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   johnharkins | Jun 14, 2009 12:48am | #1

   what's the name of the cheapest tool place?
   sells Chicago tools & such
   bought one there for $ 17 at most & it is within one or two degrees of my floor man's $ 170 model
   it is a pin model & we tried many a sample

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   calvin | Jun 14, 2009 01:58am | #2

   I dunno John, would hate to think my certified home inspector was using a chinese knockoff "tool" to take a reading.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   http://www.quittintime.com/

    

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   beachguy1960 | Jun 14, 2009 04:34am | #4

   Yea, I don't know about that place. I do buy throw away tools from them. But keepers, I shop elsewhere. I looked 7 corners, I like the prices. I'll do some reading about them. thanks guys.

   Edited 6/13/2009 9:46 pm ET by beachguy1960

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   frenchy | Jun 14, 2009 02:05am | #3

   Mine has been working for over a decade checking my 50,000+bd.ft. of wood. It's a mini Lingo costs around $100 and is a kind of standard for mositure meters (I see a lot of them)  Buy it from www7corners hardware

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   hipaul | Jun 14, 2009 07:00am | #5

   Another vote for the mini-ligno. It's what I've got and what I see most around here. Works just great, it's accurate, small, and not complicated at all.

   I picked mine up for about $100 a few years ago, and I think it's still about the same price.

   Paul

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   82250 | Jun 14, 2009 07:39am | #6

   Another vote for the mini ligno here.

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   davidmeiland | Jun 14, 2009 07:52am | #7

   If you are serious about doing home inspection work you should read some of the inspectors forums and see what other guys are using, and how they're using them. IMO you need both a pin AND a pinless meter, and you shouldn't be limiting them to just the crawl space.

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   UKchippie | Jun 14, 2009 05:50pm | #8

   Another vote for the mini ligno here, i have the E/D version very pleased with it.