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product_id: 83080933
title: "Reotemp 15 Inch Garden and Compost Moisture Meter, Garden Tool Ideal for Soil, Plant, Farm and Lawn Moisture Testing"
brand: "reotemp"
price: "KSh15680"
currency: KES
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reviews_count: 8
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# 15-inch probe for deep root moisture Instant readings powered by AAA battery User-calibratable for precise plant needs Reotemp 15 Inch Garden and Compost Moisture Meter, Garden Tool Ideal for Soil, Plant, Farm and Lawn Moisture Testing

**Brand:** reotemp
**Price:** KSh15680
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌱 Dig Deeper, Water Smarter — Your Garden’s New Best Friend!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Reotemp 15 Inch Garden and Compost Moisture Meter, Garden Tool Ideal for Soil, Plant, Farm and Lawn Moisture Testing by reotemp
- **How much does it cost?** KSh15680 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/83080933-reotemp-15-inch-garden-and-compost-moisture-meter-garden-tool)

## Best For

- reotemp enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted reotemp brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built to Last:** Rugged stainless steel construction ensures durability in tough soil conditions.
- • **Instant Feedback:** Quick, reliable moisture readings powered by a single included AAA battery—no delays, no guesswork.
- • **Deep Root Insight:** 15-inch sturdy stainless steel probe reaches moisture where it matters most.
- • **Tailored Precision:** User calibration lets you customize moisture readings for every unique plant or compost type.
- • **Water Smarter, Not Harder:** Optimize watering schedules to prevent over or under-watering, saving time and resources.

## Overview

The REOTEMP 15 Inch Garden and Compost Moisture Meter features a robust stainless steel 15" probe and a user-calibratable 0-10 wetness scale, delivering instant, reliable moisture readings powered by an included AAA battery. Designed for gardeners, farmers, and composters, it enables precise soil moisture monitoring to optimize plant health and water usage.

## Description

The REOTEMP Garden and Compost Moisture Meter is a heavy-duty moisture meter used by gardeners, composters, farmers, and nurseries to get a relative moisture level reading. The moisture meter's unique calibration feature allows it to be used in a variety of applications including compost, gardening and soil moisture testing. Calibration allows for adjustment of the meter to the specific moisture needs of different plants and applications when compared to a non-adjustable meter.

Review: Quality, solid, construction - I have been using my Reotemp moisture meter for 1 month now. I am mostly impressed with its construction, solid metal case, and robust, thick, non-bending probe. I bought this meter for those reasons as the other available moisture meters have very flimsy probes that end up bending and breaking when placed in the soil to take readings. We have a new home and have done a lot of costly landscaping, plus put in a tomato/ vegetable garden and monitor our water needs daily. Our soil has a high clay content, so in some areas drains poorly, so in some instances one can easily overwater-- so a decent moisture meter is an essential tool. The Reotemp's probe extends 15", so you can measure down in the root area of most plants, for accurate readings. The meter has a quality, easy to read basic scale that gives you relative moisture meters (not % of moisture). First you set it up, and set it to a previously watered area to give you a relative reading of satisfactory moisture. This is all relative so you have to set it up to what you consider a healthy/plant soil moisture condition. The meter readings our easily adjusted with a screw driver. I set mine to six on the scale, so there is room to read over or under moisture conditions. Everyone probably will use their own criteria. The first few days I tested it against other meters I had and it was always accurate and dependable for a good reading. The probe is probably 1/4" + thick, and has no problem getting down into fairly compacted plant medium. It certainly is making gardening a lot easier for me taking daily readings-- as I don't like to water to a schedule, but rather, water when a plant actually needs it. I recommend the Reotemp meter! Joseph
Review: This Thing Flat Out Works! - I bought seven several year old cherry trees in 5 gal containers and immediately transplanted them into 35 gal containers. With summer coming on I was concerned I might not water them enough and that in reaction I might overwater them. I set up an automatic watering system where the main variables were when, for how long and how many times per day to water them. The moisture meter worked right out of the box and I quickly discovered the soil was extremely saturated near the container sides and bottom, (9 on the scale) but much drier near the root ball (2 - 3 on the scale). I changed the flow pattern to correct this, getting a uniform 4 to 5 reading every where. It didn't take long with the moisture meter to determine the trees liked a reading of 4 on the scale and I set the watering to start their day between 4 and 5, with two early morning waterings, going down to around 3 late in the afternoon before a single watering in the evening to bring it back up to 4 for overnight to keep them comfortable even though not growing then. When I found the surface area was much dryer (2 to 3) than halfway down, (the potting soil in the containers is nearly 14 inches deep) I obtained some large chip size cedar shaving mulch, and the surface moisture came up to the 4 moisture value they really seem to thrive on. The trees have added 14 inches of new growth, nearly tripling in leaf abundance in the five weeks since I got them and I am certain that this is in no small measure due to using this Moisture Meter with its 15 inch probe to find the moisture level the trees like, and be able to easily monitor and maintain it. Kudos ReoTemp! My cherry trees are sailing towards Cherry Blossom Time big-time thanks in large part to your really excellent Moisture Meter that has worked perfectly in my deep potted soils application!! In rating features, absolute Accuracy is not something I could measure, but repeatability of measurement reading, relative Accuracy, for given soil moisture levels is excellent in my uniform soil type application for sure. I am thankful I got it, and most importantly, my cherry trees are thankful too!

