Members MrChrisos Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 I tongue test them on occasion when I'm working with ocillator circuits or if I've got disorganised and a pile of half dead batteries have piled up, but genrally my needs don't warrent something like this. I think it's more a case of trying to take a product for guitar techs to mass market, without really getting the customers perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedalboard Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 worst banner ad ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 Lotta knee-jerkin' going on in here. If you actually click the ad, you can see that what makes it convenient is that it has a 1/4" plug and you can check your battery via the input jack. It has switches for different types of batteries and calculates the number of hours you have left of power. Many pros use all batteries. They're clean power with no hum. But yeah, that is one fugly ad. They should have emphasized the features that musicians would appreciate. Take your voice of reason elsewhere, this is not the time nor the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 It is cool that it plugs into the pedals input so you don't have to take it out to test. How do I test the battery in the battery tester though?:poke: It would be worth it if I didn't use a power supply. If a battery tester uses a power supply, that is just lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SharkMinusBear Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 So basically it's just a voltmeter that will only work with batteries. Why not buy a real one from radioshack that can measure other voltages as well? And yes, typically they need a battery to work, but thats just to display the digital readings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loxley Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 I tongue-test mine to see if they're dead or not, but I never, ever have used batteries to power my pedals, just other stuff that needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jdredskinsfan Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 Take your voice of reason elsewhere, this is not the time nor the place. Dude, what? Nothing unnecessary going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted September 24, 2009 Members Share Posted September 24, 2009 You can buy a digital multi meter for under ten bucks,it tests batteries,pickups, pots, resistors (and if you're lucky enough capacitance) and a bunch of other {censored} too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 Well...I just had one sent to me for review, and actually, once you dig into it there are some pretty compelling features. As most people have noticed by now, you can test the battery without taking the box apart if it switches via the input jack. Perhaps more importantly, it measures the battery under load, which is something no multimeter does. In fact, multimeters are designed specifically NOT to load down the source (Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and all that). So, with high current devices - which quite a few pedals are these days - the battery can read fine under no load, but be down several volts under load. I came up with my own "tester" several years ago to test under load, which was simply a resistor to draw 10ma from a 9V battery. What the Batt-O-Meter does is much more sophisticated than that. I also think (I'm not sure) that the "measuring under load" deal is what allows the Batt-O-Meter to estimate remaining battery life with a great deal of accuracy. Granted, most of my stuff is AC powered, but some things like wireless devices, ebows, etc. can't be AC-powered and these are things I depend on when onstage. As to the ad, it is pretty weird but it got people talking about the product...and caused some people to check it out, and find out that it's not just a multimeter. So I guess they know how to get attention! I'll be checking it out in depth and reviewing it in the Harmony Central newsletter once I get back from my travels, but it sure seems like a useful piece o' gear to throw in your gig bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ambient Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 Dude, what? Nothing unnecessary going on there. sarcasim'd. Note the smiley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coma Larkin Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 That isn't my knee... THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS I don't even know what the hells you guys are on about 'cause I adblocked that {censored}s in order to max convenience my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 use a 1 spot livei use batteries in the studiocause i always get a bit of buzz or hum no matter what adapter i use1 spot- various 9 volt-etc suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrNixon Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 who the {censored} uses batteries on here?! c'mon, hold off on your next $200+ fuzz pedal and get a power source! that batt-o-meter looks like something Sham-Wow dude should push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ponch Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 not used batteries for ages, at least a yr or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marshredder Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 who the {censored} uses batteries on here?! c'mon, hold off on your next $200+ fuzz pedal and get a power source! that batt-o-meter looks like something Sham-Wow dude should push. Last thing that Sham-Wow pushed was a hooker... into a wall (she was absolutely fine in the end.. but lolz were had) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlchase68 Posted October 6, 2009 Members Share Posted October 6, 2009 Potential 9v tongue testers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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