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Product: Bóveda One Step Calibration
Type: Hygrometer Calibration Kit
Website: http://www.bovedadirect.com/
BACKGROUND: If you have purchased a box of Fuente Hemingway Series, Fuente Fuente Opus X, or Don Carlos, you’ve probably seen this product. Fuente’s fine cigars come shipped with a small humidity packet inside the box. Bóveda, using Humidipak’s two-way humidity control technology, is looking to make a huge impact in the cigar humidification industry.
The patented technology of the two-way humidity control is impressive. The packet responds to the outside environment by adding or depleting pure water vapor as needed to maintain a constant internal environment.
SET UP AND USE: [Score: 96]
The hygrometer calibration kit consists of a thick, high-barrier plastic bag, much like a refrigerator storage bag, and a Bóveda humidity packet, set at 75.5% relative humidity (RH). The set up couldn’t be easier. You just insert a hygrometer (either digital or analog) into the bag along with the packet and then close the top zipper. After waiting 24-36 hours, you check the hygrometer display. If you have an analog hygro, you can then adjust it to the correct humidity level or, if you have a digital hygro, you cannot adjust it but can note the margin of error and take that into account when reading the values. Bóveda recommends that you calibrate your hygrometers every 6 months (The packets are guaranteed to be accurate for 3 months).
FUNCTION: [Score: 94]
I used the kit to calibrate 3 different digital hygrometers. The first, a Little Havana, had a reading of 79% RH after 25 hours, which was a +4.5% error factor. The second hygro was a Humidor Supreme 3" Digital Hygrometer (74% RH, -1.5% error) and a third was a different Little Havana, just to see if the error was consistent across hygrometers from the same manufacturer (79% RH, +4.5% error). The error factor was indeed consistent.
For those of us who prefer digital hygrometers, because of their accuracy relative to analog hygros, the calibration system is a godsend. Since digital hygros can’t be calibrated, the best you can hope for is to know, with relative certainty, the margin of error and then factor that error into the readings. The calibration kit makes knowing the margin of error a snap. One thing to keep in mind is that the humidity packets are only guaranteed to be accurate to +/- 3%. That means that there is still some imprecision in the overall measurements.
VALUE: [Score: 95]
At a MSRP of $4.97 per kit, this is a good deal. With one packet, you can calibrate as many hygrometers as you wish. I would recommend this product without reservation.
OVERALL SCORE: 95 = STOGIE FRESH GOLD STAR RATING
Type: Hygrometer Calibration Kit
Website: http://www.bovedadirect.com/
BACKGROUND: If you have purchased a box of Fuente Hemingway Series, Fuente Fuente Opus X, or Don Carlos, you’ve probably seen this product. Fuente’s fine cigars come shipped with a small humidity packet inside the box. Bóveda, using Humidipak’s two-way humidity control technology, is looking to make a huge impact in the cigar humidification industry.
The patented technology of the two-way humidity control is impressive. The packet responds to the outside environment by adding or depleting pure water vapor as needed to maintain a constant internal environment.
SET UP AND USE: [Score: 96]
The hygrometer calibration kit consists of a thick, high-barrier plastic bag, much like a refrigerator storage bag, and a Bóveda humidity packet, set at 75.5% relative humidity (RH). The set up couldn’t be easier. You just insert a hygrometer (either digital or analog) into the bag along with the packet and then close the top zipper. After waiting 24-36 hours, you check the hygrometer display. If you have an analog hygro, you can then adjust it to the correct humidity level or, if you have a digital hygro, you cannot adjust it but can note the margin of error and take that into account when reading the values. Bóveda recommends that you calibrate your hygrometers every 6 months (The packets are guaranteed to be accurate for 3 months).
FUNCTION: [Score: 94]
I used the kit to calibrate 3 different digital hygrometers. The first, a Little Havana, had a reading of 79% RH after 25 hours, which was a +4.5% error factor. The second hygro was a Humidor Supreme 3" Digital Hygrometer (74% RH, -1.5% error) and a third was a different Little Havana, just to see if the error was consistent across hygrometers from the same manufacturer (79% RH, +4.5% error). The error factor was indeed consistent.
For those of us who prefer digital hygrometers, because of their accuracy relative to analog hygros, the calibration system is a godsend. Since digital hygros can’t be calibrated, the best you can hope for is to know, with relative certainty, the margin of error and then factor that error into the readings. The calibration kit makes knowing the margin of error a snap. One thing to keep in mind is that the humidity packets are only guaranteed to be accurate to +/- 3%. That means that there is still some imprecision in the overall measurements.
VALUE: [Score: 95]
At a MSRP of $4.97 per kit, this is a good deal. With one packet, you can calibrate as many hygrometers as you wish. I would recommend this product without reservation.
OVERALL SCORE: 95 = STOGIE FRESH GOLD STAR RATING
