Mechanical Fruit Firmness Tester: HP-Fff

The Bareiss HP Fff non destructive fruit firmness tester ,mechanical dial type.

Scale reading from 0 to 100 firmness. (not Shore scale hardness!)

An easy to use and is an indispensable tool for primary producers when checking that a crop is ready for harvest. 

Made in Germany to the highest standard for reliability and accuracy. 

It allows the user to quickly ascertain ripeness without damaging the fruit by depressing a test anvil against the skin which measures the resistance against a controlled spring pressure. Because it is non destructive, there is no product wastage for sampling.

It is also extremely valuable throughout the various stages of selling such as at the market for quality control and price setting, through to end user QA at the shop front.

Please specify the type of fruit(s) you are measuring, as each type of produce requires a different shape / size test anvil.  There are five different anvils available and one (of choice) is supplied with the durometer/fruit firmness tester.

ANVILS: (choose one from the below list)

• Test Anvil 0.10cm² for peaches, apricots and plums
• Test Anvil 0.25cm² for tomato and cherries
• Test Anvil 0.50cm² for strawberries
• Test Anvil Ball ø5mm for avocados
• Test Anvil Ball ø2.5mm for carrots, cucumber and radish