Frienda 4 Pcs Hour Meters for Small Engines Inductive Digital, Black

Easy to install and very useful for monitoring scheduled maintenance hours. I purchased a 4 pack for each one of my small engines. With the cost of lawn equipment increasing, keeping your machines in top running condition will extend the life and save money.

Attached to new dirtbikes and atv to track hours for regular maintenance intervals - easily installed and seem to work perfectly

I use a lot of hour meters, since I’m constantly fixing up and maintaining small engines and equipment. Any time I can add an hour meter, I do, because it makes tracking maintenance so much easier. That’s what led me to this multi-pack: I liked the idea of having several meters on hand, and the listing advertised them as hour meters and tachometers, which sounded like a nice bonus. In practice, these turned out to be hour meters only. There is no tachometer function, at least not on the ones I received. They simply show accumulated hours. No RPM readout, no tach mode, nothing. For me, the tach feature was a “nice to have,” not a deal-breaker, so I’m not devastated, but it is definitely a miss and the description is misleading. That said, as hour meters, they’re perfectly fine and actually pretty good: • I like the color options. Being able to pick or mix different colors is genuinely useful when you’re installing these across multiple machines. It makes it easy to visually distinguish one unit from another at a glance, especially if you’re keeping a small fleet of equipment straight. • The multi-pack offering is a big plus. If you work on a lot of engines, it’s nice to have several on hand instead of buying them one at a time. This saves time and lets you standardize your installs. • They’re simple and to the point. No complicated setup, no menus to scroll through, nothing fancy to fiddle with. They count hours, and that’s it. For maintenance tracking, that’s really all you need most of the time. • Installation is straightforward if you know what you’re doing. These are the kind of meters you install once and forget. As long as you’re comfortable with basic small-engine wiring or routing the sensing lead appropriately, you won’t have any trouble. Mounting and routing are about as expected for this style of meter. So from a functionality standpoint as basic hour meters, I don’t have any real complaints. They do what I bought them for: they track hours and make it easier for me to schedule oil changes, inspections, and other routine maintenance on the equipment I work on. Where they lose a star is strictly on the misleading description: • They’re advertised as hour meters and tachometers. • In reality, they behave only as hour meters. • If you buy them specifically expecting an RPM feature, you’re going to be disappointed. Because the tach function isn’t critical for my use, I can live with it, but it still shouldn’t be advertised as something it’s not. Honest labeling would make this a clean, easy 5/5 for what they are. Overall, I’m satisfied enough to keep using them and would recommend them to others who just need simple hour tracking, with one important caveat: Treat these as hour meters only, and you’ll probably be happy. If you need a true tach/hour combo, look elsewhere. These are good, simple hour meters with nice color and multi-pack options, but held back by a misleading “tachometer” claim.

I’ve been using these induction hour meters like these for over 10 years. Long enough that their internal batteries have started to die, so I needed replacements. The bad news is, yes, I don’t know how many hours were on it when it died. No worries, since I use them to time oil changes I just install a new one, change the oil and start again at 0 hours.

Battery in them died shortly after return date expired. They are a good idea but one needs to keep track of the hours on them so when you replace them you have an idea of the previous hours on the equipment. I write down the hours each time I use the equipment, you don't know when it will die.

These hour meters seem to work quite well put them on 4 commercial zero turn mowers as the original hour meters are either sun faded or just quit working,the stealership wants you to just about take out a mortgage to replace the original ones it’s quite easy to hook up these hour meters

Great as on to my gas powered engines. I put it on my snow blower, lawn mower and power washer. I like the orange color. It reminds me to look at it- easy to read screen. Simple to install and set up. No instructions or zip ties in the box- luckily the instructions are online. Use Velcro Extreme Outdoor fasteners to mount it anywhere. Hopefully the batteries last a long time.

Works as it should. Installed on a couple small engines I had (lawn mower) and now I know exactly when to change the oil. They’ve held up great and have been very durable. The display is simple and easy to read.

I had purchased 8 units on October 12, 2022. I installed them on many machines, and I am very satisfied with the final result. I performed a 6 hour test, and the result proved to be accurate . Every hour I checked and it was always right. It is a great help in recording working hours. so that the maintenance of the machines is always carried out up to date. Proved to be resistant to weather conditions, dust and even vibration. I was surprised, and recomend it.

Not a tachometer