Hygrometers

[Kaddock]

OK.

Can anyone see a problem here?

The one on the left is as close to accurate as I've seen these get...

Thanks Petco for your pet "expertise". It's so nice to have your equipment, and it is soooo accurate! :angry:

Please someone recommend an alternative! I have been using zoomed digital thermometers, and like them, what would be a good brand for a digital hygrometer?

<_<

 

[PhilinYuma]

I have found the Caliber III very convenient and cheap at $13 I can only gauge its accuracy from reviews, though. See 35 users' evals here:

http://www.amazon.com/Caliber-III-Digital-...r/dp/B0007W1EA6

It was designed for cigar humidors and fits nicely into a 32oz pot.

 

[Rick]

I see a waste of money. I never use the things.

 

[PhilinYuma]

I see a waste of money. I never use the things.

Didn't you once show us a pic of one of yr setups, Rick, that had a digital thermometer and hygrometer with a probe leading down into a glass tank?

 

[Rick]

Didn't you once show us a pic of one of yr setups, Rick, that had a digital thermometer and hygrometer with a probe leading down into a glass tank?

Not saying I have NEVER used them. I have. However I found they were not needed. And it is obvious from the pic that they are not accurate.

 

[Kaddock]

.... it is obvious from the pic that they are not accurate.

Well, yeah the Petco ones are ridiculous, but an accurate hygrometer would be a whole different story. I particularly like combining insects and plants that have similar needs, and hygrometers are nice in that situation. B)

 

[Rick]

Well, yeah the Petco ones are ridiculous, but an accurate hygrometer would be a whole different story. I particularly like combining insects and plants that have similar needs, and hygrometers are nice in that situation. B)

Again, not saying there is no use for them or that all of them are inaccurate. I know better than that. However I am saying that for ME and mantids I have no use for them.

 

[kamakiri]

For the office/bugroom ambient I use one like this (same brand but older model):

http://www.amazon.com/Oregon-Scientific-TH...ref=pd_sim_ol_1

Those dial ones you have are wildly inconsistent even at the store...I do have three or four, but I picked the ones that were reading roughly in the middle of the sample data. I figured those would be, well, less crummy.