Pyle Digital Handheld Sound Level Meter - Meter Automatic with A and C Frequency Weighting for Musicians and Sound Audio Professionals, 9V Battery Type - Pyle SPL25, Red/Black (PSPL25)

This is a good SPL meter that offers a few features the cheaper options don't. Max hold, screen backlight, ability to switch between A and C ratings and hi/lo ranges. Even though it is not certified like much more expensive meters, I trust this more than the widely found cheaper options that are only A rated and I also believe it is more accurate than any cell phone app.The instructions are clear enough but do not include any information on whether this device can be further calibrated if one has access to a reference meter.I am using this in live audio measurement and as part of my toolkit for measuring room acoustics for installation of acoustic treatment. As a budget-conscious buyer, I have several other Pyle products in my toolkit and have not had any problems with this brand's products.

Works great for me. I am very hard of hearing and my main criteria when purchasing a new car is sound levels and the ability to have a conversation in the car under normal road and highway conditions. To take out the subjectivity, I test drive vehicles on the same roads using the sound meter and note the sound levels at idle, slow, road speed, and interstate speeds. I have my wife watch the meter and record the sound levels next to my ear. This device had a little broader frequency range and a little broader sound level range than cheaper models. The broader frequency range is useful for my purpose. It works well and as advertised for this purpose.

Works well down to about 35 dBA, but for quieter environments you'll need a more expensive tool .

This is a great budget sound meter! Compared to my professional meter, it fell within 1/10 of a decibel. It measures both a and c levels accurately. I would recommend this to anyone needing to calibrate a home theater system

Found out after using this meter for 2+ months to calibrate surround sound rooms that this monitor is consistently reading dB levels higher than they actually are, resulting in incorrect calibration of audible levels. Readings do appear to be consistent, so you are inclined to trust them, but they are grossly inaccurate, and there is no way to know without comparing to other meters in the same environment. I ultimately found out after comparing this meter's reading side by side with others after complaints that sound levels in calibrated rooms were low. Also found that A mode on this meter matched C mode on others - there may be many things out of spec with this meter.This meter cannot be relied on for accurate measurement.

I used this to measure the noise in my car before and after installing sound deadening material. It functioned well and was easy to use after a little practice. I can't speak about accuracy because I got it to measure relative differences.

If your just measuring 'Pink-Noise' or 1000hz sound, or just the sheer noise level of something, it will work great. But I quickly found this was not very good as a 'C-weighted' precision measuring device. 1)There was no way to calibrate it. 2) I just had to record my findings for each frequency. Some devices come with the ability to show frequency ranges. Some can hook-up with USB. This one has no output.

Very good for a good price. Shut up and buy it.

Hab mir den Pegelmesser gekauft um in manchen Situationen eine objektivere Rückmeldung zu bekommen was laut bedeutet...Zuerst habe ich mir ein preiswerteres Produkt geholt, laut Produktbeschreibung sollte es auch Pegel ab 30dB weg messen, ist aber laut Datenblatt dafür nicht mal spezifiziert. Der Pyle kann das und tut das auch vernünftig. Lediglich das Fehlen eines Gewindeeinsatzes an der Unterseite zur Montage auf einen Mikroständer oder Stativ kann ich bemängeln.

Excellent appareil d'une très grande fiabilité - très pratique à utiliser et à mettre en route très bon produit à recommander

This device is pretty good, but it needs a tripod mount. I had to use basing tape to put it on the tripod. Otherwise it gets the job done.

the licence was lost in 2010 - but it still gives a good indication and remember this thing was a legal DB meter until a few months ago. Adequate for personal use - your noice officer will have more sophisticated and expensive products

really neat.. I like it..very happy with purchase and performance of the productdoes exactly what it said it will do..cheers