Portable Handheld Gas Detector

by Innotek Corporation

Product Description

Portable Handheld Gas Detector Putting safety within your reach Forget about messy soap-and-water testing forever! Innotek's Portable Handheld Gas Detector offers a faster, simpler way to test for the presence of propane, butane and natural gas leaks. At just 7-1/2 inches long, its compact design makes it easy to check around fittings and connectors, even in the smallest spaces. This innovative new tool is ideal for everyone from professionals, who must search for gas leaks on a daily basis, to homeowners and travelers, who want to perform occasional safety checks on their barbecues or RVs. Powered by two AAA batteries, the Innotek Portable Handheld Gas Detector is a smart new tool everyone can use. It's backed with a five-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000IKNRYS
• Item model number: Handheld Gas Detector
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,165 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easier to use than soapy water!, October 23, 2008

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HDS "stewcanoe" (Wheelersburg, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Portable Handheld Gas Detector (Misc.)

This little detector is very sensitive. We found a leak that barely bubbled with soapy water. Plus it was in a dark crawlspace and it was really hard to see the joint. While we didn't find the leak with soapy water we did find it with this detector. Once it warmed up it I stuck it next to the joint and it alarmed in just a couple of seconds. It turned out to be a very tiny leak, but no leak at all is better. I don't believe we would have found it using the old soapy water method.

This is a good detector at a great price. Highly recommended for anyone that installs combustible gas lines or gas appliances. Even more highly recommended for homeowners and do-it-yourself-ers that do install their own stoves, gas logs, and water heaters. You will not miss a leak with this detector.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Handy gadget, but you get what you pay for, November 9, 2009

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Jeremy Taylor (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portable Handheld Gas Detector (Misc.)

This handheld gas detector does what it's supposed to do, which I suppose is the bottom line. There's not too much to complain about with a device that claims to detect gas leaks and does. For the extremely casual do-it-yourself handyman, this is a useful gadget to have on hand for those moments when you think you might smell gas in the utility room or the kitchen or the garage. For anything more than very casual use, however, this little toy is way too flimsy.

When I first unpacked the detector, I was surprised at how light and cheap-feeling it was. It did not come with batteries, so I had to dig out my own AAAs. When I got the batteries installed, it device wouldn't turn on. Assuming the batteries were dead, I put in some new ones. Still nothing. It turned out that the springs that are supposed to make contact with the battery terminals were so flimsy they were being pushed aside by normal battery installation. With a little prodding and coaxing, I managed to get them into proper position, and then finally the unit turned on. Then I put the battery cover on, and it died. Even the slightest bump or nudge throws something out of alignment, apparently. I took the cover off again and poked and prodded some more, and it turned back on.

So I ran my tests without touching the battery cover, and it did seem to work. I tested it on the stove burner without any flame, and it did register gas. Then I took it downstairs to where my wife thought she had smelled gas near the furnace, and I did not get a reading anywhere. So I assume I'm fine and the detector is working, but it's constructed so cheaply, it's hard to know for sure.

At the end of the day, it seems like it works, and that ought to be good enough for most home users. For this price, it's not worth griping too much about. But you definitely get what you pay for with this thing. Keep it away from the kids, and don't bump into anything while you're holding it, and it should be fine.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The detection is not as good as i expected., February 25, 2010

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Paul 90291 (Venice, CA. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Portable Handheld Gas Detector (Misc.)

I hate to say this tool is very very cheaply made, it belong in the tool section of a 99 cent store, the detection is very weak, if you want a gas detector spend the money and get a good one, this portable gas detector did not locate the leak under my house, the on and off button is located in front of the unit and in the middle of the handle, when you are crowling inder the house holding this delicate piece of equipment a small touch to this button put the unit off. The seller Wizard Industries shipped the unit in a timely matter, however I had to purchase from Amazon the Tif 8800A to be able to locate my gas leak. the Tif is a keeper.