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)

Nice bit of kit, does what its supposed to do without complication. Its quite useful having the temp and humidity readings too.

This product is of great design and far superior to some of the cheaper models- highly recommended

The media could not be loaded. As a photographer I have never owned a light meter and have always dialed in my exposure using tethered tools but for the purpose or reviewing lights and also in an attempt to be quicker setting up, I thought its about time I try one.This is a relatively basic light meter with some slightly confusing additional features. Yes, it measures light, but also temperature and humidity. I don't know why but il just say that you can measure temperature in centigrade or Fahrenheit and then move on.- The head swivels which is more useful that I expected so I can take a reading but not getting in the way of the light.- Light can be measured in Lux or Footcandles. No f-stops unfortunately- The min / max function is useful to measure and display a peak or trough output. I have found this especially useful when working with flash photography because the duration is too short for you to actually see the reading without it.- Setup is easy and they give you the 3x AAA batteries you need but why they screw the battery cover closed instead of clipping it shut is beyond my comprehension** Summary **A useful addition to my bag with the only down sides being the lack of F-stop readout and a battery cover that requires a screwdriver to access. Very decent value for money.

I purchased a couple of these for emergency light testing in social housing m. Very easy to use, has a big back lit screen and my engineers like them.

Easy to use, easy to see at night and seems very accurate

Very easy to use straight from the box and works perfectly.

Build is utilitarian; it's made of hard plastic plastic, with screws holding it all together.The orange side panels are exactly the same hard plastic as the rest; I wouldn't describe them as 'anti slide' as the listing does. The screen is slightly recessed, and is plastic (I think), and the sensor is has a cover when not in use. The battery compartment is accessed through a screw panel. Overall it looks to be fairly rugged, appropriately designed and built for the task in hand.The light sensor is an inch or so diameter curved white dome recessed in the top of the device. The whole top, from just above the screen, can rotate through 6 stops 180 degrees. There are also vents either side front and back allowing measurement of temperature and relative humidity.The 5 buttons on the front are:On/Off - self explanatory:H/* - performs two functions; short press holds the reading, a long press toggles the backlight'C/'F - toggles temperature unitsUNIT - toggles LUX and FCMAX/MIN - toggles recording the maximum or minimum values, or long press turn the function off.A couple of notes on usage;1) H(old) doesn't hold temperature or humidity readings, only light readings.2) the unit will remember the units you have selected the next time you turn it on.3) there is an auto off function; this will prevent you from leaving it for an extended period to record max/min readings.Finally it's worth mentioning that the manual is well written in good English (and many other languages), and contains some useful information.

I was quite interested in trying out this light meter as I test a lot of photography and video lights for Amazon, and have many of them set up around my office for various functions. I’d noted that the product description didn’t really mention much in the way of photography, which I thought was a little odd for a light meter, focussing more on commercial and industrial environments.Having used the light meter, I understand why. Its primary use appears to be setting up an ideal working environment. And, for that, it’s exceptionally good. As well as giving you the lighting readouts in either Lux or Footcandles (does anyone use Footcandles anymore?) it also tells you the temperature and the humidity. I’d never really put a huge amount of thought into the conditions I have for my home office which I spend very long hours in every day, but the light meter was able to guide me towards what improvements I should make. For example, I sit with the window to the side of me. I feel as though I’m in good light, but my own body is casting shadow across areas of my desk that I work at which might be causing eye strain when reading documents. It was quite interesting, and I’ve been able to carry out similar tests in my wife’s studio and elsewhere in the house. For these kind of purposes, it’s very good indeed.Where it isn’t quite so good is with metering light for photography. I mean, it will give you a basic idea, but if it was primarily for photography it would guide on F-stop settings. While it can point you in the direction you need to go, it would be up to you to figure out exact settings. The meter does have a Max and Min setting so it will record the peak light when you’re using a flash, which is good as you’ll never catch what the readout says otherwise. The readout does change rapidly.Overall, provided you understand what its strengths and weaknesses are, it’s a very useful device.