Even more Salt Test / Hygrometer pictures !!!
My first thread
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44715 about salt testing the analog hygrometer that came with my humidor motivated me to buy a digital hygrometer, actually, three.
After spending hundreds (thousands) on shotguns and shotgun shooting, I figured a few dollars for a digital hygrometer to keep my cigars safe wouldn't be too bad.
I purchased a Springfield Precise Temp from Wal-Mart for under $4.00, an Acu-Rite for under $8.00 also at Wal-Mart, and finally a Western Digital Caliber III from eBay for under $19.00 including delivery:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CALIBER-III-DIGI...item3cb7ba088c
I salt tested the Springfield & Acu-Rite for 24 hours. The Springfield came in at 65%, and the Acu-Rite came in at 74%.
Since the Western Digital Caliber III specifically says not to salt test it, I ordered a Boveda One-Step calibration kit. The kit is really nothing more than a 75% Boveda mini humidity pack and a Ziploc bag.
After 24 hours in the One-Step calibration kit the WDC III was at 74%.
Truthfully, save yourself the money and order a full sized 75% Boveda humidity pack and put it in your own Ziploc bag.
So now I had a baseline. Both the WDC III and the Acu-Rite were the same, and the Springfield was way off.
After multiple test and retests, the only difference between the WDC III and the Acu-Rite were the price, $19.00 vs. $8.00, the size, WDC III is much smaller than the Acu-Rite, and the time it takes to get a correct reading, the WDC III is seconds, the Acu-Rite can be hours.
There you have it. Like everyone says, buy a WDC III and be done with it. Actually, now I have two.
Feel free to ask questions.
