testo Smart Probes AC & Refrigeration test kit plus

I bought this to monitor how quickly electronic products heat up with usage. Keep in mind infrared readings vary tremendously based on what surface, and shiny metallic surfaces are way off if you don't adjust the emissivity coefficient. Test also makes a contact thermistor probe, the 115i, that can be a better fit.That said, this probe is relatively inexpensive for a quality instrument (I don't trust the no-name Chinese junk, even if this is also made in China for a German company). The ability to measure trends using the smartphone app is very valuable, and would cost two arms and a leg with Fluke.

If you do any refrigeration work. These things are absolutely brilliant. I coupled mine up with a low loss valve. So I can attach it to the service valve easily and then screw down so there is little to no loss of refrigerant.But these themselves as it's a small probe screwing on to the service/schrader valve itself shouldnt cause too much loss, unlike having a hose.Connects to my phone/app easily. These are my go to whenever doing refrigerant for checking subcool/superheat. Diagnostic work. Nitrogen pressure testing.Come in the nice little protective case. Never leave these out of my work van. Goes to every job. Can use the temperature probes for other applications in my industry to get the temperature of certain equipment.

The 450i anemometer worked fine (screenshot attached). I did the math using the cross-section area of the duct, and the number was within 5% of than the rated output of the blower that I was to create the air flow.The app was easy to install, but asked access to my contacts and location. The manufacturer should offer options to disable this, and should not bundle reviews for all smart probes into one.Please offer the case with foam inserts to keep the probes. Thanks!

Once I paired it the first time, then turned it off, then on, it wouldn't pair the second time, so you have to swipe away the app, then relaunch it and it works. 3 'blinks' and it pairs, every time, no problems. The distance you can take your phone away before losing connection isn't great, but I still love this thing, best gas gadget for me. I do upto 8 tightness tests a day.

510i Had one for 6 months before failing, had replaced and the “new” one will not stabilise pressure, constantly rising and falling even on completely gas tight installation, nothing to do with temperature causing oscillation as it is constantly doing it, back to liquid manometer

Found it very easy to connect to the Testo software on my phone.. very impressed…

Very quick to set up, giving accurate temperature readings. Giving you the freedom to do stuff whilst having the readings in front of you.

As a refrigeration engineer, this is great. I can monitor temp changes accurately and send a graph to my customers from the easy to use testo app. works fine with my samsung note 4.