Best geiger counters for labs according to redditors

dude. this is foolish. you should really contact your local police and fire so they can check. they have (or will contact) people qualified to determine if its safe.

edit: also certified geiger counters are like 300+ dollars. calling the authorities is free.

Here OP. Buy one and report back with your findings.

I'm not a targeted individual, and frankly I don't think you are either, but I'll proceed in giving you the benefit of the doubt anyway.

First, you need undeniable physical evidence. Get a Geiger counter (you can find a relatively cheap and well-reviewed one on Amazon here) and read up on the measurements that a Geiger counter will give you with this chart. If the radiation is causing you significant physical harm like you've described then it is likely ionizing radiation, which a Geiger counter can accurately measure.

Your references towards being affected by electrical appliances sound more like elecromagnetic radiation though, which is quite different from ionizing radiation. A device like this can be used to measure ambient EMF radiation. Again, make video documentation to prove that you're being exposed to extremely high levels of it.

If you're concerned about the possibility of your video evidence being tampered with, as many TIs seem to be, you can upload that video evidence to a storage medium such as FreeNet (/r/freenet), which will split the video file into many, many pieces and distribute them to thousands of volunteers worldwide so that the original file can be retrieved later. The data in the pieces that are distributed to the volunteers is encrypted so they won't know what they're holding on to for you, so even if they were complicit in the alleged gang stalking they wouldn't know that you (as the uploader) were someone they needed to fuck with. (This is, of course, a very brief explanation of the inner workings of FreeNet which leaves a lot out, but you get the gist of it.)

Now for the suggestion you're not going to like. See a mental health specialist. If you're correct, and you have the evidence to back it up, you can get yourself a clean bill of mental health that you can present at future court proceedings to help validate the fact that there is a grand conspiracy against you. And if you're not correct, and you are mentally ill, you can get help.

You should travel a considerable distance from where you live to contact the mental health professional, because the conspiracy against you is certainly localized to some degree. However unlikely, it is possible to buy out local mental health professionals, but it is simply not feasible to buy out every mental health professional in the entire country on the off chance that they might have one particular person come in that they need to conspire against. You aren't a rambling nut job, so I am confident that you will agree that it's astronomically unlikely that a conspiracy against you would span more than a small network of a few towns. With this in mind, seeing a somewhat distant mental health professional seems like a logical option in a plan to fight this attack on you.

If you need any more guidance beyond what I've already typed up, just ask and I'll help you as much as I can.

Inside phone is ... harder, but for outside-phone detector, there is already something out there: https://www.amazon.com/Careshine-Radiation-Counter-nuclear-Detector/dp/B015W2HU5I/

When I was testing it with exempt-quantity radioactive sources, it worked well enough; it's going to be trickier with alphas, trying to ensure they can reach the detector (I remember it working fine with cesium and strontium sources, which emit betas and gammas).

Anyways---if it's anything other than just a novelty item, I'd much rather have an actual dosimeter (for exposure monitoring purposes) or an actual calibrated Geiger counter (for whatever purpose it might be).

The guy who started this whole "radiation isn't dangerous" thing died from leukemia.

There are also many many many well documented cases of people dying quite quickly from radiation poisoning. http://listverse.com/2010/03/25/10-famous-incidences-of-death-by-radiation/

The guy in this video is also using EXTREMELY low radiation exposure. Check this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert#Dose_examples

So his meter is measuring in microseiverts. source

The "extremely radioactive" rock that he shows is his most powerful is less radioactive than the ambient radiation you get while flying in a commerical ariliner. Less radioactive than getting a mammogram.

His "most powerful" radiation stone is about 1/500th of the recommended occupational limit as set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. here

TL;DR- Scam artist or bozo, I don't know, but this dude is completely 100% full of shit.

Thank you for the kind word and to answer your question, no, we do not have units with the range of beyond 1 milisievert per hour.

1 mSv/h is a very high dose, we are talking the Three-Mile Island incident here or 15 chest X-rays in a row.

https://www.allianz.com/en/about_us/open-knowledge/topics/environment/articles/110407-radiation-how-much-is-harmful.html/#!ma62477f2-4bcb-431a-940c-ed2cbd6ead56

Some units do have a dosimeter functions though - counts accumulated dosage which was recently used on a Chernobyl excursion by MIT students.

Models with Dosimeter function:
https://www.amazon.com/RADEX-RD1503-Dosimeter-accuracy-radiation/dp/B01C89OZPG/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7PTJCS/

https://www.amazon.com/ONE-Personal-Sensitivity-Dosimeter-Radiation/dp/B00YQARZ5S/

I don't post here myself, but having some background in this field i'd recommend you take this over to /r/NuclearPower. This seems a little out of scope. Hazmat and nuclear protection are generally different fields, sometimes they overlap however.

