Environmental Concepts pH7 Dual Probe Soil PH Meter

Very simple to use and provides quick results. I purchased this to test soil on different parts of my small farm, so I could amend the soil as necessary for planting. I was so surprised how easy this was to use. I carried around some disposable plastic cups, added soil and a little water just to dampen and consolidate the soil, stuck the prongs in, and had readings within seconds. Then I simple rinsed the prongs off and went on to test the next samples. I even sometimes simply just stuck the prongs directly into the soil, which still gave me decent readings, but I do think it is better to dampen the soil in a cup or container, so you have the most accurate sampling. But, this is a great tool for gardeners or farmers. It is so easy to use and there are no batteries to worry about.

Easy to use but it's about a pionts off if it's says 6.5 it's around a 5.5 ph if it says 7.5 it's at a 6.5 ph so it kinda works as a quicky for the price to get an idea but I still use my expensive ph tester for a more accurate reading

This summer 90% of my garden tomatoes got bottom rot. Researched the prob online and learned there was a calcium deficiency--get garden lime. I did. Also ordered the PH meter to analyze future soils. I tested it in a new plant, then other plants. The meter stayed the same no matter what soil I put it in. Compost or not, lime or not, meter stayed the same. Will continue to test, but wondering if this thing really works.

Ugh. Money wasted. Here's the thing...IT WORKS! It's just not sensitive enough. Following the directions, I measured some soil from my blueberry pots. The dial hardly moved into the acidic zone. I could see it move, but not very much. Then, as a test, I filled my soil test cup with pure vinegar and retested. The dial moved fairly quickly into the middle of the 6 zone. It should have been in the 4 or 3 zone due to the vinegar. This tells me that it works but is NOT sensitive enough to measure slight variations in soil. When you need a good measurement distinguishing between a 6 or a 5.5 you aren't going to get that with this device. I do not recommend that anyone buys this.

Works good, prongs are always tough to keep nice so be careful when testing.I will say to everyone here that is growing outdoors to till and amend your starting soil with dolomite lime which will automatically make the soil PH come back to neutral. The cup testing method works to some degree but most of the time its best to till, soften ,and test directly in the ground. The use of distilled water is questionable considering it usually has a lower than neutral PH, using a neutral 7.0 batch of water will have less influence on soil PH after being saturated.Indoors:You need to take the PH from the soil your roots are sitting in, take a top soil reading and if possible a root level reading as well.Taking soil out of a grow container to do a test will not give you a correct root soil PH and disturb your root progression, best to soften the soil in the pot first w/ neutral filtered water and test directly in container .Great product for the price :) 4 Stars

Right out of the package it works great!I was interested to find out why my zoysia grass was growing well in my backyard and not so well in my front yard.I stuck the probes in the ground after cleaning per instructions, the soil was moist and lo and behold a PH of 4.4-5 in the areas where the grass was growing poorly and a PH of 6,-6.5, -7 in the healthy areas.The deeper I probed the higher the acidity (as low as 4) as I started to slowly remove the probe,the PH would begin to increase to 5.5. then 6, so I could begin to see the topsoil was deeper in the backyard and shallow in most of the front yard.I will treat with lime this fall. I had suspected this was the problem. My house is only three years old so the sod was just laid three years ago.

I don't really know what to think about this PH probe, the operation seems quite simple but the results were (in my mind) questionable.

Ok not sure it is very accurate, works well.