protimeter moisture meter
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size
Good$331K$331K/yr · 18K searches
Review moat
Okay1,854.57avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Conversion
Okay2.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Okay63%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Growth
Okay+4.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Returns
Bad6.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Bad$37.55–$1599.86cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Avg price
Bad$638.79avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, protimeter moisture meter is a $331K/yr Amazon United States market (18K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 30/100.
Data updated Jul 28, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
protimeter moisture meter market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500–750
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $319K–$479K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 2.8%
- Avg BSR
- #133
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 86%
- Sponsored
- 93%
- Out of stock
- 11.1%
- Avg brand age
- 85 months
- Avg seller age
- 178 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
3 falling
Sellers
47
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
63%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Protimeter84%
- General Tools11%
- KLEIN TOOLS6%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +4.5% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top protimeter moisture meter products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 14 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Protimeter SurveyMaster Dual-Function Moisture Meter - BLD5375
Protimeter$666.834.4★25 rev
Protimeter Digital Mini Pin Type Moisture Meter - BLD5775
Protimeter$314.964.7★12 rev
Protimeter BLD5365 Surveymaster Moisture Meter
Protimeter$725.314.8★263 rev
General Tools MMD4E Digital Moisture Meter Water Leak Detector Moisture Tester Pin Type Backlit LCD Display With Audible and Visual High-Medium-Low Moisture Content Alerts Grays
General Tools$37.554.5★15,140 rev
Protimeter Mini General Purpose Moisture Meter
Protimeter$213.304.6★228 rev
Newest
by launch date
Protimeter Aquant NonInvasive Moisture Meter - BLD5770
Protimeter$440.455 rev
Protimeter Digital Mini Pin Type Moisture Meter - BLD5775
Protimeter$314.9612 rev
Protimeter SurveyMaster Dual-Function Moisture Meter - BLD5375
Protimeter$666.8325 rev
Protimeter BLD9800-C MMS3 Standard Kit Moisture Meter with Hard Case
Protimeter$1332.911 rev
Protimeter BLD9800-C-R MMS3 Restoration Kit Moisture Meter with Hard Case
Protimeter$1599.863 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Protimeter BLD9800 MMS3 Basic Kit Moisture Meter with Pouch
Protimeter$1304.430.0★
General Tools Digital Moisture Meter MMD7NP - Humidity Sensor- Pinless and Non-Invasive
General Tools$47.914.4★
General Tools MMD4E Digital Moisture Meter Water Leak Detector Moisture Tester Pin Type Backlit LCD Display With Audible and Visual High-Medium-Low Moisture Content Alerts Grays
General Tools$37.554.5★
Protimeter BLD9800-C-R MMS3 Restoration Kit Moisture Meter with Hard Case
Protimeter$1599.865.0★
Klein Tools ET140 Pinless Moisture Meter for Non-Destructive Moisture Detection in Drywall Wood and Masonry; Detects up to 3/4-Inch Below Surface
KLEIN TOOLS$48.194.5★
What buyers say about protimeter moisture meter
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy to use”
“As advertised”
“it seems like it uses quality parts”
“Good meter”
“Super worth the buy”
“Really good and a lot easier than the pin designs”
“Durable”
“Perfect add on”
“This is a wonderful help in deciding which piece of wood to burn at that time”
“Klein is a good company so I was comfortable getting it”
What buyers complain about
“not as an accurate instrument”
“Problem if you can only read instruction in English”
“be significantly cheaper than this product”
“After I connected the battery it would none work or even show any power to the product”
“Cheap, defective product”
“Doesn't work”
“Broke under 2 uses”
“Fragile probes”
“Difficult to use”
“because Amazon says it is in the product description”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is protimeter moisture meter profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $331K/yr across 14 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +4.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (30/100).
- How competitive is the protimeter moisture meter niche?
- 3 brands and 47 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 63% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in protimeter moisture meter?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Measurement/Reading Accuracy, Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting, Value For Money. The return rate is 6.6% — above our launch gate.
- When does demand for protimeter moisture meter peak?
- Demand peaks in Oct; the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the protimeter moisture meter niche?
- Listings span $37.55–$1599.86; the average listing price is $638.79 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,855 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.