0-80% Brix Meter Refractometer for Measuring Sugar Content in Fruit, Honey, Maple Syrup and Other Sugary Drink, with Automatic Temperature Compensation Function

I got this to use with a slush maker that I purchased. It has a sensor that tells you when the sugar content is too high or low, but I still had problems with the solution not freezing. Using this it was easy to tell what the problem was and I was able to correct the issue and have wonderful adult slushes.Very easy to use and simple to clean up.The container it comes in seems durable and sufficient to protect the device. The device itself is much heavier than expected for the price and seems very well made.Already recommend to a friend and they purchased one for themselves.

Works great. Very impressed with the accuracy. We used this and a separate hydrometer and both had the same readings.

This is soooo much easier for the small batch maple syrup producer! All you need is a few drops to check your sugar concentration from sap to syrup. Way easier, less expensive, and studier than a hydrometer and test cup! After checking, just the lens, dry with a soft cloth, and you are good to go. Love this!

Good, great for the price. The reading (optics not so sharp) is not much precise but usefull for sure

Bought for making slushies with my vevor machine. When using Mr Margarita mix or Island Oasis mix and Bacardi Silver rum it seemed to never get frozen enuff. So I thought buying this would help me to know where my sugar content was. I was at 15% ...they say that's where it should be, but I find it firms up better closer to 20%. Thanks to this new tool I can check the sugar content easily. Island Oasis mix has way more flavor than Mr. Margarita, but Mr Margarita is cheaper and cleans up easier. I've tried both and went back to Island oasis.

This is a great tool to measure the sugar content for my slushy machine. Easy to use and reliable.

Very easy method for gauging when maple syrup is concentrated enough. It only requires a few drops of sap or partially boiled sap to get an accurate reading. Will read as low as 0% Brix which is distilled water. Maple syrup is ready at about 60 to 65% Brix. The sap before any boiling down measured about 1.5% Brix. Since you get the full range you can check at any stage to see how much more boiling away is needed. For example, if it reads 30% Brix you need to boil until it is twice as concentrated and half the volume. When taking samples of hot boiling sap with the eye dropper you do have to wait about a minute for it to cool down before measuring, but it did not seem to affect the reading accuracy much if the liquid wasn't exactly at room temperature.To avoid getting air bubbles in the thin area between the glass plates it seemed to be helpful to lay the top plate down slowly and to apply the right amount of liquid. If air bubbles do get in, it seemed easiest to just start over by wiping clean and applying new drops of liquid.It is easy to clean between readings. I wiped surfaces with a damp tissue followed by a dry tissue to dry.Highly recommended for small-scale maple syrup making.

I now have three of these: a 0-30, which I use to judge when to move concentrating maple sap to the finisher, a 55-95, which I use to roughly judge near-finished syrup and also honey, and now a 0-80, just because. The first two are easier to read due to the narrower range (bigger numbers on the recticle), but the 0-80 is quite usable in bright light (all three have an adjustable focus on the eyepiece for vision correction). I have a big 7” calibratable Leader Evaporator maple syrup thermometer that is highly accurate for syrup sugar concentration (219 degrees F = 67.5% sugar +/-0.25% once calibrated to adjust for barometric pressure) and I find both the 55-95 and the 0-80 to be pretty accurate (+/-1-2%?). Not quite enough for production, but great to figure out when I need to pay attention. They are robust little buggers though I’ve never dropped one. I’m sure the $250+ models are much more accurate. But for my uses and at this price point, these are great. I just wish they weren’t made in China!