A and C weighting change the number, not the noise · review
A 30 to 130 dBA meter stating ± 1.5 dB and 0.1 dB resolution, with a warning indicator above a threshold and a foam windscreen in the box.
What the figures leave us with The one with the windscreen, which is the accessory that decides whether an outdoor reading means anything.
A meter sold with the part that most meters omit.
A measuring range of 30 to 130 dBA with an accuracy of ± 1.5 dB and a resolution of 0.1 dB, with a warning sign displayed when a standard is exceeded. A composite housing produced by injection molding with an anti-drop structure. Supplied with the meter, three 1.5 V batteries, a wind-resistant sponge ball and a manual.
A microphone is a pressure sensor, and moving air is pressure. Hold a bare sound meter outdoors in a light breeze and it will report a level that has nothing to do with the noise you came to measure. The foam windscreen breaks up the flow before it reaches the diaphragm.
Almost no listing in this category mentions one. This one supplies it.
An indicative instrument. Any measurement intended for a complaint, an assessment or a legal purpose needs a classified meter and a calibrator.
No such listing: the American Amazon shop answers the reference with a search box rather than a page.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
| Amazon reference | B09MVR9YBQ (identical on 5 markets) |
|---|---|
| EAN | 0753326501910 |
| Weighting and response | 30–130 dBA |
| Stated accuracy | ± 1.5 dB |
| Resolution | 0.1 dB resolution |
| Functions | warning indicator |
| Display | windscreen supplied |
Air moving across a bare microphone generates noise in the microphone itself, which is added to whatever you are trying to measure. A foam ball breaks up that airflow. Outdoors or near a fan, a reading taken without one is largely wind.
Decibels measured through the A-weighting filter, which discounts low frequencies roughly the way human hearing does. It is the standard weighting for environmental and occupational noise — and it will under-report a low-frequency rumble that C-weighting would show.
As a display step, yes. As precision, no — it is finer than the ± 1.5 dB accuracy, as it is on every meter in this hub. Resolution and accuracy are different numbers.
8.0/ 10
The one with the windscreen, which is the accessory that decides whether an outdoor reading means anything.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 31, 2026.
Measuring outdoors or near ventilation, where wind noise on the microphone otherwise dominates.
Listed because the accessory names this instrument itself.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 50.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for measuring instruments and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
30–130 dB · ± 1.5 dB · A and C weighting · 43,000-record logger · DC output
A logging meter storing up to 43,000 readings for export to a PC, with A and C weighting, a three-color LED warning and a DC output for external recording.
Best for: Establishing what a noise does over hours or days, which a handheld reading cannot show.
35–130 dB · MAX hold · large backlit display
A 35 to 130 dB handheld meter with a MAX function and a large backlit display. Its title carries the word "geeicht" — a manufacturer claim, reported here as one.
Best for: Household comparisons — before and after a change, one room against another.
30–130 dB · ± 2.0 dB · A and C weighting · fast and slow · 4-digit 0.1 dB
The only meter here offering both A and C weighting, which is what separates a reading that follows human hearing from one that includes low-frequency energy.
Best for: Low-frequency noise — plant, traffic, bass through a wall — that A-weighting under-reports.
≈ $23
