The goal of this article is to explore wood moisture meters, a tool used for percentage based moisture measuring in wood. In essence, this tool is used to determine whether the wood is dry enough to be used for specific woodwork, but more on that in the Buyer’s Guide section.

Apart from providing you with Buyer’s Guide, where we will explain the uses of a wood moisture meter and describe the factors you should consider if you decide to obtain one, we will review ten wood moisture meters we consider the best.

We hope this article will help you find new information regarding the wood moisture meter, as well as provide you with sufficient data that will help you choose the one that is best for you.
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General Tools MMD7NP Moisture Meter, Pinless, Digital LCD with Tricolor Bar Graph

New arrival 2018: MMD7NP – Best pinless moisture meters for wood

• Moisture detector is non-invasive, non-marring and is ideal for detecting moisture under finished surfaces
• The water leak detector has separate settings for drywall, masonry, softwoods and hardwoods
• Moisture detection tool has a 3/4 inch (20mm) maximum sensing depth and +/-4% accuracy on wood
• Wood working tool is auto-calibrating and operates on 9V battery; 2-inch diagonal backlit LCD screen and a 3-color LED bar graph
• Moisture meter features HOLD button, auto power-off function, out-of-range alarm and low battery indication

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Quick Comparison Table

Item model	Type	Batteries	Weight	Warranty
General Tools MMD4E Moisture Meter Check the price	Pin	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	6.4 ounces 0.37 lbs 180 g	1 Year
Wagner MMC220 Wood Moisture Meter Check the price	Pinless	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	6.4 ounces 0.37 lbs 180 g	7 Year
Protimeter BLD5365 Surveymaster Check the price	Pinless	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	19.4 ounces 1.17 lbs 567 g	2 Year
Lignomat Scanner SD Moisture Meter Check the price	Pinless	Alkaline, 9 volts (not included)	7.6 ounces 0.47 lbs 215 g	2 Year
AMPHENOL THERMOMETRICS BLD2000 Check the price	Pin	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	6.4 ounces 0.37 lbs 180 g	1 Year
Dr.meter Digital Wood Moisture Meter MD812 Check the price	Pin	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	6.4 ounces 0.37 lbs 180 g	1 Year
Dr.meter Pinless Moisture Meter MD918 Check the price	Pinless	3 x 1.5 V AAA Battery (not Included)	7.2 ounces 0.45 lbs 204 g	1 Year
Lambow Wood Moisture Meter Check the price	Pin	LR44*3PCS, 9 volts	3.2 ounces 0.19 lbs 90 g	1 Year
Tramex SMP Skipper Plus Moisture Meter Check the price	Pinless	PP3 Battery, 9 volts	12 ounces 0.75 lbs 340 g	1 Year
Wagner Meters MMC205 Check the price	Pinless	Alkaline, 9 volts (included)	6.4 ounces 0.37 lbs 180 g	7 Year

Best pinless moisture meter

Wagner MMC220 Wood Moisture Meter

Wagner pinless moisture meter MMC220 is professional wood moisture measure, featuring extended measuring range. It measurement ranges from 5% to 32%. This product is designed for measuring wood explicitly, and cannot be used to measure moisture levels in other building material.

Wagner MMC220 is highly adjustable, featuring several programmable measuring options. As such, it is perfect for measuring all types of wood, from exotic to familiar soft and hardwood.

It is highly accurate, displaying the results on an easy to read display, with 1% offchance. Since it is reliable, it is fit for professional and home use. This isn’t pin type meter: you just put it on the dedicated surface, turn it on, select the wood type and let the machine do its thing.

It can scan up to 0.75 inches in depth, with press/hold feature to freeze the measurement and observe the results. The product comes with 9V battery, instructing manual, as well as with reference manual, which should help you use the product most efficiently.

This one of the best wood moisture meter is sturdy and durable, able to withstand very high temperatures thanks to the well-built protective case. We recommend it to professional woodworkers, wood flooring manufacturers, engineers and those alike.

But, it is expensive and is not able to detect moisture in other building material.

Let’s take a look at concrete moisture test and the value that it brings to a job. How does proper moisture testing bring value to the job? And really, more specifically, how does it bring value to the customer? Whether you’re doing residential or commercial work, they have a lot of similarities but for this video, I’m going to focus on residential.

Now when I’m sitting down talking to retailers or installers who focus on residential business, there’s 1 of 3 things that I usually hear.
1) The bidding process really is not conducive for doing proper moisture testing.
2) I’m not going to pay for the concrete moisture testing.
3) If I bid moisture testing into the job so that I get paid for it, I’ll never get any work because none of my competition’s doing it.

When I look at that, I’ve seen some very positive effects from one minor alteration to this whole process… When retailers are making estimates and they’re actually doing bids based on labor and materials and doing a line item ad for moisture testing separate, it really is something that does spark people’s interest because as a customer is reviewing that document, whether via mail or in the showroom, they see a piece, the line item ad for moisture testing, that they haven’t seen at the other 50 places that they’ve been to so it sparks a conversation and it goes from being a bidding process to an educational process or an educational opportunity for the retailer or the installer.

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