That Channel 4 doc about Borley Rectory – are their EMF readings legit?

Right, so Channel 4 screened a new documentary about Borley Rectory last Friday night and they used some kit I wasn't familiar with. It's called a 'trifield meter' - apparently measures electromagnetic fields in three dimensions? They got some absolutely mad readings in the chapel area - the thing was screaming constantly.

I've been ghost hunting for about eight years now and I've got a decent EMF meter (the K2 model, cost me about £80), but I've never seen readings spike that consistently. Either Borley's genuinely one of the most active locations in England, or those meters are picking up interference from the building's wiring. The doc didn't really address that possibility.

Has anyone here used a trifield meter? Are they worth the investment? They seem to run about £200-300 which is a fair chunk of change. Would love to know if they're more reliable than the standard EMF kit.

I've got a trifield meter and honestly, it's brilliant but it's also prone to false positives if you're not careful. Old buildings like Borley have dodgy electrics running through them - you'll get spikes near the wiring and the old fuse boxes. What the doc should have done is take baseline readings during the day first, before they started filming at night. That's just basic methodology.

Either Borley's genuinely one of the most active locations in England, or those meters are picking up interference from the building's wiring.

The trifield is decent but overpriced if you ask me. I use one occasionally but it's not a game-changer. The K2 is fine for most purposes. If you're serious about it, spend your money on thermal imaging instead - that'll actually show you temperature anomalies that the EMF can't. Costs about the same but way more useful.

Borley Rectory is tourist trap nonsense now though isn't it? It's been knocked down and rebuilt. All the 'genuine' hauntings were from the original structure. Not saying there's nothing there, just saying you're not going to get authentic data from a modern building on the same site. Bit like expecting to communicate with the original inhabitants through a Tesco that's been built on a Roman fort.

Channel 4 doing proper paranormal investigation is always a bit dodgy. They have to make telly, so they're selective with what they show. I'd be more interested in what they *didn't* film. That said, if anyone's got trifield readings from legitimate haunted locations (not just creepy old buildings), would love to see them. Proper data is proper data.