I'm kinda starting to wonder just how accurate my accu-rites are for humidity? I've got three snakes and three thermometers and all three give a range of humidity +/- 20-40%! In fact, I inadvertently raised the humidity in one of the bins to the point that water was dripping down the side (because my thermometer said the humidity was only 40% and my snake was in shed) and the humidity never got above 45% (according to the thermometer)! I've taken all three accu-rites out of the bins to try to get a base-line and set them side by side...the lowest one reads 40% (in a room open to the humid Houston air) and the highest one reads 65%.

To be honest, I've never relied too heavily on "digital" readouts...in my profession (vet tech), when we want an accurate blood pressure, we trust a machine that looks like it teleported directly from 1956 over the $10,000 digital unit with all the bells and whistles simply because its results can't always be repeated within an acceptable range of error like they are (surprisingly) with the antique model. Sometimes, simpler is better and I'm wondering if there's anything more accurate for humidity out there (perhaps a basic barometer would be my best bet)?

If no one else has had this issue, then I'm assuming I can chalk it up to this thermometer crapping out after 4 months of use and will be looking for an alternative anyway!