Don't feel bad. I've been in this wood thing most of my lifetime and I'm in my 70's. Still don't own a MM nor do I have any plans of acquiring one. Don't need it.
A law that says every new stove has to come with a moisture meter? Wonder how they 'instruct' you to check the moisture content? Love to see the instructions that come with it.
I have split a lot of wood that I really thought was dry and tested with the meter and it was really wet...Amazing....
The meter doesn't lie. Those of you that are ahead 3+ years, really don't need one. However, they are good tools to have. Really nice ones will have different settings for different kinds of wood, and will data log for you with pictures of the wood if you want. Those use your smartphone. $30 for the ryobi one. It's a great tool.
So the cribbed ends have never failed resulting in the wood in the middle rolling out the failed end?
I'm sure they are good tools, but how do you test a split of oak that's been 'seasoning' for a year? do you just stick the meter in the end? if it says 12% are you really good to go?
A resplit is necessary. Then test the freshly split area. Using a mm requires a freshly split surface to be accurate.
