I would have liked to see you make the salt solution. He mentioned once it stops disolving there is no need to add more but other instructions say to fill a bottle cap with salt and add water drops until the salt is moist but not wet. From what I heard in your video, these are completely off from each other. Would you mind adding a second vid showing the salt water solution? Since none of us, or I would assume, at least very few have "Lab Grade" salt with no anti-caking or iodine, what should we expect from using table salt or sea salt?
Since the Xikar Crystal Jars regulate humidity to 70% doesn't it make sense to use them instead of salt (in a sealed container) to do the "salt test" for a true reading?
Recently, bought a hygrometer Xikar Purotemp without calibration button. This equipment, records (% min / max of rh). Just turn it, the only reading that gives me is like 80% min and 84% as max with a temperature of 29 °C. Additional, I have a humidor with a hygrometer analogous which records 75% rh. Also, I use Xikar Crystal Humidifier Jar - 4 oz. I opted, for my humidor seasoning again, but reading does not change in the digital Hygrometer. I live in Panama City and the temperature is 26-29 °C and are in midwinter…I could help calibrate my hygrometer correctly.
I have two xikar rectangle hygrometers (no calibration button) in my humidor. I have several 72% boveda packs inside and everything has been stable for weeks. One hygrometer reads 68% and the other reads 51%. Does this mean that the 51% is most likely bad?
so if i understand the video, the hygrometer will no longer require any re-calibration once it leaves the factory? and if we do a salt test on the unit and it doesn't read 75% with the salt test we are free to return it to the store and exchange the unit?
so if I did the salt test …. and it still doesn't read 70-75% should I just enter it into my humidor and have the jar of crystal jar and it will it just go to factory settings and read correct ?
Seems like a long winded way of explaining why Xicar hygrometers are not accurate. Lol. My brother (a literal nuclear engineer) did the salt test on this Xicar hygrometer without the calibrate button and it is off by 10%
Good intentions but not useful in reality. I have 3 of the hygrometers with calibrate button and they work flawlessly. However, I bought 4 hygrometers without the calib button and none are consistent. I know I can run a salt test and mark each hygrometer with a ‘+2’ or ‘-6’, etc but doing so is a big pain. PLEASE resume selling the hygrometers with the calib button!!!
