Savant Digital Flow Meter 3/8" NPT for Water Filter

Meter works great. Nice little unit. The 3/8" pipe fittings that come with it (one pair for 1/4" plastic, the other for 3/8" plastic flex-pipe) are NOT tapered as i'd normally expect on pipe threads. So... the enormous amount of teflon tape they came pre-wrapped with looked like WAY too much. So I unwound the tape to what looked like the right thickness for a tapered fitting and... sonofagun! it leaked! So I unscrewed the fitting and rewound a foot or so of the teflon tape back on... which gave me a nice tight seal. the other possible source of leak is of course between the black O-ring deep inside the fitting and the plastic pipe. First: cut the pipe clean and square; no burrs. I used a sharp straight-edge razor blade. I also put a dab of silicone grease on the cut ends to ensure they slipped easily all the way into and through the O-rings. The pipe should travel about a little ways (1/8 to 3/16"?) after entering the o-ring... and then hit a definite bottom. After it bottome out give the pipe a little tug in the back-out direction to ensure it's well seated... then slip in the snap-ring to keep it in place. THERE WAS NEVER LEAKAGE around my 1/4" plastic pipe.

We are using it for R&D works. Working is good.

As others have said, the fittings that come with this meter are total crap. I counted the number of wraps of Teflon tape, and there were 16 on each fitting. They could’ve saved the cost of the Teflon tape, and just given you the correct fittings.Just go to your local big box hardware store with the blue house or orange box logo. What you want for the 1/4” tubing is the SharkBite #835026 1/4” OD x 3/8” MIP. Sorry, but I didn’t get the number for the 3/8” tubing. (Don’t bother looking on Amazon for it. They don’t sell it, at least as of December 2022.)Put a couple wraps of Teflon tape on, then snug it down hand tight. Zero leaks. Meter works great.Deducted 1 star due to the frustration of getting the correct fittings (knew it going into it).

I've had this product for awhile. Initially it worked, giving me a readout when water flowing. I hadn't used it in a long time, but needed to know flow rate. It turns on to change settings, but water flow through it doesn't make it turn on to give reading. The instructions don't provide troubleshooting and videos are all in other languages with no translation available.

The device worked as described. If properly installed, it has none of the problems that other users have described.