Wow, I have actually heard alot of great things about the hatchrite and actually have some here to use for the gecko and Ball Pythons, although I haven't used it for myself.....yet, I have heard good things. How often did you open the top of the incubation container? Also, the only bad things I heard about the stuff was the exact opposite, too much humidity.
This was the first time in 15 days that I took the top off.
I have gotten the humidity as high as 92% but only because I kept adding water to the edges. Out of the bag it ran 78%.
I do not care for this stuff at all.