## Features

- Easy to Operate for Home Composting, Gardening, Schools & Community Programs
- Rugged Stainless Steel Construction
- Long 15" Stem with Thick 5/16" Diameter
- User Calibratable, 0-10 Wetness Scale
- Instant Readings Powered by One AAA Battery (Included)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Battery Description | AAA battery |
| Best Sellers Rank | #88,539 in Tools & Home Improvement ( See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement ) #32 in Moisture Meters |
| Brand | REOTEMP |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 1,356 Reviews |
| Item Weight | 9.92 ounces |
| Mounting Type | Tabletop |
| Temperature Reading Accuracy | plus_minus_1_degree_celsius |
| Upper Temperature Rating | 40 Degrees Celsius |

## Product Details

- **Battery Description:** AAA battery
- **Brand:** REOTEMP
- **Item Weight:** 0.62 Pounds
- **Mounting Type:** Tabletop
- **Upper Temperature Rating:** 40 Degrees Celsius

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: can this meter be used in flower pots?**
A: Yes it can. The larger pot the more useful it becomes. The stem is not large in diameter, but large for a small pot. I like this meter - as I press it through the root zone I can visually see the meter change where it is wet and dry in the same pot. We have 3 of these meters and swear by them. One key is to make sure you set up the meter where the needle maxes out at the level where you believe the soil is wet enough. It is fascinating especially in new beds to water the soil for hours then put in the probe and see all the dry zones.

**Q: Can this be left in place outdoors, long-term?**
A: We do not recommend leaving the moisture meter in place outdoors, long-term. Our recommended use for the moisture meter is spot checking moisture then storing the meter in a cool dry place.

**Q: Is this Meter designed for Lawn and Flower Beds use?**
A: Yes, as much as any water meter would be.  Depending on how compact your soil is under your lawn and how deep your flower beds are loosened will determine how deep it will go but as robust has this meter is designed, it will go as deep if not deeper than any other meter.

**Q: How sturdy is the probe?  I've had several different kinds and the first thing to go is the probe bens at the meter before anything else breaks.**
A: I have had many of these.   Not this brand but the same type of sensors.  If that thing pops out on removal.  Take some liquid glue.  I used “Guerrilla brand liquid” and it will work.   This has happened on the first pull and the 1000th.   But you get what you pay for, with the option of making it what you wanted to pay for.     They are cheap and are turned out at a rate I couldn’t imagine. 

Bottom line.   They all do it.    And as long as you hot glue or whatever it back inside the tube with messing up the wires it will work fine

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quality, solid, construction
*by J***. on July 7, 2019*

