Moisture Meter at Home Depot
09-13-2011, 02:52 PM
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Moisture Meter at Home Depot
Anyone tried one of these Ryobi units they sell at HD?
Never seen one before until I was poking around in the tool section. Would be very cool if they were decently accurate for the $40 price tag.
Never seen one before until I was poking around in the tool section. Would be very cool if they were decently accurate for the $40 price tag.
09-13-2011, 07:04 PM
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Hmm.. good find!! If no one has tried one of these I may volunteer to be the guinea pig..
09-13-2011, 07:09 PM
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Ditto.
I would warn as many may know, I think moisture tests have probably falsely labeled rot as often as accurately doing so.
That being said, unless someone says these things are junk I will have one within days.
09-14-2011, 05:43 AM
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The label says "pinless"? How is it suppose to penetrate the glass in a hull, to detect if there is mositure UNDER/BEHIND the glass.... Just saying....
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09-14-2011, 05:57 AM
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I think.....
When I was doing cruisers on Lake Erie I knew many buyers who's deals evaporated due to a surveyor w/a moisture meter.
Course I was buying aluminum boats at the time
pstori, good point. Bought a Ryobi cordless drill kit to replace my 20 yr old Makita set that just needed batteries. Bought the Ryobi kit for less than the price of two Makita batteries.
2 yrs later it's batteries no longer hold a charge.
09-14-2011, 10:47 AM
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I could see it being ok for bare wood,which I'd think it's more designed for, but not sure I would trust a $40 tool to determine if I'm going to take a saw to my hull.
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09-15-2011, 08:51 PM
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Just had my 18 Donzi surveyed and he used a FLIR camera. It shows moisture, delamination and is alot more accurate then the moisture meter. The good news was not a sign of moisture anywhere on the boat. The surveyer said the camera is like $15,000.
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09-15-2011, 08:55 PM
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are you going to the boatshow in geneva next week
