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Calibration way off?
- Thread starter spincycle
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I have both a digital and an analogue hygrometers. I did the salt test and calibrated the digital one to 75% it was off by about 4%. The analogue one looks to be off almost 10%! Is this normal? Thanks for helping a new Gorilla!
Cheers,
spin
I am pretty new to cigars too so take this with a grain of salt. I have had analog hygrometers as much as 20% offwhen first purchased. I don't trust a hygrometer that is that far off. I did adjust it and put it in the coolador with about 6 other crappy analog hygro's that have been calibrated and adjusted. They are reading acuratley for now but I only trust my digital which is calibrated every two months. I would adjust it and compare it to your digital regularly.
Analog hygro's are mainly for decoration these days. They work very poorly, and yes... most come waaay off. I've found they're even sensitive to movement. If I move my humidor around a little I often find the needle has jumped 5 points or so. Just rely on the digital hygrometer and let the analog one sit for show.
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