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Night use only!
Jan 10, 2026
Night use only! Display is not bright enough to see during day. Covering display blocking daylight doesn’t work. Useless high priced junk.
Recommend purchasing LCD display unit at lower cost to use during day.
Response from Admin
Jan 14, 2026
Thank you for sharing your feedback on the Zareba® Digital Electric Fence Tester. We’re sorry to hear it didn’t meet your expectations. This tester is designed to provide accurate readings, and viewing the display can be improved by positioning your body to create shade over the screen and checking readings from a direct angle. Many customers also find it helpful to take readings in areas with reduced glare.
This fence tester stinks
Jun 11, 2025
This fence tester is perfect if you like to check your fence at night, pitch black, no moon. If you try to use it anytime during the daylight hours it is COMPLETELY USELESS. Can’t believe it cost me almost $60.00. I wouldn’t give it to my worst enemy.
Excellent product for testing and ...
Aug 25, 2022
Excellent product for testing and diagnosing problems with electric fences. Readout is clear, even in the daylight and is a much better tool for diagnosing problems than the neon light tester. Helped me identify a problem with grounds and also area of fence that needed to have vegetation cleared. These steps made a huge difference in fence performance.
Very user friendly
Oct 14, 2021
Excellent product!!
Disappointing
Sep 17, 2021
Can’t see the display
Works well in the dark
Nov 7, 2020
Works well in the dark; can't read the display in the daytime. It has held together in my tool drawer... Too bad I can't read the display during the daytime, because then I would not be shopping for another tester. I'm like anyone else with an electric fence, I need a tester that I can use at any time. The fence does not break down only at night.
Woodstream (Admin)
Nov 7, 2020
We appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback with us and will be sure to pass along these comments to the Product Manager for further review. We are only ever looking to improve upon our products, which is why your feedback is so critical. If the lights are hard to see, we recommend shining a flashlight onto the tester. The product is covered under a 30 day return policy. Please give us a call directly at 1-855-5-ZAREBA (1-855-592-7322) for assistance.
Good product
May 22, 2020
Have used one for years. When the old one quit, I ordered another one.
Works great.
Good enough for me
Oct 14, 2019
Works well Decimal too small on display
Impressed with Zareba Customer Service | Great little item!
Mar 11, 2019
Great little item. It reads an electric signal from about 18" away...which I found interesting because it demonstrated that horses are sensitive to that electric field without touching the fence and will stay away from it, unless of course it has a short somewhere. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is that the first unit I purchased would not work when a new battery was installed. Neither would the battery case close properly. HOWEVER, Zareba was fantastic! They replaced the unit without my presenting a receipt! They really stood behind what they sell. Very impressed!
Lights hard to see
Oct 19, 2018
The unit worked fine, but the lights are impossible to see and I am not willing to be repairing/testing my fence in the dark! I returned my unit because the battery cover piece was defective and would not go back on the unit. Three of us tried! This one needs a few tweaks to be worth $40-$50.
