Brix Refractometer with ATC - Tiaoyeer Digital Handheld Refractometer for Beer Wine Brewing, Dual Scale-Specific Gravity 1.000-1.130 and Brix 0-32%

Easy to calibrate, and it works, better then using Iodine for Scarification.

Simple to use. Easy to read. Better than expected. No batteries needed ... I like that.

Great product, right price. Used for honey extraction. Would recommend to others

The product has worked great past few brews, quick read, very accurate.The only issue is when rotating the eye piece to focus the view, you have to rotate it so far that the eye piece starts to fall out… so you have to hold it steady, and finesse it, but it does work…

Update- User Error! I’ve adjusted this review as I’ve found that this device is in fact consistent, with my classic hydrometer and my Tilt hydrometer. Refractometers aren’t accurate when there is alcohol in the solution, so final gravity needs to be measured with a standard hydrometer or using an equation based off OG and a correction factor. I’ve tried the calculator in Brew Father, works for the most part, but I stick to the Tilt readings for FG.So given the accuracy in seeing compared to a second device, the readability, and general ease of use, I’ve updated the review to 5 stars. I don’t see how you could have a better product for the price range. I’d highly recommend a Tilt though, they’re handy as hell, just 10 times more expensive and only helpful in fermentation stages!Original review:Given similar reviews to mine, I wouldn't recommend this device.I've brewed 2 beers and 2 hard seltzers while measuring with this refractometer. I thought the first beer was a fluke, and didn't check it with a hydrometer, but this most recent one was so far off that I had to double check it. Results in the attached photos.Every time I've used this refractometer, I've calibrated to zero with the water I was using for the brew. I thought the other negative reviewers might have been off due to operator error, and I could be using it wrong too, but the hour of Youtube I watched on the subject point to a faulty device.

The media could not be loaded. My boyfriend’s dad loved it! Very nice and durable. Can see everything so clearly, and easy to use. I highly recommend!

Very easy to use

So, you make your must, mush, malt, whatever, and then you need to put so much of it in a graduated cylinder to be measured by a hydrometer that you may or may not be reading right because of the angle you're at and how water works with things being put in it etc etc etc. With this guy, you take a couple of drops of your solution and place it on the glass, close the top, TAKE YOUR GLASSES OFF, and look into the ocular (under a light... c'mon....do I have to think of everything?). It will accurately give you your specific gravity reading and has a very wide range in which to read from, unless you're making pure ethanol, then you should probably get something digital. It has made my life easier, and I use less product to get an accurate reading..... and it stops people from taking a huge sample to get the final reading because you know they just want to get trashed when they pull 28 oz. to read from.