the NPK test...useless. I literally mixed a gallon of nutes, containing 6 seperate additives. I drenched an empty pot of unused premium potting soil. Then I did the NPK test. Without failure the test results were, LOW nute. In between the 0-1 scale marks every time. WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE!
Soil Tester? I Think Not! October 9, 2009
Michael L. Mckinney (Hodges, SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tests soil with a known ph of 6.0 as 7.0. That's a whale of a lot of difference. It does register that you are in direct sunlight when you are in direct sunlight - amazing, huh? I think that the soil fertility and soil moisture tests are correct. (Note that you can stick your finger in soil and determine if it is wet...) Spend your money sending your soil to a land grant university and don't buy this thing!
 Easy to use and just in time June 7, 2009
Robert J. Gersch (Clairton,Pa)
I have used this product often,wish I had it when I started gardening 40 years ago. My daughter -in-law was replanting a front yard of rental property the day I received the testor. We were both using the equipnemt before going to the garden center. It saved time and money,knowing what we needed to buy and limited us to buy only the plants and supplies needed for this job.
Thanks
Bob Gersch
 Good Value - OK Precision June 4, 2009
Robert Thompson, Jr. (Murrysville, PA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The first meter I ordered from Amazon did not seem to function properly. The pH and moisture seemed OK, but fertilizer always seemed to read at the low-end of ideal and light always seemed to read 2000 fc no matter how bright or indirect the sunlight. I filled out a return online and had a replacement within 3 days and a free return label -- good service.
The replacement unit seems to function OK. Over the range of pH 6-8 the meter seemed accurate. I tested pH on distilled water (it was 7), on baking soda (it was 8) on soil of known slight acidity (it was 6-6.5). However, when tested on very acid soil (verified to be pH 4 with a chemical test kit), the meter read between pH 1-2.
The moisture meter seems to work fine. It read 0 on dry soil, 9 on soaking wet soil, and somewhere in between on moderately damp soil.
The light meter was way too sensistive. I compared it to a professional meter and it was reading 1000 footcandles when there was only 200 fc. I "recalibrated" it by putting black tape over 95% of the sensor on top until the readings matched the professional meter -- it is now more or less correct.
The fertility meter seems pretty accurate. I mixed up a batch of half strength Miracle-Gro fertilizer solution and poured it over some old spent soil and took a reading -- it read "Too little". Using regular strength MG it read "Ideal" and using double strength MG it read "Too much". I've used this weekly to monitor my fertilizer levels and tell me when to reapply my liquid fertilizer to different vegetables and this is the most useful (and difficult to find) function on a meter like this.
Something to note, you MUST insert the probes a full 3.5 inches into the soil for an accurate reading. This makes it difficult to use the meter in very hard clay soils or in shallow house plant pots (like my Bonsai trees).
- Rob Thompson
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