Serious question, has anyone else switched from manual to digital concrete moisture testing?

We just finished a 40,000 sq ft retail slab in Austin and used both methods side by side. The old calcium chloride test kits took three days to give us a reading, and we had to wait for the lab. The digital Tramex meter gave us a reading in under a minute right on site. That difference saved us over a week on the schedule because we could approve the flooring install the same day we tested. The numbers from the digital reader also matched the lab results exactly, so it's not just fast, it's right. Has anyone found a meter they like better, or is there a catch with these I'm missing?

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logan63214d ago

Funny enough, my buddy used a Tramex and it got fried by a wet slab.

elizabeth_bailey2614d ago

Fair point @logan632, but I've seen Tramex hold up fine in worse conditions than that.