Best solar meter to buy?

[JamesB88]

Just wondering what's the best solar meter to get, I can't seem to find them on lightyourreptiles anymore and I have a Amazon gift card to use.

This one below seems to be the best one but really expensive

Any recommendations on where to find one similar but cheaper?

 

[jannb]

I've had the 6.2 for about 8 years and it work great!
I highly recommend it.

 

[JamesB88]

I've had the 6.2 for about 8 years and it work great!
I highly recommend it.

The 6.5 is the same price any thoughts on that meter

 

[nightanole]

The 6.5 is the same price any thoughts on that meter

6.2 is for measuring deep ubv/c leaks for harmful environments.
6.5 is for measuring uva/b for vit d3 production and exposure time for skin.

So a 6.2 would be great back in the day when the bad cfl's were out with the uvc leaks.

Personally i would get the 6.5 if you have the choice as it measures broadly accross the D3 zone, vs the 6.2 that is mostly sensitive in the danger zones.

You can look up the sensitivity curves of both and decide.

uvi can be converted to µW/cm² with a 40:1 conversion for sunlight. For bulbs its closer to 30:1. For panthers/veiled the recomendations are 35-40 µW/cm² and change bulbs at 15 µW/cm². I change my bulbs at .4-.5 uvi

 

[JamesB88]

6.2 is for measuring deep ubv/c leaks for harmful environments.
6.5 is for measuring uva/b for vit d3 production and exposure time for skin.

So a 6.2 would be great back in the day when the bad cfl's were out with the uvc leaks.

Personally i would get the 6.5 if you have the choice as it measures broadly accross the D3 zone, vs the 6.2 that is mostly sensitive in the danger zones.

You can look up the sensitivity curves of both and decide.

uvi can be converted to µW/cm² with a 40:1 conversion for sunlight. For bulbs its closer to 30:1. For panthers/veiled the recomendations are 35-40 µW/cm² and change bulbs at 15 µW/cm². I change my bulbs at .4-.5 uvi

Right on, 6.5 is recommended by Todd anyway like you said the 6.2 is older and more for uvc leak. There the same price so 6.5 it is

Thanks

 

[Furciferocious]

+1 for the 6.5. If it is from a reseller and not Solarmeter direct, make sure it is not part of the recalled batch from late 2015-early 2016. Details here:
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/Solarmeter6-5batch-problemMay2016.htm

 

[JamesB88]

+1 for the 6.5. If it is from a reseller and not Solarmeter direct, make sure it is not part of the recalled batch from late 2015-early 2016. Details here:
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/Solarmeter6-5batch-problemMay2016.htm

Right on, Todd just sent me the link as well and suggested the 6.5