I had many times been frustrated by how close together the lines are and wished the scale was not so wide range. When I read the description of the Marine Depot "Aquarium Pro" model, I was sold. Especially considering it was $80 cheaper.
http://www.marinedepot.com/Marine_Depot ... RF-vi.html
Easier to Read
One of the other problems with most Refractometers is the scale displayed normally reads from 0-100ppt when we are really only interested in the region from 30-40ppt The Reef Meter Refractometer has therefore been specifically designed to read from 0 1.020-1.040 which gives you 2.5 times the resolution of a normal 0-100 scale.
Almost all hand held salt water refractometers available to the hobby.
So it arrived and tried it out. What a disappointment. The scale really only shows the 1.020 - 1.040 range. But their claim that the scale is in any way magnified is completely bogus.
The picture below I took photographs looking though the refractometers and placed the photographs next to each other. The cyan horizontal lines show that the scales match each other identically (I was actually surprised how perfectly the two pictures lined up).
Does anyone actually think that masking part 2/3 of the scale makes a refractometer it easier to read? Are there any refractometers out there which actually do have a magnified scale?
Should I make a stink about the misleading description and return the marine depot refractometer?