The Tensiosol is an unbreakable tensiometer that is directly planted into the soil and promptly gives a value for the force with which the water is retained in the soil. This value is directly linked to the water content and informs about the cohesion forces of the soil and consequently also about its capacity to sustain a certain weight without compromising its permeability. The very fragile porous ceramic of the classical tensiometers was replaced by unbreakable porous aluminium, what allows to get rid of the long and tedious steps of the setup (12 hours of balancing). Thus the supervisor of the soils on the construction site or the producer possess a tool that is capable of rapidly giving a precise measurement for the aquatic condition of the soil and can thus limit the risks of compaction through the machines that have to pound or manipulate the soil.

The tensiosol can also help the producer to decide over an accurate irrigation, as it suffices to plant it at the foot of a tree to know the force which the tree has to carry out in order to obtain the water retained by the soil. For the irrigated crops of Switzerland, such a tool could enable a low priced reduction of of the phyto-pharmaceutical problems by over-irrigation, while limiting the wasting of water and energy.