I need a good Analog Hygrometer

[Zero]

Does anyone know where I can get a accurate Analog Hygrometer?
my digital died from the humidity.
Peace,
Zero

 

[abcat1993]

Petco or Petsmart. OR the local pet shop or maybe a fish store

 

[Clint]

analog? Ahh. I hate analog things. I can barely read an analog clock.

Hygrometers are cheap and when mine die I just by a new one. 10 bucks a year isn't too bad.

 

[abcat1993]

Mine are both off about 10 % for some reason (I'm assuming that my humidifier is correct). So, if I were you I would just buy another, maybe better, digital. Or, if you're really needing lots they have things that have a bunch of different probes for a ton of $$$.

 

[elandolf]

My Digital Hygrometer died within a year too. I'm not sure about analog ones, but the digital ones are only accurate in the 30-90% humidity range.

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

The anilog ones can be calibrated, but then you still need a good digital to calibrate it. Then that is assuming the filiment that expands and contracs stays acurate too.

 

[Not a Number]

You can always get a wet bulb hygrometer.

 

[abcat1993]

What's that? How expensive

 

[elandolf]

Wet bulb hygrometers are also known as Mason's hygrometers. They use the difference between a wet and dry thermometer to get humidity. I think they're around $30.

 

[abcat1993]

OK, thanks

 

[Not a Number]

They're a pain because you have to use a chart or slide rule to figure out the RH and you have to keep the little resevoir filled with water. I don't know what the pluses are, there must be some or else they would have stopped making them.

 

[abcat1993]

Don't they make any stronger, wet-resistant ones?

 

[xvart]

my digital died from the humidity.

You could keep it in a ziploc baggie to keep the humidity out...

I can barely read an analog clock.

It takes me about ten minutes to read an analog clock, so I feel your pain, Clint.

xvart.

 

[abcat1993]

What's the point of putting it in a ziploc thing if it would have a different humidity?

 

[xvart]

You could keep it in a ziploc baggie to keep the humidity out...

What's the point of putting it in a ziploc thing if it would have a different humidity?

lol. That was joke.

xvart.

 

[seedjar]

They make outdoor digital hygrometers that are built to operate fully exposed. How do you think meteorologists do it? There are increasingly more consumer-level weather devices on the market as well. The cheap analog hygrometers you find at pet stores are pretty inaccurate in my experience; if you're willing to drop $30 or $40, you can find a weather-resistant one. Many of them even have wireless waterproof sensors that give readouts and record highs/lows on a base station that you keep indoors.
~Joe