I have been using my Reotemp moisture meter for 1 month now. I am mostly impressed with its construction, solid metal case, and robust, thick, non-bending probe. I bought this meter for those reasons as the other available moisture meters have very flimsy probes that end up bending and breaking when placed in the soil to take readings. We have a new home and have done a lot of costly landscaping, plus put in a tomato/ vegetable garden and monitor our water needs daily. Our soil has a high clay content, so in some areas drains poorly, so in some instances one can easily overwater-- so a decent moisture meter is an essential tool. The Reotemp's probe extends 15", so you can measure down in the root area of most plants, for accurate readings. The meter has a quality, easy to read basic scale that gives you relative moisture meters (not % of moisture). First you set it up, and set it to a previously watered area to give you a relative reading of satisfactory moisture. This is all relative so you have to set it up to what you consider a healthy/plant soil moisture condition. The meter readings our easily adjusted with a screw driver. I set mine to six on the scale, so there is room to read over or under moisture conditions. Everyone probably will use their own criteria. The first few days I tested it against other meters I had and it was always accurate and dependable for a good reading. The probe is probably 1/4" + thick, and has no problem getting down into fairly compacted plant medium. It certainly is making gardening a lot easier for me taking daily readings-- as I don't like to water to a schedule, but rather, water when a plant actually needs it. I recommend the Reotemp meter! Joseph

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This Thing Flat Out Works!
*by J***Y on July 5, 2021*

I bought seven several year old cherry trees in 5 gal containers and immediately transplanted them into 35 gal containers. With summer coming on I was concerned I might not water them enough and that in reaction I might overwater them. I set up an automatic watering system where the main variables were when, for how long and how many times per day to water them. The moisture meter worked right out of the box and I quickly discovered the soil was extremely saturated near the container sides and bottom, (9 on the scale) but much drier near the root ball (2 - 3 on the scale). I changed the flow pattern to correct this, getting a uniform 4 to 5 reading every where. It didn't take long with the moisture meter to determine the trees liked a reading of 4 on the scale and I set the watering to start their day between 4 and 5, with two early morning waterings, going down to around 3 late in the afternoon before a single watering in the evening to bring it back up to 4 for overnight to keep them comfortable even though not growing then. When I found the surface area was much dryer (2 to 3) than halfway down, (the potting soil in the containers is nearly 14 inches deep) I obtained some large chip size cedar shaving mulch, and the surface moisture came up to the 4 moisture value they really seem to thrive on. The trees have added 14 inches of new growth, nearly tripling in leaf abundance in the five weeks since I got them and I am certain that this is in no small measure due to using this Moisture Meter with its 15 inch probe to find the moisture level the trees like, and be able to easily monitor and maintain it. Kudos ReoTemp! My cherry trees are sailing towards Cherry Blossom Time big-time thanks in large part to your really excellent Moisture Meter that has worked perfectly in my deep potted soils application!! In rating features, absolute Accuracy is not something I could measure, but repeatability of measurement reading, relative Accuracy, for given soil moisture levels is excellent in my uniform soil type application for sure. I am thankful I got it, and most importantly, my cherry trees are thankful too!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works Well.. for multiple Uses
*by J***P on April 26, 2013*

I got tired of the always break Home Depot/Lowes models made in China. This is made by Reotemp a high end industrial supplier based out of California. They sell more robust version of this product which I think are made in the USA. This one was made in communist china. I took it apart and while the quality of the components was pretty good, the mfg was not and the calibration screw was not mounted properly but I could still access it and use it. These device use galvanic current action which trips a electromagnet and requires a coarse calibration to use. The Calibration directions are not correct. You should use a two point calibration. First stick the device in water and make sure it reads above full scale and the meter is pegged. Next take a known soil source that you have water thoroughly, such as a pot you have dripped through thoroughly and is truly wet. Then stick the probe in and make sure it reads full scale by adjusting the calibration screw if required. Then take some dry potting soil or other very dry soil and make sure it reads near zero. The mfg sells direct to the public and has wireless versions. These are primarily used, I think for testing commercial compost piles although those use a longer probe. You cant keep this out 24/7 but you can check your compost soil and most soil. The case and probe are pretty rugged but your not going to be able to use it to check hard clay soil due to the fragile electromagnetic. I use it for checking my compost pile but mainly for checking the 200 or so potted plants and numerous garden beds that use compost based soil. You should be aware if you have salty soil this probe will read a higher water content than you have. Real moisture sensors are called tensiometers and cost hundreds of dollars. This is a deal for 35 dollars and the quality should give you a decade or more of use if you don't pound it into the soil. Infinitely better than the made in china garbage you can get at Home Depot or most gardening stores which simply does not work well and dies in short order.

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