Does anyone use a refractometer on their figs? I have been thinking about buying one for this year's fruit and berry season. I can have lots of fun with my berries, but I was wondering if they work well with figs too?

If you can squeeze juice out of them it will work unless brix is above scale. In my experience it would work on a juicy Black Jack but not on anything like Strawberry Verte after it shrivels up a bit. On a drier fig the brix is above scale, on mine 32, and you can't get juice with normal means. For figs it's really not that useful. But on things like nectarine, pluot, sweet cherry, and the like it's not only interesting but can help adjust culture for sweeter fruit.

Gene,
I bought one and tried but it's just too damned hard to get the liquid you need from all the varieties of figs. If you do buy and find a workable method -- please share.
mgg

My refractometer works great on my juicy grapes.  I use it to determine optimum time to pick the grapes by taking readings around grape ripening time.

Not sure what/why you would use a refractometer reading for on figs?  
Also many figs have no juice (honey drop doesn't indicate brix for fig) to squeeze out for the refractometer unless you mash up a lot of them and some how filter solution.  For me it seems a lot of work. 
I pick figs when they fully droop, a honey drop starts to come out and the skin starts to crack or there is some imminent to the fig..lol.

I've been using one for the past year and find it works okay.  I scrape pulp from the center of figs and place it on it and get readings okay.

Here is a link on a previous discussion on this topic;

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/brix-meter-help-7028334?highlight=pino+brix&trail=50

Well,  you guys talked me into it. I just ordered a refractormeter on Amazon. I think  it will be fun comparing various fruit and berries, as well as varieties of figs if I can get it to work on them. Now I just need some ripe figs!

I've ordered one that should be waiting for me when I get home from the business trip I am currently on. I am looking forward to trying out the new refractor. By the time I get back home I will have raspberries, blackberries and blueberries to try it on. But  it will be a little while I can use it on figs. Thanks for explaining how you use it, I was wondering how I was going to "juice" a fig.

Which refractometer did you get?  

The issue you will find is getting clear liquid drops that the refractometer can accurately measure and that are indicative of the actual sugar content. 
Easy for grapes difficult for solid fruits peaches, figs...  If light can't go through the liquid then you can't get an accurate reading.