I bought a tuner from Mr Richard smith that magnetically attaches to the rim. It’s awesome. Highly recommend.

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I like my TC Electronics Poly Tune tuner. And my old fashioned tune-by-sound korg.

I switched from Intellitouch to the basic Snark tuner many years ago and have always been happy with them. They used to use 2032 batteries, and if you really want that you can probably find a shop with new old stock. But, Snark and many others have switched to rechargeable, which I find a great improvement. Plug into any USB port. No more replacing batteries.

I've been living successfully without my Intellitouch tuner for quite a while. It's stored somewhere in a box of assorted banjo parts. I'm now using a D'Addario Micro Banjo Tuner. It works as well as the Intellitouch, but it's very compact, so it can be permanently attached to the banjo

D'Addario Micro Banjo Tuner

My first clip-on tuner was an Intellitouch. Maybe in the 90s? After not too many years, it stopped recognizing notes. Wasn't the battery. Like Steven above, I switched to Snark and have not been disappointed. First one physically broke. I think my current one is called "Super Tight."

I tried the Planet Waves mini tuner designed for banjo, with its built-in hook mounting device so it's out of sight on the pot instead of in view on the peghead.. It didn't work so well on my good banjos. But it has no trouble on my aluminum-potted travel/beater banjo, so that's where it lives.

Edited to add: If you want easy, I don't think tuners get any easier than Snark. The only difficult thing about them is choosing the one that's right for you. Start here to read about the tuners then go to Amazon or any online music retailers or your favorite local store to get one.

When my Intelletouch crapped out, I went to Stark. My first Stark was great, but my next one sucked, and ate batteries. Two years ago I went to a small rechargable D'adderio tuner. Best, smallest, simplest, fastest, most accurate tuner I've ever had. If you clip it to the back of the headstock, it's invisible to the audience. I almost got the banjo spicific tuner... but I use mine for 3 banjos and two guitars, so it moves around a lot.

I like my APEX AT9M and my AROMA AT-102 .... and I like them even more since I cobbled up the under-the-J-hooks mounts that allow for some tilt, to somewhat counter glare.    The AROMA's built-in battery charges via USB [  ].

"I am looking for a basic tuner that will simply tell me if a banjo or a guitar is in tune,"





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Haven't had to ever replace batteries. Or worry about lighting. About as basic as it gets.

I bought my first Intellitouch back in ‘98 where they had set up a table at the old Winterhawk festival. Over the years I moved over to Snark tuners, but I kept the Intellitouch in my back up banjo case. It finally gave up the ghost last year.
I guess you could call it the Model T of clip on tuners. ;-)

I sold Intellitouch tuners in my little folk music shop until I decided to close it up and just do repair work. I had about 15 that I hadn't sold. They are all gone now, but I did manage to keep some of them in banjo, guitar, and dulcimer cases. The were great folks with which to work. I miss having them available.

Bought the old (non-rechargeable) Snark as my first tuner. I used it on every banjo I had until the hinge broke. I called Snark to buy a replacement hinge and they sent me one free of charge. Later, I closed the case on the tuner breaking the "finger" mounts on the back of the head. Due to their customer service, I went to the local (twenty miles) Guitar Center and bought another Snark.

+ 1 on TC Electronics Poly Tune tuner.

I own several -- use them for guitar and banjo; quickest and most accurate of all that I've tried, including Intellitouch (like several of us, it was my first electronic tuner too).

I probably have one or two still kicking around here somewhere.

Glenn

Being unfamiliar with ^^, I just had to look it up.   On Long & McQuade's website I'm told that it's, "...fast and precise polyphonic tuning mode that lets you tune all 6 strings at once...  ."  I'm guessing that it's referring to guitars, but regardless, tuning more than one string at a time impresses me.

Ooops. A correction. While all my old tuners are Snark, the rechargeable replacement I bought is D'Addario. Old-timer's disease.

my wife got me a peterson strobe rechargeable from walmart i think for a present ... it works better then anything i had before, they are about 75 bucks i think.

I love my Peterson Strobe.It's always on in my banjo area and easily viewed from some distance.
I have 3 Korg DT-2s in my banjo and guitar cases.
I check the tuning before I play and my instruments stay in tune for the rest of the evening.
If the group changes from Pitch I tweak by ear.
Probably some Intellitouch tuners for sale on eBay.That's where I get my DT-2s.