BAFX Products® - Decibel Meter/Sound Level Reader - W/Battery!

Easy to use. Work great

Works as described. Reasonably compact, reasonably light. Not a precision or scientific instrument, but does the job it advertises I think, within a margin of error. Mainly good to tell people how loud something is, they should turn it the f down.

Seems to work great. I've probably needed one of these many, many times. Not really required, just wanting to take a sound level and put a number to. Instead of saying "yep, that sounds loud" I can now say "Yes, that is 118.4dB". Honestly, I have no real need for it, but it's great to put a number on sound levels. It's even fun to just play with. I was putting a new audio system in, and was attempting to compare old system levels to new, to see what my new system did for me. As well as test specific frequency outputs to test and set the audio tuning. I'm no scientist, and I'm not exactly setting up my environment and testing methods as such. But for a way to test levels, this thing is small, easy, and seems to be accurate. I really like it. Anyone wishing to audio tune, test exhaust output dB levels, or even maybe a band checking levels, this thing is easy, and simple and puts a number to it instead of "Yeah, I think that sounds louder".

Straight forward, easy to use, lightweight, clear display, Min, Max button. Does exactly what I wanted, decibel readings ratings when setting up my hifi in the house. Good value for money. Battery included, so ready to go once you have it, pretty much.

This works very well in my opinion and is very easy to use. It would be nice if it had a "5 second average" feature, or something along those lines. I find that you have to watch the numbers for 30 seconds or so, then mentally take an average (perhaps "note the modal value" would be better phrasing, though most people wouldn't know what it means).

I needed a simple, easy to use and consistent decibel meter for product reviews that I do. This BAFX meter absolutely does the trick and is consistent. Primarily I use the LOW and MAX functions to record ambient (LOW) and evaluating noise made from flying machines (MAX) so that we can do basic audio comparisons regarding noise generated and if we should or should not be requiring hearing protection. This unit can bee off by a decibel in either direction, so we fail SAFE by requiring hearing protection if the source of noise is even close. It's well constructed and I make frequent use of the 1/4 20 threaded receiver which is the standard mount for all photographic tripods etc. Battery life is fantastic, read out is clear, absolutely performs as expected and I can't imagine anything better for the money spent. I definitely recommend it without hesitation to friends and colleagues.