hydrostatic level sensor price

The main cost drivers are the pressure sensing element (ceramic vs. silicon vs. titanium diaphragm), the cable quality (vented vs. non-vented, jacket material), and built-in protection against moisture, lightning, and EMC. A low-cost sensor might use a thinner housing, no vent tube desiccant pack, and minimal calibration. That works in a clean water tank but fails quickly in field conditions. The mid-range sensors like ours use welded titanium noses, double-sealed cables, and temperature-compensated electronics. The price reflects the engineering that keeps the sensor alive in real-world installations.

We don’t publish a fixed price list because almost every order involves some configuration—cable length, output signal, accuracy class. As a rough guide, our standard hydrostatic level sensors with vented cable and 4-20 mA output start around a few hundred USD for shorter cables and moderate accuracy. Longer cables, higher accuracy (0.1% FS), or stainless steel/Teflon cable jackets push the cost toward the upper mid-range. The best way is to contact our sales team with your range, cable length, and liquid type. They’ll give you a quote that includes the exact technical spec, not just a price.

If you’ve ever had to pull a $100 sensor from a 30-metre well only to find water inside the cable, the difference becomes obvious. We’ve deliberately avoided the race to the bottom. Kingmach sensors are built for geotechnical and environmental monitoring, where the cost of a failed sensor isn’t just the replacement—it’s the data gap, the site visit, and the report that now has an asterisk. The mid-range pricing covers robust cable sealing, repeated thermal cycling compensation, and factory calibration that comes with a traceable certificate. It’s not about the label; it’s about the survival rate of the sensor after a season of groundwater fluctuations.

Yes. That’s one advantage of working with a manufacturer rather than a catalog reseller. If your application only needs 0.25% accuracy and the water is clean, we can quote a sensor without the aggressive-chemical-resistant nose cone or the lightning protection. Even cable length is a major cost variable—don’t order 100 metres if you only need 40. We also offer non-vented absolute pressure sensors for short-term deployments where barometric compensation isn’t critical, which lowers the price. We regularly help customers strip a spec down to the essentials so they’re not paying for features that don’t matter in their particular borehole or tank.