DAE AS250U-100 1" Water Meter, Measuring in Gallon + Couplings

Great product. Well built. Easy to install

Build quality:Works great. Nice cover and compact. Price is good

This meter arrived quickly, and in good shape. It's made of heavy brass (as it should be) and feels like good quality. I've seen a lot of other reviews complaining about the fittings -- and people having difficulty with making good plumbing connections... to which I would say "probably user error". In a former life, I worked as a small water system operator for several years -- and I have experience with this type of water meter. The fittings on this model are standard. You'll want to be sure to use the 2 brass 'adapters' when you install the meter (they aren't 'optional'), and don't forget to put the rubber washers in when you attach them to the meter inlet and outlet ports. After that, you'll have brass male threads pointing in both directions (upstream and downstream) from your new meter -- and these threads are in the nominal size you specified when ordering (mine are 1" male pipe threads or MPT). From here, you will need to purchase the appropriate fittings to connect to your plumbing, with a corresponding female pipe thread (FPT) in the same nominal size. For me, it was a pair of 1" PVC couplings, slip x FPT -- because I was adding the meter into a section of 1" PVC pipe. [Please note: connecting brass or metal MPT into plastic FPT is never recommended, because the plastic fitting can crack as you tighten into it. I did it very carefully.]I have had the meter in service for about a month now (3500 gallons) and everything appears to be working properly. Never did an accuracy test -- but other reviewers have said it's pretty darned accurate, which is good enough for my purposes.Don't overlook the warnings about orientation... I guess this meter MUST be installed horizontally and flat, with the dial facing up. I don't know what happens if you do something different. And I don't want to know.Good luck! :)

They are exactly what they said they are. They were sent quickly. Great product .

Installed indoors per the instructions. It works great.

Works as advertised.

Leak detection in a crawl space

I simply needed a solid, quality meter to put on a garden hose. Searches always resulted in either A) Cheap plastic meters or B) $100+ metal meters. This was like 40 bucks and is *extremely* solid and well made. It works perfectly. I measured the accuracy and it is accurate. Keep in mind that with this meter you: 1) Will have to buy the adapters for the garden hose, 2) need to lay this device flat while it is in use (I haven't tried tilting it to see what the effect is but was just following their instructions) and 3) Realize that this is a "forward only" meter so you can't reset it with each use so you will have to make note of the reading before use and do a tiny bit of math. I knocked a star of the "Easy to read" because the meter comes with parts/adapters you may not use and the instructions don't make it clear which to use to connect to the hose.