To FAQs 2. How accurate are UV meters?
• Pocket size lamp meters provide a comparative reading, not an absolute reading. They are helpful when comparing original readings to current readings. • Each manufacturer calibrates their meter to give you a reading relative to the original calibration. Therefore, each brand will give you different readings. • UV meters only read from a small portion of the spectrum of UV light. Different lamp manufacturers design their lamps to emit UV rays from a particular section of the spectrum. The UV meter may or may not read those rays. Therefore, readings will vary between each brand of lamp. • To get a truly accurate reading of the spectrum of UV emitted from a tanning lamp, you would need highly specialized (and very expensive) laboratory equipment.
