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| Murphy123 |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 11:27:32
Does anybody know where to get a reliable one from I have 2 identical vivs set up,one hygrometer reads 33% (exo terra) digital one in one viv and in the other is one a got from ebay which reads 70%. |
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| anatess |
Posted - 18/11/2013 : 22:47:47
I use the Accurite Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer with Hygrometer. It's digital and has a sensor for ambient temps and a probe for remote temps (supposedly use to run the wire outside the window to determine outdoor temps). And it comes with a hygrometer.
Now, the thing about hygrometers is - it measures the amount of moisture around the unit. So that... if it is directly above a water bowl, it will read much higher than if it is farther away from it, so you can have a 70% reading right next to the water bowl but the enclosure is actually only 30%.
So, I always make sure to place the hygrometer at the farthest end from the water bowl.
Humidity is very important in Florida - we have days when it is near 0 and days when it is near 100. And the indoor humidity swings with it.
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| Murphy123 |
Posted - 18/11/2013 : 21:58:37
Aye the more I read about them the more I agree that there not up to much.thanks for the help :) |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 18/11/2013 : 21:18:50
I'm a other one who dumped them as utter junk. Waste of time and money monitoring their humidity. It's always fine. |
| boomslang |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 20:31:58
blue lizard have a sale on them atm :P might bealbe to pick up another brand cheap to try. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 20:30:08
The most reliable one I had was a dial type not the digital ones!! I tested them against a Pro humidity tester for buildings & the dial type was always closer. Not that I bother either anymore as the humidity in my house is always the same & I just spray the animals vivs that need it |
| Baobab |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 20:09:33
I stopped using them as no matter wich companies i used the reading were all rubbish. |
| richard v |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 19:59:56
I dont use one anymore it very rarely changed as long as you add moisture during shed cycle and remove it after will be fine. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 17/11/2013 : 11:36:16
I get mine from ebay, some good deals on multi buys on there |
