I’m looking to buy my first moisture meter.  It will be used mostly to check when rough lumber has acclimated to my shop environment.  I need help deciding between two mini-Ligno models.  There are other cheaper models but I’m set on a mini-Ligno at this point.

For the purpose of confirming shop acclimation, my understanding is that the MC number itself is less important than the trend.  My understanding is that one can be fairly certain their lumber has finished acclimating when daily MC readings become nearly constant for some period of time.  So if I bring home some lumber that was sitting outdoors for months and let it acclimate in a climate controlled shop, I should expect to see the MC reading to trend up or down (but probably down) over the course of several days or weeks, until it stabilizes and reads the same or nearly the same for some number of days.  It’s somewhat subjective, but the point I took from multiple sources recommending this approach is that I’m looking for the curve to flatten out.

Assuming anything I just said is true, I’m thinking I don’t necessarily need to spend 2x the money for the DX/C.  It does have over 40 wood group settings whereas the E/D only has 2 groups (hardwood and softwood), but do I need 40 groups for my purpose of checking acclimation?  Seems like the E/D would get the job done and let me track the trend of MC readings.

Just curious if any other mini-Ligno owners out there can share some insight.

Thanks!