Hydrion S/r Dispenser 0.0-6.0 Ph Range 96 - 15 Ft Roll w/ Color Chart/ Dispenser

This works for a quick and easy gauge of PH level. I didn't want anything fancy and complicated. I am a simple person. ;) Those PH level machines scare me with having to calibrate it, wash it, replace parts, etc. I like how I can just cut a little strip of this PH tape and drip my kimchi brine on it to see what color it is for the PH level. I am happy I did NOT have to invest very much $$$ for this product and it lasts a LONG time! ;)

Making hot sauce is so simple with these. The colors give me accurate measurements that go by .5 so I can figure out exactly where the pH is when I'm trying to make a shelf stable product. They also change immediately, so no waiting to figure out levels and the tabs are bright for easy reading.

I got these for canning. They seem to work exactly as expected.

I should’ve noticed that it doesn’t include alkaline ranges but I was new to it so I didn’t know that the range can go to 12

This is very easy to use and it's easy for me to match the color of the strip to the color on the bottle. It changes color quickly. A good value. I purchased the ph range of 0 to 6 to check my fermentations. A smaller range would be better like a 2 to 5 as the color squares on the bottle would be bigger. It's good for beginners. It's helping me gauge a good fermentation.

Just got this little thing today and wanted to try it out. Im picking some animal skins and wanted to know if i was at a good ph. I dipped about a quarter inch of the test strip in and it barely changed color. (The strips are a light brown color which would be about a 2.0 ph. I know my pickling should be around that so i went to my coffee maker. The coffee was off the charts green so i knew it worked. As a nontechnical buffer solution i did research on the ph of 5% vinegar it should be around 2.4 ph so on the strip close to 2.5. I dipped a little strip in and quick checked it and it changed to 2.5 in color. So i know its accurate and i know my animal skin is at the perfect ph.I am really cheap as in i tare off a small pice and use a tweezers to dip it in what im testing. It works well because if you use your fingers it will read your skins ph.As for storage i put it in a Ziploc bag and then filled a coffee filter with kosher salt folded it up and put it in there too as a desiccant.It has an expiration date of 3 years from now which is good. How i use it ill probably have half the roll left and keep using it if the check with vinegar come up right.Over all im really happy with my purchase. I didn't want or need a SUPPER accurate one like at my work. The .5 increments was good enough for me.P.s. if you having seeing problems especially with the difference between orange and yellows this will be hard for you to use. The ph reading of about 2.0 and 2.5 look close to the same shade. For people with out color issues or who can see clear you should be able to tell. If this had a con that would be it.

I purchased and used this to check the pH of a dog shampoo that I had purchased. The whole unit came in a small box. The test paper was in the plastic case wrapped in foil. I unwrapped the paper from the foil and put it in the dispenser. Tore some of the paper off and dipped it in the shampoo and voila! It immediately gave the pH of the shampoo and verified what I had suspected - that the shampoo was NOT safe for use on dogs!I had purchased two types pH testing strips as I wanted to be sure to get it "right". The other looked very fancy with 3 different color indicators; but, overall I would say the 3 colors were harder to match to the legend and read than this one. This one gave very clear color that was easy to match to the legend.I only wish I had this newer pH strip when I did my review of the dog shampoo to show that the pH was as acidic as it is! A pH of 3.5 for a dog shampoo is not acceptable! Below is the picture of the toxic goo dog shampoo next to the pH strip results (non-colored part is where my fingers were holding the strip that I dipped into the glob of shampoo).

Knowing the limitations of pH paper with .5 increments, this works great for my purposes. I will mainly use it for homebrewing, such as testing the acidity of the sanitizing solutions and wort pH. In an ideal world i'd shell out $100+ bucks for a decent digital pH pen to get .01 accuracy, but all I really care about right now is to see if I'm in the ballpark.I tested the paper out on the acidic sanitizing solution, StarSan, and the strips showed a pH of 2.5 -- perfect. I then diluted the solution with some tap water, tested again and came back around 3.5 -- awesome. I tested just the tap water and the paper turn dark green instantly, meaning it's probably well past a pH of 6 (probably around 7). I'm happy with the results. I can't wait to test it out on some wort.The dispenser is easy to use. Only complaint is the paper can stain your fingers green. Next time I'll use tweezers.