I'm more concerned as to why you're receiving motors that are possibly full of activated material yet you're asking strangers on the internet how to handle this stuff. If you're not considered a Nuclear Energy Worker (in Canada they call it this) you might actually not allowed to handle this stuff from a regulatory perspective depending on where you work/live. Now that looks like it's mostly copper and aluminium, so activation is less of a concern, but any part with steel in it could be a concern. It all depends on the amount of neutrons these things have seen.

Not knowing what they were used for I can't really give you any reasonable starting point. Maybe they just actuated water flow through a pipe in a reasonably safe area - maybe they were on a robot exploring a Fukushima Daiichi reactor core. The two are incredibly massive differences.

For a Geiger counter purchase, this looks nice:
https://www.amazon.com/GCA-06W-Professional-Radiation-Detection-External/dp/B00CC1EZ1A/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1511559478&sr=8-13&keywords=geiger+counter

At a minimum probably this:
https://www.amazon.com/RADEX-RD1503-Dosimeter-accuracy-radiation/dp/B01C89OZPG/ref=pd_sim_328_8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=5BJMDYR8ZNPZWMJRMW28

Assuming you'll be handling these quite a bit, generally a starting point are placing film badge dosimeters outside the hot cell in an area that is considered 'not exposed', you don't want them outside though either as you get exposed to radiation from the environment as well. This is your control dosimeter. Depending how activated the materials in this motor are you might need a giant pile of lead bricks around it or just a thick concrete wall or both. Inside the hot cell, pick a specific spot that you place another film badge dosimeter at which is always a certain distance from where you store these things. The idea being is that radiation dose falls with distance, so to get consistent measurement keep the dosimeter a set distance away. You'll have to send those film badges away for analysis on a cycle set by your local regulatory agencies.

The facility I worked at which wasn't a nuclear power plant, for the office staff, if your annual dose was >2mSv/year compared to the control dosimeter then the technical staff were doing something wrong shielding wise. In Canada the effective dose limits for a nuclear energy worker is 50 mSv in any one year and 100 mSv in five consecutive years. The dose limit for pregnant workers is 4 mSv from the time the pregnancy is declared to the end of the term.

You can get them for reasonably cheap online.

I bought a surplus military one some years ago for the industry I was working in, but it was a little better calibrated and more expensive.

I just ordered my own since they are apparently cheap now:

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PMNKX6M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Will have it in two days if amazon does its usual thing and will report back.

I think this is a better Geiger Counter instrument, also available on Amazon at half the cost. Comes with NIST calibration too.

http://www.amazon.com/GCA-07W-Professional-Radiation-Detection-External/dp/B000796XSC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_328_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51jMiX9DBmL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0JYTH4ZV2H04DFM1P15T

If cost really isn't an issue, the Thermo Fisher EPD TruDose is what we use at my facility, and I know from travel that it (or its now-discontinued predecessor, the EPD Mk2) is widely used throughout the industry. I've also used the DMC3000 and it's great too. Both have belt clips with displays that face up.

Really though, for the amount of dose we're talking about, and if you don't intend to use it on an ongoing basis or have it form part of an official dosimetry record, you'll do just as well with something for about $100 on Amazon.

Depending on how deep that well is it might be free from contamination. But what about the sump pump? Usually there is something electrical that is pumping that water up.

Also can you access the pump (to fix if something happens to it, whether from EMP or simple malfunction) from your home or a bunker? Is it hand pumped? Is it the old fashioned bucket on a rope? Do you still have to treat it (the reservoir) every few years?


Essentially water never really “goes bad” but over time even plastic from water bottles can leech into it, same with radiation. Though if pipes run up to the surface the water In Those pipes can be irradiated, and then spread down. I highly encourage you to look into gamma radiation detectors, they can be pricey ($500-$?????)
Here’s a cheaper one on amazon though I personally wouldn’t trust this one with my life or the lives of those I care about.
https://www.amazon.com/Gamma-Radiation-Detector-Geiger-Counter/dp/B00XWCQ7E6


but they can literally save your life. Also look into potassium Iodide, it’s a gamma blocker though for it to be effective you must take it and allow some time for it to get into your system before you absorb a decent amount of gamma.

Another popular, inexpensive unit is the GQ GMC-320-Plus.

See if you can purchase a cheep gygercounter on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/GQ-GMC-320Plus-Fulfill-Radiation-Equipment/dp/B00I8GQ1EC/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?keywords=Geiger+Counters&qid=1567633900&s=gateway&sr=8-6

How would a Geiger counter come to be around a neutron source for a long time? Could that occur with regular "household" use?

I'm considering this one based on price and reviews. Thoughts? Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZQ47AS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ma gandeam sa-mi iau si eu unul.

For science. :)

The same retailer also sells a Digital Geiger counter

I would like a Geiger counter Please.

Yeah I know that already. What do you think about this one GCA-07W Professional Geiger Counter Nuclear Radiation Detection Monitor with Digital Meter and External Wand Probe - NRC Certification Ready- 0.001 mR/hr Resolution - 1000 mR/hr Range https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XSC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_R2vUCb2WVFMBE