moisture meter wanted

[bill*67]

i'm looking to purchase a moisture meter, but dont want to spend alot of money. any knowledge of these things would help me greatly! thanks.

 

[quads]

Do you already own a multimeter/ohm meter? Check out this thread: https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/44360/

 

[Pagey]

What's your budget? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0...words=moisture+meter&x=0&y=0&sprefix=moisture

 

[Bootlegger]

I picked one up on Amazon for about $20.

 

[wendell]

Amazon, eBay or Harbor Freight.

 

[kalevi]

Harbor Freight. I bought one 2 years ago for about $15. Seems to work pretty well.

 

[semipro]

I bought this one for $25 and really like it. I'm not sure whether it has an auto-off feature which would be handy.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=208081471&listingid=23336934

 

[devinsdad]

been a looooooong time since I ordered mine from HF and still haven't gotten it yet

 

[thinkxingu]

Devinsdad,
Me too--HF sucks. What's worse is that they don't even let you know what's going on. Both times I found out it was backordered after emailing them.

I don't care how good it is, it's not worth waiting for.

S

 

[heppm01]

My HF meter (probably the cheapest they carry - no digital readout, just a LED ladder that lights up) crapped out after a couple months. Yay.

 

[bill*67]

What's your budget? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0...words=moisture+meter&x=0&y=0&sprefix=moisture

my bugget is $100.00.

 

[bill*67]

Do you already own a multimeter/ohm meter? Check out this thread: https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/44360/

thats an interesting thread quads. im going to give it a try.

 

[bill*67]

thanks everyone for the ideas! i knew i could find good answers here.

 

[DBoon]

my bugget is $100.00.

For $100, you could buy a $10 multimeter, and then for $0.10 you could print out the USFS PDF and just cross-reference megohm readings to moisture content by wood species. Not hard to do. And I could think of some pretty good things to do with $90.