Let him go. We might make money off something he invents. The again…
we will see ...
There is an art to drying and curing, you don't need a special bud moisture meter. Just use a humidity meter in your jars until they are stable where you want.
don't always need a gadget for everything
Well, for me and my "situation" it would be quite helpful ...
My go to is the Aqua Lab 3.
That looks really professional AND expensive - a quick search not even recovered a price for the device
All this nonsense.
You need to purchase yourself a moisture content meter.
I believe mine is a high tech one you use for wood to test the moisture in the wood for mold. It has 2 metal prongs that you will stab into the actual bud it will read your moisture from 5 to 20%.
Usually about 5 to 10% is right on point when you want to start trimming and smoking.
That's what I'm doing right now:
Small jars, with a cheap (and quite not so precise) hygrometer
For the bigger jar I used a MCU (esp32 with wifi and bluetooth ) and a BME280 (temp and humidity sensor), which is much more accurate:
Sensor data:
Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
Humidity: 0 - 100%
Pressure: 300...1100 hPa
Accuracy: +/- 3% (humidity)
With this setup it's possible to permanently monitor the sensor values and for example get an alert when the humidity exceeds the preset values (58% - 65%) or get a reminder to open the jars.
It's also possible to add an microSD card to store long term sensor results or transfer the Results to your smart home server using MQTT ( home assistant, ioBroker, ...) - with that data you could compare the impact of different procedures in the process of curing.
Am I the only idiot thinking that way ?
All the same
Next steps
- add small display to show actual values without mobile, tablet or notebook
- add microSD card to store long term data locally
- add webpage for graphical evaluation of long term data
- add local alarm - optical (RGB-LED) and/or acoustical (buzzer) (configurable in web-interface)