Cheap Digital Hygrometer

[Krautle87]

what section of the walmart would these be in?

[labmonkey]

sweet...I'll have to check that out...thanks.

[Lazy1]

Hey guys,
I found a combo thermo-hygrometer at my local Target, with a remote transmitter $30.
The device has two hygros and one works wierlessly and reports to the larger main.
This means you can have a readout of your temp and humidity without opening your humi.
Unless you place the main reciever in your larger humi then you can check both humidities while only opening on box.

[BigDirtyFoot]

What section of the store(s) are you guys finding these? I visited my local Wal-Mart yesterday and couldn't find these, although I will admit I was a little hurried. Help?

[MMAB]

Go to the hardware area of the store and look for outdoor thermometers, rain gauges, etc. Some Wal-Marts put bird feeders there too. That's where you should find the digital hygros.

[Lazy1]

MMAB has it about right. I think that's where I found my Hygro.

[Island Epicurean]

Just go too the outdoor/decoration section where you would find the large ourdoor thermometers. They are there with all that other junk and although they are really intended for non-cigar use, they are really acurate and work great! (I bought 5 of them to swap out some of my old analog humidor gauges.)

[grand cru no 2]

Hey guys,
I found a combo thermo-hygrometer at my local Target, with a remote transmitter $30.
The device has two hygros and one works wierlessly and reports to the larger main.
This means you can have a readout of your temp and humidity without opening your humi.
Unless you place the main reciever in your larger humi then you can check both humidities while only opening on box.

Did you get the Oregon Scientific? I have one of those I picked up at Target for $26 and is accurate within 1%. It's running at -1% actually.

[Lazy1]

Grandcru2,
That is indeed the one I purchased. I wanted to get a second remote sensor but it's going to cost me at least $25 and... no way I'm payng that.

[CalixEros]

Great idea! My analog hygrometer is off quite a bit and I've been putting off getting a digital one because of price. I think I'll head to WalMart tomorrow...

[TheyCallMeManiX]

i was gonna start a new thread but found this one here so i decided to post here for now . . .

i bought a walmart hygro with temp and min max settings etc

long story short, i did the salt test that was recommended on this site and it reads only 65 not 75%. so im guessing its 10% off. is that possible??? lol

anyway, the other problem is i cant get my humi under 75 degrees at ALL. i dont know what else to do! i have tried a ziploc baggie inside another with ice in the first one. ive tried moving it to a darker area of the living room . . . and that only dropped it from 80. my next try is the closet but i somehow dont think that will be enough . . . what do i do???



OOOOORRRRR . . . if the hygro is off by 10% humidity, could the temp be off as well???? is there some sort of tablespoon of salt test for the temp??

thanks guys