Last year we picked up a new line on gas monitors that are manufactured by Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd., based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in the UK. We reviewed several different gas monitors and companies that offer products for gas monitoring and chose Crowcon for several reasons.

Crowcon is not very well known in the U.S. though they are very popular abroad. We found that they have an excellent product selection, great value and several features missing from the gas monitors that are popular here in the U.S. as well as a commitment to expand their U.S. market.

In our first meeting with them last summer, Drew Saunders (Crowcon S.E. U.S. Sales Manager) came out to visit and brought along an impressive product line and spent the day training our staff and showing off their product line. While the Crowcon powerpoint presentation was clearly geared toward the U.K. market, we learned a lot that day and got some hands-on experience with several of the units including the Crowcon Tetra, Gasman and Eikon personal gas monitors. Since that day I’ve been impressed with the level of expertise and service that our reps at Crowcon have provided.

Sometimes we pick up a product that is truly “best in class” as we have here with the feature packed Crowcon Tetra. What is surprising to me is that customers are continuing to pay more money for other products that don’t have the features and benefits that the Tetra offers. Beside having a lower price, the Tetra is also the easiest to use multi-gas monitor on the market, offering true one button operation. We’ve put together a gas monitor comparison chart that stacks the Tetra up against the most popular gas monitors available today.

If you are in the market for personal gas monitors, you should take a look; I think you’ll be impressed.