Digital Hygrometer: Adjustable or with memory option?

[buzz]

Hey guys,

I have been searching and reading posts to try and decide which hygrometer to get and have narrowed it down to these two:

Western Caliber III
Pros: Adjustable, accurate to 1 degree and 1% RH
Cons: No memory, maybe doesn't fit as nicely between cigars?

Little Havana
Pros: Minimum and maximum memory, fits nicely between cigars
Cons: Not adjustable, only accurate to 1.8 degrees and 1.5% RH

Can anyone offer their advice on which one to go with? I am leaning towards the Western Caliber but I don't know how important the memory option is.

Thanks,
Buzz

[bigwhiteash]

The memory function isn't all that important. I have a couple Western Caliber II's that have served me just fine, even though I hardly look at them anymore. I'm that confident in my beads, and my cigars are smoking just fine!

Whatever you chose, just make sure it's properly calibrated every few months. I use the Boveda calibration kit since the Westerns advise against the salt test.

[buzz]

The memory function isn't all that important. I have a couple Western Caliber II's that have served me just fine, even though I hardly look at them anymore. I'm that confident in my beads, and my cigars are smoking just fine!

Whatever you chose, just make sure it's properly calibrated every few months. I use the Boveda calibration kit since the Westerns advise against the salt test.

Thanks, it's interesting that they don't want you to do the salt test... I wonder why.

-Buzz

[bigwhiteash]

Salt is highly corrosive, not considered acceptable for testing a precision scientific instrument...

At least that's what the instructions say!

[basil]

I have a Little Havana and it's worked fine. I think the first battery lasted about 3 years. Right now it's in a terrarium with a chameleon though; point being, I know enough about managing the humidity in the humi to not really need a hygrometer any longer.

Also using another cigar-shaped one in the coolidor that I thought came from Holt's but I'm not seeing it on that website. BestCigarPrices has one that has a remote sensor that looks pretty cool - the part that goes in the humi is also shaped like a cigar. $30 though. Both of mine were around $15.

The temp and rh accuracy ranges you post are not enough to sweat.

[buzz]

Thanks basil,

Please correct me if I am wrong guys but it seems that the more important thing would be the consistency of the humidity and temperature levels, not the actual values. So if my hygrometer is 3% RH off and 2 degrees off, I shouldn't worry as long as it is consistent all day long - right? So with that in mind maybe having the memory option would be more beneficial to insure (or ensure?) that my minimum and maximum values don't swing too much?

Edit: I said the values don't matter as much as the consistency - I should have added that as long as the values fall within the appropriate ranges for a humidor.

-Buzz