Any recommendations for lux meters?

[djozz]

@Enderman

I’ve been using the Dr Meter LX1330B for a few years and it works great.
Planning to buy a second luxmeter, the UT382, to have a second brand luxmeter to confirm my numbers.
So far all my other uni-t meters are excellent, and the UT382 also can connect to a PC so that may come in useful

I have that Uni-T UT382 meter and posted some checks that I did with it in the Mitko-thrower thread:

BLF style 18650 1s thrower( poor mans Olight M2X)

Ok,I got the Uni-T luxmeter in and did some testing on it. I compared it to my Mobilux DIN class A luxmeter which is about the best you can get in portable luxmeters, it has a very good optical filter. The most expensive part of a good luxmeter is the optical filter in front of the sensor that makes sure that the relative sensitivities for all wavelengths are correct, following the standard defined luminosity curve. And this luxmeter being cheap, its filter does not do miracles, no surprises h…

and further down:

BLF style 18650 1s thrower( poor mans Olight M2X)

As requested by l.i. I checked the throw of two more flashlights with the Uni-T meter compared to the Mobilux meter. And the results underline (found that in earlier tests of cheap luxmeters as well) that the difference in the optic filters between the two can lead to fairly unpredictable differences in the reading of different leds, it is not just the colour temperature that makes the difference, other differences in the led spectra have significant impact on how different the Uni-T meter reads…

EDIT: sorry, wrong meter, I have the 38 3, not the 38 2. But still be conscious of the quality of the optical filter!!