OK guys.. I am in need of the BEST BEST BEST hygrometer.

[Jaybird]

If money was no object what would you buy? I need 3. I want them TIGHT! and I'll be honest all the digital ones I have played with seem to leave me wondering. I will calibrate them side by side with a Boveda calibration pack 24-48 hours. They will be ROCK SOLID! Then set them in a humidor side by side and they will be 7% off each other..WTF! I want accurate! I want SOLID! I am setting up a 70+ box 3 section HUGE 10 ft long 7 ft tall humidor at my store I am going to invest thousands of bucks and I want to be able to say without question to my customers that it is SOLID... Help a BOTL out?

Cheers
Jay

 

[Whtwtrman79]

Wow what were you using that had that much variation? I've used the simple calibrated hygrometers and even the ambient weather.... And they've held steady for months within 1-2% over 3 different coolidors at 65% with beads and bovedas

 

[Cigarth Vader]

+1 for the ambient weather. It's nice as well that it has the external station.

 

[Mr. McSquirelly]

Here are my favorites:
1) http://www.acurite.com/environments/humidity.html
2) http://halfwheel.com/western-humidor-caliber-4r-hygrometer

Read specs on Ambient Weather. Same as all the others, +/-5 percent. Caliber 4R claims +/-1 percent.

Range: 10 to 99 %

Accuracy: ± 5% (only guaranteed between 20 to 90%)

Resolutiion: 1 %

Acurite is actually sponsored by some elderly health care services for its accuracy. Humidity is an important aspect of elderly health - I guess.

 

[Whtwtrman79]

+1 for the ambient weather. It's nice as well that it has the external station.

Yeah the external calibration is nice/ my favorite feature

 

[Life in smoke]

Hygroset 2 the round ones best ones you can buy and you dont have to blow a ton of cash

 

[ZippoGeek]

Caliber 4! Very simple to use; well-respected for its accuracy. Love mine...

 

[Cigary43]

Acurite....I've got a dozen of them and they are within 1% accuracy. I bought a $50 one about 15 years ago and at that time that was an expensive hygro....it registers perfect accuracy and I test this against the acurites I have every 6 months. You can get em at WallyWorld for $8 and when I bought mine I get 6 at a time and put them in with the expensive one and the ones that tested over 1% I took back until I got a collection of near perfect readings. After 5 years all of them are still reading nearly perfect.

 

[jonboy]

Caliber IV.

 

[Sirspanksalot]

I agree with cigary. I have 3 acurites, two read the same and the other is 1% lower.

 

[BourbonBinder]

Caliber IV, like Zippogeek says, they are simply the best rated for cigars and price wise you can't beat it. FYI: cheaphumidors.com: They are the best price wise, and if you can find it cheaper they price match as well. I bought a humidor from them and when I found it cheaper elsewhere they not only matched the price but beat it by $15.

LOL and no I don't work for them, just a satisfied customer.

Edit: CheapHumidors.com has them back in stock; order while they last. I know I will

 

[Smoqman]

Find em here too: http://www.neptunecigar.com/pr/caliber_iv_thermometer_hygrometer.aspx

 

[Whtwtrman79]

I know the ambient weather says +-5% but in my experience once they are calibrated and in a stable environment they have held as steady as the +-1% Ive used

I calibrated all at the same time, then placed all in the coolidor, at most I had 1% variation, which is easily corrected since you can adjust them without opening the humidor/coolidor

The beauty is using them without having to open up the coolidor