Radioshack Digital Hygrometer

I just made a coolidor and want to be able to monitor the humidity with in it, but with out opening it up. So after doing a little looking around I found that radioshack has what I'm looking for. the only question I have is which of the two units are better. I've looked and found stores near by me that have them, but unfortunitly not both in the same one. Hopefully I can get some opinions from the FOGs and coolidor'ers out here. Its a toss up between the 1032
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...73&tab=summary
and the 1089:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ab=accessories

Any thoughts, guys?

Thanks Juan!! I've been considering one of these but hadn't a clue where to get 'em. There's a Radio Shack right next to the B&M I go to in Detroit so I'll be having one of those Saturday when I go. Be interesting to do the salt test with just the probe in the baggie!!

I couldn't find it on the website but get the one with the lowest margin of error.

That being said, opening the cooler to check the humi also allows for air flow/fresh air. Your cigars will benefit from this, and so then will you. You don't want to seal them up so tight that the air gets stale.

I read some reviews on these a while back. I seem to remember they were notoriously inaccurate.

When putting cigars in an airtight container like a coolidor you definately want to open the lid every so often. Cigars give off ammonia as they age and you need to exchange the air occasionally. Opening the lid every few weeks to check the humidity level isn't going to hurt the cigars at all. Besides, you ain't gonna be able to resist opening it up and looking in every once in a while.

So after calling Radioshack, it appears that the 1089 is being discontinued. The 1032 is replacing the 1089. So, I'm going to pick up the 1032 and check that bad boy out. Plus, it has 3 great reviews. Dowside, it doesn't tell me if its wireless, though for an indoor/outdoor one would assume that you're not going to drill through a wall for a sensor. Also the 1032 keeps track of the high and low for humidity and temp!

If you click Tech Specs tab on that site, under General Features the Product Type shows as Wired...

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Originally Posted by Cabaiguan Juan

So after calling Radioshack, it appears that the 1089 is being discontinued. The 1032 is replacing the 1089. So, I'm going to pick up the 1032 and check that bad boy out. Plus, it has 3 great reviews. Dowside, it doesn't tell me if its wireless, though for an indoor/outdoor one would assume that you're not going to drill through a wall for a sensor. Also the 1032 keeps track of the high and low for humidity and temp!

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It is NOT wireless like the soon to be discontinued model. I have the older which is wireless and I love. I was lucky enough to have a Radio shack near me to pick and choose the wireless sensors to be within closer range of the correct humidy. Some were of by 5% but I returned them and now have a 1% and 3% variance on each one. The main unit is of by 2.5%

Give this a look. http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/NexxT...oductDetail.do

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Originally Posted by Stryprod

It is NOT wireless like the soon to be discontinued model. I have the older which is wireless and I love. I was lucky enough to have a Radio shack near me to pick and choose the wireless sensors to be within closer range of the correct humidy. Some were of by 5% but I returned them and now have a 1% and 3% variance on each one. The main unit is of by 2.5%

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I'll stop by a 'shack after work and check this one out. I just hope I get a good one, with the 1089 getting phased out, I dont know if they will let me take it back if the variance is big.
I know that beads will keep humidiy fine, but I like to see the humidity disply just for comfort.

buy a digital Credo off Ebay

I have two of the Oregon Scientific versions. One checks out at -1 and the other is +2.
I wonder if they use the same frequency and are interchangeable?

I just picked up the 1089 yesterday. I have a month to return it, but so far the wireless transmitter works great. I put it in Freezer and watched the base unit track the drop in temp. Now I need to do a salt test and confirm that the humidity is right on. Stupid question, but how and what do you look for, from a salt test? I think I remember the humidity should be at 75%, but how do you set up the salt test?
BTW, this thing has a max and min memory for the ranges of temp and humidity!

Take a small bottle cap and fill it with salt. Add distilled water to the salt. Put the bottle cap and the sensor into a ziploc bag and make sure you force all the air you can out of the bag before sealing it. Then put that bag inside a second ziploc and do the same,that makes sure there's very little air getting into the bag. Let it sit for about 24hrs. It should read close to 75%

I think that's right others can correct me if it's not.:smiley20:

Brian, that sounds about right. After I asked the question I searched for the answer(reverse or I know) and found it under another post. I'll try the salt test tonight. As far as the sensor and main display, the system seams to function pretty good. If the salt test is good, then I'm set.

Sounds good. Hope it's right on.:smiley20:

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So after doing a salt test with my existing hygrometer and the new Radioshack one, the results are:
Radioshack is 5% above RH! My old one is dead nuts on. I'm releaved that my old one is dead on and will go about getting another one for the coolidor. I'm kind of disapointed and will be returning the radioshack one tomorrow. <<insert smilie with tail between its legs and head bowed down>>

After doing a second salt test this week, the hygrometer actually hit 75%, but I was pretty fed up and having a difficult time trusting this guy. So I returned it this weekend and will get one of the recommended hygrometers that y'all told me about. Thanks for all the input and advice.

I just picked up the little round one from the cigarpass store. Thing is tiny and very accurate.