Measurement Accuracy & Calibration

The cluster focuses on discussions about the precision, accuracy, calibration needs, and tolerances of various measurement devices such as calipers, scales, rulers, and sensors, with users questioning the reliability of cheap tools and emphasizing proper calibration.

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tedunangst May 25, 2024 View on HN

What's the current precision for measuring devices?

JshWright Jan 10, 2020 View on HN

What's the point of automatically taking wildly inaccurate measurements?

imp Nov 1, 2010 View on HN

How do you know it's accurate? Have you calibrated it? :)

measurement devices do not have 'bias' they have 'tolerance'. Give them some credit

bobowzki Feb 10, 2015 View on HN

I see no mention of calibration.. Calibration is important. Even if you don't do it you should be aware of what the error might be.

Eextra953 Jun 5, 2025 View on HN

Cool product! I come from a measurement/calibration background, so I'm curious about the accuracy of your system. Have you tested this against lab equipment, or do you have plans to specify accuracy with proper tolerance intervals?What about measurement uncertainty and unit-to-unit variability? I know this is consumer hardware, so I dont expect a full blown evaluation but have you characterized expected performance?

xiphias Jun 2, 2016 View on HN

Yes, and these cheap devices sadly don't have accuracy description. I would be OK to pay for it if some accuracy would be guaranteed, but writing that it's calibrated and not specifying the maximal error looks always fishy.

dylan604 Sep 18, 2025 View on HN

Wouldn't that depend on the accuracy of the tool doing the measuring?

avian Nov 13, 2022 View on HN

Accuracy will largely depend on calibration standards used. A good set of those that goes up to 6 GHz will cost many times the cost of this device.

mavhc Oct 13, 2024 View on HN

how do they even measure a half centimetre accuracy?