Buy a Digital Hygrometer, Forget Analog

[godfather]

To all newbies, :)

Take the advice of the members here and buy a digital hygrometer :).

I finally got my humidor setup and the biggest PIA was calibrating that stupid analog hygrometer! I will say that I was pretty stoked when I ran it through the salt test a second time and it read the same exact reading it did the first time.

I probably wasted a lot of time doing this, but it was still an interesting learning experience. My humidor is at a stable 70% and will be getting fed some stoagies shortly

I'm sure you can expect a post in the near future about questions regarding purchasing a coolidor and beads for it.

Have a good remainder of the weekend everyone.

[Mazeman]

My Little Havana is cigar shaped, and nestles nicely amongst my stoagies. Now that I know it's accurate, it gives peace of mind.

But, I kept my analog in its place on the lid of my humidor; partly as a double-check (they're close in their readings), but more importantly because it looks good. Can't forget the details of style....

[OMEGA5]

Can you recommend some good digitals? Or are they all about the same?

[TheSilentChamber]

Just because its digital doesnt mean its accurate and doesnt need calbrating.

[bigpoppapuff]

Can you recommend some good digitals? Or are they all about the same?

for the money,the digital from buddy products/don salvatore is the best...

[Mazeman]

I got this one, made by Little Havana. It sits nicely atop my cigars in the humidor, and correlates with my other hygrometers.

The digital Don Salvatore I have is a similar price, is square (maybe attach it to the lid?) and seemed to be "off" for a day or two when I first got it. It's now happier.

I also noticed that Walmart has small, square hygrometers for under ten bucks, which might be OK for a coolidor. (I also bought my Coleman cooler there for under $10).

I can't vouge for the reliability or accuracy of any of these, but right now all 3 of my hygrometers (2 digital and one analog) are in sync, so I'm done.

[JakeKnight]

FYI: After relying on analog hygrometers for years, I finally spent the money on a very nice digital unit for my humidor.

Guess what I found out?

The analog readout was accurate to within 1/10 of a %. Had it exactly right. All this time I've worried about whether I was in that stable 65-68% range (70% is a little wet for me), and it turns out it was dead on.

Just something to consider before you worry about it too much.