Customer Reviews

Removable Accu-Level Propane Tank Gauge with Magnetic back

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This is a product that never should have seen the light of day nor graced the shelf of any hardware store. Because it's packaged folded up, there are permanent bends in the material that prevent the gauge from properly sticking to the tank. I tried to fix this by leaving the gauge under book piles for extended periods of time, but that didn't work.
The gauge requires one to pour very hot water over the gauge each time you need a reading. Because the gauge doesn't adhere flat to the tank, one needs to try to press it while pouring boiling water over it. Dangerous...and inconvenient!
When I did go through the trouble of pouring boiling water, the gauge was inaccurate.

Item comes out of the package bent (folded over). Won't lay flat against propane tank. Tried to gently unfold (instructions say to be careful bending product or it may be damaged). Product laid a little better against tank for awhile, but then began to bend away from tank at folds again. Won't work properly since it doesn't lay flat against tank. I think the product is fundamentally sound, but needs to be packaged differently.

This is hands down the worst product I have ever purchased. Being an engineer, I usually can figure things out pretty quick. However, after fooling around with it for a while, there is no possible way this magnet will even attach to my tank. The tank is relatively new and I cleaned the surface before attempting to apply it, but not even a small part of the magnet would stay stuck. Even if it would, the way the strip is packaged it is so bent that there is no way it could accurately gauge the level of the propane. Please do everyone a favor and DO NOT BUY THIS!

Very simple principle, works just fine. It simply indicates where the cold propane gas level is in the tank by application of very warm or hot water on the magnetic sensor. The magnet is there only to hold the indicator onto the tank - and it stays on tank quite nicely.

I purchased this last year and it has NEVER worked. At least I don't think it has.Maybe I'm missing something? It never indicates anything--even though I pour the hot water over it...even though I store it on my refrigerator to keep it flat. Buy a more expensive gauge...it's a better use of your money.

True to other reviewers' observations, it is folded so tight that the creases prevent it from attaching to the tank. Knowing this, I followed another reviewers' advice and stuck it to the fridge for a week or so, and it flattened out nicely. Problem is, it doesn't work! Used very hot water on it, saw no change. Actually bought two, and same results with both. Cost more to return than what I paid. What a pain!

I really wish I could give this 500 negative stars! I would love to meet the people that actually got this to stick to their tank. I was never able to get it flat enough because of the way it was packaged all folded up. Why not sell it in a roll rather than folded with creases in it? Truly truly awful.

This product worked as was described. Initially, I taped them to my refrigerator to get the folds out of them so they would adhere to the tank surface. Once straightened out, they worked okay. Just make sure the water is very hot when you pour it over them.

This is a great little producy. Like the other reviews and the instructions stated, you have to pour HOT water over it to get a reading. IF YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IT WORKS GREAT EVERY TIME. I will buy another for my other grille.

You waste your money, that's what.
I thought I would go ahead and try in hopes of the gauges working. No such luck. First the strips come folded so they won't lay flat against the tank. This is important since the magnetic properties of the strips are equivalent to spitting on the back of something. Then, IF you get them to stick, they just plain don't work...as in, not at all.