Pros & Cons
Pros
Alpha particles can be stopped by a sheet of paper so somehting as big as that big plastic endcap will certainly block those particles from getting through. This device is a 1000 mah and has worked fine for a while now without recharging. This is the ... Read More
Highlights
Quality
As for the batery life ive been using the same battery for a while now and it deosnt appear to be running out anytime soon
I also appreciate working with the company if you need something you can email them and theyll get right back to you
Thanks for your hard work to make this a useful product
The only problem was that it was taking 42 ma drain from the 9v battery and 56 ma with the light on so there is not a lot of us... Read More
Price
But for the price you cant beat it
This device is in my opinion worth the extra cost
Granted the price is pretty high compared to the others you see but there is one major difference
Packaging/appearance
But arent removing the endcap of the wand before measuring
Competitiveness
They simply cannot measure that high in an acurate way
I am only a amateur scientist and wanted to measure various sources around the houseoutdoor environment
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thanks for your hard work to make this a useful product
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I needed to send it out for nrc certification
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I just didnt purchase through this particular amazon prime account
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All of those other ones are not going to measure alpha prticles
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also this counter is rated up to 1000 msv
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Most of the cheaper handheld devices cant even go near that high
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And anything above the 1000 msv is too much for any geiger tube because of saturation so if you are looking for something to measure say fallout from a nuclear detonation geiger counters in general are not the answer not at first at least
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They simply cannot measure that high in an acurate way