i just got one of these. Did yours come dry? can i use the 7.0 ph buffer solution as storage solution for now?
$20 Facebook sales came with a load of ph up and down glass beaker
Works a treat I do calibrate it once a week
Facebook sales have some good bargains if you keep an eye out
Pee colored! That’s my sweet spot.
No pens or run off testing
A really cheap yellow one with ATM on the front, it came with calibration powder and I’ve only just changed the batteries after a years use.
I dont have to keep it moist like others though.
Got one of these but I don’t know how to use it plus I’m colour blind 
I’m safer with a meter
My $20 ph meter is still working great
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It took getting used to. I need to do it on the same shelf under the same lighting for it to be consistent.
Slightly ill green pee 
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I’ve been using one of those cheap vivosun black and yellow ones that come with a PPM reader when I was checking my ph it wasn’t exact down to a perfect tee but it worked.I moved over to a TLO soil set up and now I just use 7.0 RO water from my aqua buddie.I jut worry about feeding my soil now which I do a too dress every 3 months.All I do inbetween is just water the damn thing.
I also only use mostly the drops. Reliable and plenty accurate enough for my needs.
I use ProMix with a little additional dolomite lime mixed in.
I buy the drops for aquarium use, they seem to be a little cheaper than the ones marketed
specifically for growing.
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Hanna Instruments are really tough and reliable. My friend is a geologist and hydrologist and he contracts some work out to me and we also work together sometimes. He uses the black one but they make cheaper versions.
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