What humidity guage do you use?

[Lazarus09]

Ok, so I got both my new BPs set up in rubbermade tubs. I am pretty sure that the humidity is fine, if anything a little high. I bought one of those Acurite indoor/outdoor thermometer/humidity gauges that I saw in a couple of posts here, and the temps seem accurate, but the humidity gauge is not accurate at all. It basically started with telling me my humidity was over 90% and then gradually has gone down ever since. Now it tells me that my humidity in the warm side of my tubs is 37-38%. It was showing me 43% with newspaper as substrate so I went out and got some repti-bark and put that in both tubs. Now it shows 37%. I know this can’t be right because when I opened the tubs there was condensation on the top and sides of the tub. So to test it, I put the probe inside my humidor which I know is around 68-70% humidity, and it still shows 38%.

All that to ask, what humidity gauges are people using that work well? I was hoping to get something I can move around fairly easily so that I don’t have to have a separate gauge for every tub. Can anyone recommend something that might work better?
Thanks

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[soy.lor.n]

the probe doesn't measure the humidity, the unit itself does

anytime I have condensation, the humidity reading is "HI" (I use an accurite)

[Hock3ymonk3y]

It only ranges from 20 or 30-90 % humidity.... if higher it will say: HI if lower it will say LO.

BTW, you need to put the unit itself in the tub to get an acurate reading. The probe measures temp only. To get the other temp reading and humidity reading the unit itself must be in the tub

hope this helps,

[Lazarus09]

Ok, so this morning I went into the closet and it said hi (the whole unit and probe was outside the tubs) which doesn't make much sense to me. Now it says 35% and nothing has changed (?) I went ahead and put the whole unit in one of the tubs so will give it a few hours and see what it says. Thanks for the info. There is still condensation on the sides so I may have to drill some more holes to let more out.

[MsPrada]

Maybe yours is broken? If it changes that drastically and that quickly? Mine is 100% accurate, I have two digital humidity gauges, and they are only maybe 2% different at the max. Also, if you have it near the top of the tub when you open it might change because you are opening it.

Just my pennies