Apex users how often to replace probes?

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I’m on year 4 of my pH probe. I plan to replace this year, although I don’t see a reason to yet.

My temperature probe died sometime in year 3. It was off by over 5 degrees and couldn’t be calibrated. I lost a couple acros due to this.

I haven’t replaced the salinity probe. I removed the ORP probe and function a while ago.
 

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Fairly new to Apex, but with my previous bit of kit I'd simply replace the probes once they were worn out. Waste of money to replace them before; if they calibrate well and gives acceptable reading then don't limit yourself by setting dates for replacements.

I do have a spare PH probe in the house; I have no spare for ORP, Salinity or Temperature (.. I should probably have for temperature!)
 

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