Is the Better Geiger S2 actually better?
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024
- Welcome back, radiation nerds! In today's video, we take a look at the Better Geiger S-2 and if it's really a better Geiger counter!
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Thank you for the video review! You are right something rigid would be preferred on the display, but you might be surprised how tough that plastic cover is, it can withstand a surprising amount of abuse.
Regarding the sensor position, it is marked on the top only so that I could have all of the printed stuff on one side only, but the sensor is in a position approximately equal in distance from the top, bottom, and 'front'... so you can use all three directions for measurements. Maybe I should explain that more clearly in the manual.
And yes you are right it is practically only a X-ray/gamma measurement device with very low beta sensitivity... that is partly on purpose because a common mistake beginner's make is using an ordinary Geiger counter and placing it next to a beta source, which a GM tube responds to very strongly, and then they look at the dose number and mistakenly think it is accurate. Actually if a GM tube is picking up beta the dose rate is extremely wrong, to measure dose with a GM beta should be blocked (and even then energy-compensation is missing, so the number will not be very accurate, but beta is the thing which makes it give extremely wrong numbers).
Lastly, you are right the algorithm could be improved to respond faster to high dose rate environments, I will work on that.
This is the best response I have ever heard from a manufacturer. Thanks Robert!
I’m very interested in one of those.
It’s pretty cool meter, definitely better than most other budget Geiger counters out there
i was looking into getting one of these at one point but settled on a radiascan 701. it seems like a nice meter but its not really my type haha. thank you for making a video about it! im still trying to get new meters so maybe ill get one of em
Get the radiacode 102 instead since it's smaller you can buy accessories for it and it does gamma spectroscopy to prove what isotopes make something radioactive
@@The-One-and-Only100 i have a radiacode 103! its a very nice meter
Why was it uploaded again?
Had to do a few minor changes. I hate doing that as the initial view counts and comments are lost...
@allRadioactive what were the minor changes?
@@The-One-and-Only100 nothing big. You wouldn’t miss anything 😉
@allRadioactive its the exact same video just now a piece of ceramic with uranium glaze in place of the strontium disk source and thoriated tungsten welding rods in place of the americium disk source
@@The-One-and-Only100pretty much