Soil Ph Meter, 3-in-1 Soil Tester Moisture Light pH Meter Plants Vegetables Herbs Care Soil Testing Gardening Tool Kit for Home, Garden, Farm, Lawn, Indoor Outdoor Use(Black)

I got my meter today and immediately set it to hygrometer mode and stuck it into a cup of water. The needle went up to 6 on the 10 scale and stayed there for half an hour showing "Moist". At that point I terminated the wet test. Is there anything wetter than pure water? Then, being spurred by the wet test I set it on "light" and stuck it under a fluorescent light about 3 feet from the light source. The handy little meter showed "0" lumens where it says "Dark." Encouraged by these results I stuck it under a halogen lamp 1 foot away from the light source and it showed 1000 lumens. Maybe I will stay away from the pH test not to get discouraged further.Maybe the vendor can enlighten me why water is not wet enough and why fluorescent light is "dark?"

Long story short, I had to throw these out after 3 months. I bought multiples and they all failed.These meters are great for judging soil moisture and acidity at first, but after a VERY SHORT period of time, (~2 months), the probes have corroded and the moisture meter only goes up to a "4", which means "barely moist". Absolutely terrible, such a disappointment. I didn't realize they'd started to go bad, so I ended up overwatering my plants a bit, causing them to get brown and yellow tips.Really unfortunate because they worked great initially, they just have zero staying power. A waste of money.

Ph meter does not work at all. I followed the directions & stuck it into multiple soils & the gauge never moved. Don’t buy this if you want it to give you a Ph reading.

This item is incredibly easy to use. I cannot attest to it's accuracy, but based on the ingredients in my homemade planting mix, it appears to be in the ballpark for ph and moisture. The light meter also appears to work although I cannot confirm it's accuracy either, but it does certainly show an increase when moved closer to the light source. I used to use a professional system for ph and ec while employed as a grower in the greenhouse industry. It was very labor intensive and time consuming. This device gives an apparently accurate rating nearly instantly. Hopefully it will last several seasons with proper care. It's simply a matter of cleaning the probes after each use. I like it.

I'm using this for my houseplants to hopefully avoid over and under watering. The moisture monitor works. I'm not sure about the Ph. The light monitor doesn't seem to work at all. I have my plants in bright places and it still registered as dark.... Thankfully I mainly need the moisture part.

PH was a 7 no matter where I placed the probe. I checked multiple sites in different plots and always read 7. I know my food plots are near 5 ph.

Just received by Hatori meter and put it through the tests. I have an indoor urban containerized garden in my office partially lit by a window and partially by various grow lights. My different containers have different soils which have been amended specifically for various vegetables and strawberries. This meter did a great job at showing accurate light levels at different spots and seemed to be reasonably accurate at my moisture levels at various depths. The big pleasant surprise though was that it actually reads a difference between my containers pH levels and knowing my soils as I do it was in the ballpark. Two prong analog meters are notorious for sucking at reading pH but out of the box at least this Hatori is worth it. How long it will work is anybody's guess but as a newbie its a winner.

I have several is these meters and use them all of the time. I have 3 indoor trees and they need to be monitored for dryness as they decline with excess watering. I have been using these meters and the trees are growing very well. The probes are long enough so that I can insert them 4-5 inches deep in the soil to assess the moisture. Take care inserting the probes if the soil is packed. I have not had problems, but my soil is not packed down.