OSHA Safety Equipment Education Blog

Do you replace your gas monitors failed sensors yourself? Maybe you're thinking about changing them out yourself? Keep reading to learn 5 tips to make sensor replacement stress free.

We are often asked why a portable gas monitor sensor fails--especially when the instrument has hardly been used. This issue seems to be a source of endless frustration for those who aren't intimately familiar with gas detection technology. The first thing we need to understand is how gas sensors work.

When asked what are the differences between the popular Honeywell BW Max XT II, Quattro and MicroClip XL gas detectors, we usually answer with differences in features. In this post, however, we want to take you under the hood of the three gas monitors.