HyQuest Solutions’ Magna Rod takes all the headaches out of current meter gauging: It is the all-in-one solution for measurement of stream velocity and discharge by wading. It bundles a robust, lightweight and convenient rod with a counter device and additionally offers the possibility to attach various current meters. Current meters fitted with a cat whisker ball and wire contact to perform a mechanical switch closure can be used with the rods to produce a clean, noise-free signal. The water velocity is directly computed and displayed on the LCD. The Magna Rod supports up to 6 current meters with each meter having up to 3 rating equations and 3 rotations/sec ranges. Thus ‘point’ velocity can be displayed from almost any mechanically rotating current meter. The Magna Rod does not need to be connected to an external device. Its visual indicators, LCD and internal buzzer can be used to make conventional cur-rent meter measurements and compute water velocity using look-up tables if required. Magna Rods offer a bluetooth interface to communicate with mobile devices. They provide serial data that can be used by external devices to compute discharge.