Hardline Products HR-8061-2 Hour Meter/Tachometer for up to 2-Cylinder Engines

Easy to install. Easy to read. Accurate, really give me peace of mind I’m keeping up with the maintenance on my equipment. I have since ordered more of these for other things I have. I will continue to use these.RPM reading is a nice perk, really lets you know how hard your equipment is working

Works great, everything I expected and easy install.

I have had great luck with my tachometer. I have installed it on a 2 cylinder 4 stroke outboard, then later on a 1 cylinder 4 stroke Tecumseh snowblower. Each time I felt I got accurate results. Note: On the snowblower motor, I had to set the setup to 2P-1R which to me wasn't intuitive. I thought this might help someone out.

This unit is easy to install and appears to work well. I tested it together using another RPM measuring device and it appears to be accurate. The two-sided tape that is provided is very, very, very strong, so plan out where you want to put the device well before you actually stick it onto your portable generator. This is because it may be very difficult to remove once you stick down the two sided tape. If I had to affix/position this again, in hindsight, I would opt to have the screen on top of the generator with the display screen facing up towards the sky. It's very awkward to crouch down to see the display on the device if you mount it on the side of the generator. So, in hindsight I would have picked a spot on top of the generator so that the screen faces directly up so that you don't have to bend down to read the screen.

Super easy to install. Works well. Exactly what I needed to track hours.

I needed a tachometer to set the idle rpms on my motorcycle, a 2005 Yamaha Road Star Silverado, which doesn't have one. I didn't want to spend a bunch of money on the high dollar tachs since I mainly wanted it as a tuning tool. So I priced a bunch of different inexpensive ones, read all the reviews and the Hardline seemed to consistently get the best reviews, so I got it.It's super easy to install and so far seems to be pretty accurate. After setting the idle rpms I took the bike for a ride, making mental notes of my rpms at different speeds while running in 5th gear. Then posted my numbers on a Road Star forum and people said my numbers were spot on.Since I purchased this as a tuning tool, I hadn't planned on leaving it on the bike. But when it was all said and done I decided it was pretty nice having a tach. So I made a little bracket and mounted it to the left handlebar. Pic was taken with the bike off, so the rpms aren't displayed. And I'm not concerned with the Hour meter, so I've never bothered to set it.As far as waterproofness goes, I haven't really put it to the test yet other than to wash the bike, which didn't seem to hurt it. But the entire unit seems to be sealed pretty good, so I don't anticipate any issues.The only real issue is that it's disposable.Since it is sealed, once the battery dies, that's it.Overall though I'm very glad I purchased it.And it's definitely served it's purpose. It may not be the classiest looking tach, but it works!

The media could not be loaded. This was a simple install, though the directions could’ve been a little larger and clearer. I don’t understand how it keeps power internally so for that, I have a genuine concern as to what happens when it burns out?? It’s a $30.00 fuse that at some point will burn up and I’m not sure if this is a sound investment but anyways, it DOES work and seems to keep up digitally very quickly. Really wished it came with some double-sided sticky tape or AT LEAST one type of mounting bracket…

This looks just like the Stihl EDT 9, which comes with a short 6" lead that works as a wireless 'antenna' and picks up the chainsaw RPM if the antenna is held 4-8" away from the spark plug. The Hardline tach comes with a longer lead that is supposed to wrap around the plug wire, so I cut 6" off the long lead and put that short section in the tach. This succeeded in achieving a truly wireless RPM reading when holding the DIY antenna a few inches away from an Echo SRM-210 weed trimmer and Stihl MS-250 chainsaw. Hardline apparently doesn't advertise this feature, perhaps because it only works with certain types of equipment and is presumably prone to displaying erroneous readings if the signal isn't strong enough.I was ready to buy the Stihl EDT 9 but opted for the Hardline because Amazon could ship it to me quicker. Only after receiving the Hardline did I notice the housing looks exactly the same as the EDT 9, so I apparently saved $50 by accident.Having a cheap tachometer probably saved me a lot of money in avoiding the Stihl service shop to get my MS-250 running properly. The chainsaw operator manual is vague in describing how to get the idle correct without a tach, basically making an assumption that the idle speed screw (throttle lever stop) and low-speed carb setting are already set properly from the factory. The service manual has a few important steps that require a tach as you adjust the idle speed and mixture settings back and forth to make sure both are adjusted together properly. With the Hardline tach and service manual, I had the chainsaw tuned perfectly in half the time it takes to drive to the dealer and back.