Mantis Composting Kit (moisture meter and thermostat combo) #201108
ComposT-Twin Compost Kit - Moisture Meter & Thermometer Value Combo Pack
For maintaining optimum conditions for decomposition in your compost
Moisture meter lets you know whether your compost needs water
Thermometer helps you maintain higher temperatures for faster decomposition
11 by 2 by 1.5 inches
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Mantis composting kit features two useful tools to ensure quick, thorough decomposition in the pile or bin: its moisture meter lets you know immediately whether your compost pile needs water, and the compost thermometer helps you maintain a higher temperature for faster decomposition of materials; it also helps determine when the compost is ready to use.
Mantis Composting Kit (moisture meter and thermostat combo) #201108
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Publisher: Mantis
Label: Mantis
Studio: Mantis
Average Customer Review: based on 1 reviews
Sales Rank in Garden: #57231
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: Summary: Mantis Composting Kit 2007-09-12 Comment: The Matis Composting Kit consists of a long-stem thermometer and a Rapitest mini Moisture Tester. The thermometer delivers rapid readings and seems to be nearly correct in its reading. The Moisture Meter, well that is another story.
The Moisture Meter does not read in % but rather on a scale from 1 (Dry) to 4 (Wet). Since one needs to be almost brain-dead not to be able to tell the difference between Dry and Wet that leaves a really questionable range. Because the scale does not relate to % which is how moisture is usually measired, one has no idea what % moisture one is reading. That makes the mini Moisture Meter next to useless. One can assume that somewhere between scale reading 2 and 3 is about the right amount you are looking for in composting.
Remember to get composting going you need temperature gain and an overall moisture content of about 50%. Measuring moisture by sqeezing a bit of working compost in you hand is cheaper than the Moisture Meter. Bottom line, buy a thermometer, skip the moisture meter. I am frankly surprized that Mantis would include this item with the thermometer.
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