Revisiting the Classic: EMF Meters from the Rendlesham Days

Right, I've been collecting vintage paranormal equipment for years now, and I recently got my hands on an original Trifield Meter 100XE from the early 1990s - you know, the one that actually worked during the Rendlesham Forest incident follow-ups. Cost me £85 on eBay, bit dodgy at first but cleaned up lovely.

The question is: are these old boys actually better than the modern digital rubbish we're flogging £200+ for nowadays? I've done side-by-side testing in my flat in Manchester and honestly, the vintage meter picks up interference that my new Mel Meter completely misses. Could be dodgy wiring in this old terrace, or could be something more interesting.

Has anyone else got experience with the classic 90s kit? Are we paying for technology or just for the shiny screen?

The Trifield is absolutely solid mate. Used one for fifteen years. The reason the new stuff costs more is marketing bollocks, plain and simple. Your old meter's probably got better shielding too - they actually built them to last back then instead of programming them to fail after 18 months.

I have to disagree respectfully. The newer meters might not be better at detecting EMF, but they're better at filtering out false positives. A vintage Trifield will ping off every mobile phone tower in a three-mile radius. The modern kit has sophisticated algorithms. You're comparing apples to haggis here.

Could be dodgy wiring in this old terrace, or could be something more interesting.

The Rendlesham story with the Trifield is actually exaggerated in most retellings. The original investigators used a slightly different model. That said, your £85 purchase is likely a better investment than my £249 Mel Meter which started glitching after 14 months. Vintage equipment does seem to have better build quality.