Bessemeter makes two pinless moisture meters that look nearly identical on paper: the D300 and the DS500. Both read from 6%–32% moisture content, both can be set to individual species or other building materials, and both ship with a hard case and a calibration verification device. We ran both... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: The Bessemeter D300 is a pinless meter and can be used for measuring wood and other building materials. The measurement range is 6% to 32% moisture content and has the ability to set the meter to individual species or... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: The Bessemeter DS500 is a pinless dual depth meter and can be used for measuring wood and other building materials. It can be set to measure ¾ inch or ¼ inch into the material. This review focuses on the ¾ inch depth... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: The 7445 is a pin and pinless meter and can be used for measuring wood and building material. This review focuses on the pin setting mode. Please see our review for the pinless mode. As with all pin meters, it can be... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: CRITICAL FLAW ALERT! The model 7445 meter in pinless mode exhibits two critical flaws: poor accuracy and its inability to read below 8% moisture content. This meter read too high on every species and moisture content. It... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: The Dr Meter MKL-W01 is a dual function pin and pinless meter and has settings for drywall, masonry as well as softwoods and hardwoods. This review is for the pin method. Please see a separate review for the pinless... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: CRITICAL FLAW ALERT! This meter exhibits two critical flaws: its inability to read below 11% moisture content and the poor accuracy by over-reporting moisture content. These flaws are detrimental to many applications... Read more ...
We take pride in our testing standards. Read more about that here. Our Score: CRITICAL FLAW ALERT! This meter’s accuracy was fair between 10% and 17%. Accuracy was significantly lower below 10% and above 17% moisture content. Many readings below 10% were showing as zero, and readings above 17%... Read more ...
