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For over a decade,  RKI’s GX-2009 has been one of the most popular 4-gas monitors on the market (and one of our best sellers). However, our industry is all about improvements and innovations in the name of safety, so good things can only get better. RKI is discontinuing the production of critical components for the GX-2009 and estimates having enough for two years of production and inventory, which takes us through 2023. While replacement parts for the GX-2009 will be available for yea …

Recently RKI Instruments sent out a notice explaining a change to their alarm settings on Eagle 2, GX-2009, and GX-2012 monitors. In order to comply with new industry standards developed by the fine folks at the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), RKI Instruments is lowering their Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) threshold limit values. These aren't the regular lower level alarms (like someone who writes blogs and has two thumbs first thought). These are the expo …