Digital Hand Grip Tester — Puts a Number on Your Grip

Up to 198 lb / 90 kg, read by a strain gauge in the handle

Switches between pounds and kilograms

Shows your maximum and your average, and whether the reading went up or down against the one before

Rates the result weak / normal / strong against the age and sex you enter

Stores several user profiles, so more than one person can use it

a button slides the grip in or out for hand size, which matters, because a span that does not fit gives you a low reading that is not real

Backlit LED display, readable without good light

Rechargeable 300 mAh lithium battery, charged over the USB cable in the box

ABS body with a textured grip, light enough to keep in a bag

age, sex and unit change how the result is scored.

Adjust the handle so your fingers close comfortably around it. Same setting every time, or you are not comparing like with like.

Squeeze hard for two to three seconds, then release. The peak is what gets held on screen.

Take three attempts with a rest between them and use the best one. Measure at roughly the same time of day — grip is weaker when you are tired.