I've always had good humidity on paper towels but i also put a lot of work into having really well sealed vivs (with adequate ventilation of course), but its so damn ugly. I have one snake on reti-bark, which i believe is orchid bark. I dont like that it offers almost no absorption so i have to push it aside to soak up urine with a paper towel anyway, and similarly on particularly dry days (dead of winter with central heat blasting) misting it has very short lived effects. BUT having said that, i think it is very nice looking, strikes the right size balance between small enough to eat and too large to be comfortable, and this is a big one, has extremely impressive odor controlling abilities. It has a very nice natural scent of its own and i've had the same batch going for nearly a year, spot cleaning and replenishing of course, and it still has a nice smell every time i open the viv, actually make it a little tricky to know when the snake has pooped b/c it block the odor so well. Anyway, just wanted to add my 2 cents![]()