Clip-on Tuner Recommendations?

I like the TC Electronics ones. Best clip-on tuner I've ever had. Rugged, accurate, reliable. Here's the Sweetwater link:

www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PolyTuneClip--tc-electronic-polytune-clip-clip-on-polyphonic-tuner

They also have/make a chromatic version for $29.

I will check out the Polytune. Thanks.

This is the most accurate clipon tuner with nice easy to read display, Clip on portion is much more robust than snark. The only tuner that I have found more accurate is the Peterson Strobostomp then only by a small margin. The one I bought is the Black UberTuner. Prior to this tuner I have bought and gone through 3 Snarks in a 2 year period. I have had this one for 3 years now. Still working for me

www.amazon.com/KLIQ-UberTuner-Professional-Clip-Instruments/dp/B00O4L3F9E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Just read the entire thread.
It's funny, back in the day we also tuned to an A 440 fork and used harmonics. Or, if we were fortunate enough to have a keyboard player, we would tune to the piano.

Only in the fact it has square corners and not round. I always clip mine so the reading shows from the back of the headstock. I did that with the snark also

Yup. I did the same and never figured I was missing anything. But the world changes and we adapt.

The truth is that all electronic tuners have an inherent limitation. If you are a slave to it you will actually be off on every string. I will use one to get a reference point. But pretty much I turn it off and then reset everything according to my ear. 

If you watch the tuner you can see the problem. When you first strike the string it starts sharp and them moves back to the center. That's telling you something important. It tells you what people actually hear when you play---especially if you have a heavy hand.

We mistakenly tend to wait for the note to 'catch' and then tune according to what the tuner detects after a couple milliseconds as the note decays. But that 'decayed' not is not really what people hear. 

The better way to do is you should make it so it starts 'on' center and then moves a little flat.

I find the tuner throws me off and my internal sense of intonation is far more accurate.

Thanks Larryguitar54, sounds interesting and will check it out.

That doesn't sound right. My Polytune stays active as long as I'm tuning. It will turn itself off after about 3 minutes if there's no signal being received. Gotta wonder what's up there.

I have 'em all (Peterson PT-10, Snark, Daddario, etc.), and the best one I've used thus far is the Intellitouch PT40C. Why?

Because it's well made (not easily broken like the Snark), it tracks extremely well in various locations on an instrument (unlike many others), and it's rechargeable via USB. No batteries to go dead and replace. These cost more up front, but remember--no batteries to replace.

I'm using the Son of Snark these days, it works okay for my needs.

www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SnarkMini--snark-son-of-snark-mini-guitar-and-bass-tuner?mrkgadid=3331287995&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=gpla&mrkgbflag=0&mrkgcat=guitars&&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=92700046938598138&lid=92700046938598138&ds_s_kwgid=58700005283398284&ds_s_inventory_feed_id=97700000007215323&dsproductgroupid=523496097530&product_id=SnarkMini&prodctry=US&prodlang=en&channel=online&storeid=&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&locationid=1018334&creative=332063179644&targetid=pla-523496097530&campaignid=1708733951&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnv71BRCOARIsAIkxW9Eap_QShz5oaGwrwBvZs-qEW1bRlNXjJj0x9SJ9t2iHNZYioQFr3G4aAuxFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I think so. The design of the other Snarks with the encapsuled "ball" kept breaking.