Budget Carbon Monoxide Meter Review - Is it worth it?

[@scottperry5959]

You got lucky. I bought a cheapie meter four years ago for about $60. I'm a furnace repair man. The danged thing went off on my very first customer and displayed 55 ppm.. I didn't trust it so before we replaced the furnace, I borrowed a friend's new $300 meter, and it showed 0 ppm. Made me look bad in front of that customer. I'll never buy a cheap meter again. I went to the link you posted and saw the one and only reviewer said that his detector read 0 ppm in car exhaust. I looked up the typical co ppm of car exhaust on cars with converters. It is 200 ppm. Check out: www.quora.com/How-much-carbon-monoxide-parts-per-million-is-in-car-exhaust. Still, thanks for this video. I know they're a pain to make.

[@charlieaf92]

Hey Scott - thanks for sharing. Smart move on double checking with another meter. Is it possible that when you conducted the second reading that the CO was no longer present? Either way, if you're going to be using the meter on a regular basis professionally I'd definitely recommend going with a higher end model.