I'm a building surveyor. My moisture meter is one of the three most important tools I own — alongside my thermal imaging camera and my damp probe — and it goes on every site visit, every pre-purchase survey, every damp investigation. It gets put in bags, taken out of bags, carried across building sites, and used in conditions ranging from dry summer attics to wet basement conversions. The FLIR MR10-2 Protective Case is the reason my moisture meter is still in the same condition it was when I bought it two years ago, and I want to explain why that matters more than it might seem.
Why Precision Equipment Needs Proper Protection
A moisture meter is a precision instrument. The readings it gives are the basis for professional recommendations — I tell clients whether a wall is wet, how wet it is, whether the moisture is rising damp or penetrating damp or condensation, and what they need to do about it. Those recommendations have financial consequences: remediation work, renegotiated purchase prices, insurance claims. If my moisture meter is giving inaccurate readings because it's been knocked around in a bag, those recommendations are wrong, and wrong recommendations in my profession have serious consequences.
Precision instruments need to be stored and transported in conditions that protect their calibration and their physical integrity. A hard case with a fitted interior is the correct solution. Throwing a moisture meter loose into a tool bag is not.
Finding the FLIR MR10-2 Case
I found the FLIR MR10-2 Protective Case in the Measuring Tool & Sensor Accessories collection on ALTOE. The FLIR-specific design was the key requirement — a generic case would protect the meter from impact but wouldn't hold it securely or organise the accessories. The MR10-2 case is designed specifically for the FLIR moisture meter system, which means the meter, the remote pin probe, and the accessories all have dedicated spaces that keep them secure and accessible.
The description of the meter's capabilities confirmed I had the right product: integrated IR thermometer for non-contact surface temperature measurements, remote pin probe for contact moisture readings, large LCD screen displaying moisture, humidity, and air temperature. The 3-year warranty on the meter itself is the kind of manufacturer confidence that tells you the equipment is built to professional standards. The case is what keeps it that way in the field.
Two Years of Site Use
I've been using the case for two years. In that time it has been on hundreds of site visits. It has been in the back of my car in temperatures from below freezing to summer heat. It has been carried across building sites, up ladders, through loft hatches, and into basement conversions. It has been dropped once — from about a metre onto a concrete floor, which is the kind of accident that happens on building sites regardless of how careful you are.
The meter was undamaged. The case absorbed the impact. The readings the meter gives are consistent with the calibration checks I do periodically, which tells me the internal components are intact. That's the whole point of a protective case, and it delivered.
The Organisation Benefit
Beyond protection, the case provides organisation that matters in a professional context. When I'm on a site visit, I need to be able to access my equipment quickly and put it away securely. A case with dedicated spaces for each component means I can find what I need without searching, and I can confirm everything is present before I leave a site. I've never left the remote pin probe behind since I started using the case, which I cannot say about the period before it when the probe lived loose in my bag.
The case also presents well to clients. When I open a professional-grade case to retrieve a professional-grade instrument, it communicates competence in a way that fishing a meter out of a general tool bag doesn't. That's a small thing, but in a profession where client confidence matters, small things add up.
My Recommendation
If you use a FLIR moisture meter professionally — as a surveyor, a contractor, a damp specialist, or any other building professional — the FLIR MR10-2 Protective Case is not optional equipment. It's the protection that keeps your precision instrument accurate and functional in field conditions, and the organisation that makes your site visits more efficient. The cost of the case is trivial compared to the cost of replacing a moisture meter that's been damaged in transit, or the professional cost of giving a client an inaccurate reading.
You'll find it in the Measuring Tool & Sensor Accessories and Tool Accessories collections, and the broader Hardware range on ALTOE. Buy it when you buy the meter. Don't wait until after the first drop.
— Neil Baxter, chartered building surveyor, two-year FLIR case user, and person who has not left his remote pin probe on a site since the day he started using it, Edinburgh
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