General Tools Fruit Hardness Tester for Small Soft Fruit
This General Tools fruit hardness tester reads in kilograms, pounds, newtons or pascals
Item #: 167712
Manufacturer: General Tools & Instruments Co Llc
Manufacturer Item #: FHT-801
Your Price $369.00
Features & Applications:
Fruit firmness is the universally accepted measure of ripeness. This General Tools fruit hardness tester, also known as a fruit penetrometer, determines the ideal harvest and shipping times for many different types of fruits by accurately measuring the force required to push a plunger tip into the pulp of small, soft fruits. This easy to use tool gives force readings in kilograms, pounds, newtons or pascals. It comes in a hard carrying case. Requires four "AAA" batteries (not included). 8"Lx2-3/8"Wx13/16"H. Weighs 8.1 oz.
Features:
- Target Fruits: Strawberry, cherry, grape, peach, banana, apricot, plum, melon, citrus and persimmon
- Fruit penetrometer tests ripeness of small, soft fruits
- Reads in kilograms, pounds, newtons or pascals
- Automatic shutoff and hard carrying case
Specifications:
| Testing Range: | 2.84 - 71.12 lbf/sq. in. |
| Resolution: | <10 = 0.01 10 - 99.9 = 0.1 >100 = 1.0 |
| Accuracy: | ±(1%H + 1.4) lbf/sq. in. |
| Dimensions: | 8 x 2-3/8 x 13/16 in. |
| Tip Size: | 3.5mm |
| Weight: | 8.1 oz. (229g) |
| Power Source: | 4 “AAA” batteries (not included) |
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