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View Poll Results: What instrument do you use to measure salinity?
Hydrometer 26 33.33%
Refractometer 50 64.10%
Electronic or digital meter 2 2.56%
None of the above 0 0%
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Old 07-12-2006, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by TheReefGeek
Refracto & Hydrometer

I use the refracto once and a while to make sure my hydro is accurate, because i'm lazy and the hydro is easier to use.

refracto - $65
Haha no way? Dipping the whole assemply in water, smashing it around for it to even tell me I have salt in the water, then waiting a few minutes? Haha much easier to use the refrac IMO.

I paid $65 from my refrac. I didnt bother checking my hydrometer's accuracy cause I could never get a consistant reading out of it anyways, so I wouldnt know which is actually the 'correct' measurement with it.
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