TopTes TS-710 Light Meter, Lux/Foot Candles Meter with 180º Rotating Sensor, 0.1~200,000 Lux Range, Large Backlit Display, Light Meter for Plants, Car Headlights, Home & Office LEDs (Includes Battery)

I received the TopTes TS-710 Light Meter yesterday and unboxed this morning. It comes with Operation Manual and a Protective Cover for Sensor. The buttons were fairly intuitive so I switched to Lux to test it out. The back-lighting is also nice and I like the rotating sensor. I placed my phone with Light Sensor App next to this dedicated sensor and pointed in same direction. My phone light sensor would jump around while the TopTes settled into a reading. I then tested a couple LED bulbs with the TopTes and it worked great. My ultimate test is to measure my LED lights strung around my pool enclosure because neighbor complained so I put them on a Dimmer but want to obtain some Foot-Candle Measurements. Update: I've measured the Foot-Candles at my Property boundary (next to my Neighbor) and it measured 0.3 Foot-Candles with No LED Dimming and 0.1 Foot-Candles with LED Dimmer set to 50%. The Florida Statutes aren't very clear in this area but I did see mention of 0.2 Foot-Candles maximum at the Property boundary so I'm now compliant and will leave my Dimmer set to 50%. I also used the TopTest TS-710 Light Meter to gauge the Lumens for each 1 Watt LED bulb; at full intensity (no Dimming), they were spec'ed at 80 Lumens. I measured 82 Lux (Lumens) straight out but this fell off going towards top and bottom of bulbs. Hence, the actual Luminosity of these 1W LED Bulbs is probably more on the order of 40-60 Lumens (a measure of total light emitted in a sphere around the bulb). Great Light Meter and very pleased.

Absolutely obsessed with this thing. Extremely helpful in placing my houseplants in the proper places. Works great. Design is fantastic and the sensor is well protected when not in use. Being able to swivel it is a must to easily walk around and see the light level.

Works just fine. Nice compact size. Easy, intuitive to use. Too bad it is straight perpendicular and does not tilt. Name-brand batteries included.

This is a very well thought-out and executed Lux meter. It offers function and usefulness way beyond what I would have expected for the price. The use is straight-forward. It offers both Lux and foot-candle reading; a capture and hold of a moment of meaurement; and a Max and Min function that updates as the levels change in time. The sensitivity is very high. It also fits a little stand that I use to hold an iPhone. Oddly, the thermometer defaults to Celsius and does not remember a Fahrenheit choice the way that the TF-501B instrument does. Could not ask for more!

I bought this to test lighting in an office building for emergency egress The product worked great and seemed to be very accurate I only wish that it came with a stick or a way to attach a stick as the Fire Department requires the reading to be taken 1 foot off the finished floor and it was quite hard trying to take the reading through out a 25,000 sq foot space

It seems to work well. Measured multiple rooms at different times. Good enough for my purpose: make sure the areas are well lit for reading, ie between 200 - 500 lux. My child also began to spend less time reading in dark places (less than 50 lux).

Non-functional. Bought it for work, but it was past the return date before it got used. I previously had used a different brand & model that was more expensive but worked for 10 years with no issues. You get what you pay for.

I was trying to measure the artificial light glaring into the wetlands, but on the worst side, it didn't register the light even though we could see each other in the late night as if it was daytime. On the other side, it seemed to measure accurately. But because it was inconsistent, it was useless to rely on.

does what it says on the tin.

Strumento molto maneggevole, ergonomico alimentato da ben tre batterie AAA per una maggiore autonomia, Controllato con luxmetro di precisione, posso dire che ilTop Tes 710 è sicuramente ben entro i limiti previsti. Ottima la retroilluminazione che ne facilita l'uso ed è pure estremamente pratica la testina rotante. Concludendo ritengo che questo strumento sia altamente da consigliare, anche in relazione al prezzo estremamente conveniente, che lo pone ben al di sopra delle aspettative. Ernesto Franchini.

シンプルなデザイン、操作も簡単で説明書も１回目を通せば覚えられます。 人感センサーの取り付け場所の明るさの変化を測るために購入しましたが、精度は直感的に許容範囲内だと思います。 他の方が書かれていた電池の蓋はネジ止めではなくなっており、電池の出し入れが楽でした。

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Works well. I bought it for my indoors plants, to know where they needs supplemental lighting. Now, I finally can grow plants indoor wothout killing them. 1 little downside: the head rotate only on 1 side, so sometimes you need to put it in an awkward position to take the reading.