I have both the Csonka and Don Salvatore. I rec ether one X

This may sound a bit simplistic, but I check the humidity level on mine by leaving it outside for a few hours, then turning to the weather channel to get the relative outside humidity. Mine was within 2%, so I figured it was fine. Is this method flawed? Maybe I'll do the salt test to see..

Thanks MR.Mean they're both in the ziplock with salt,lets wait and see!

Keep us posted.

OK the latestet news and I dont get it,77.9 and 75% and the other one 78.1 and 70% lets wait and see I am not Einstein and i dont get it in the same place before they where 11% apart and now only 5 is there a mathemathical explanation?

It means....STOP LOOKING AT IT!!!! Instructions say at least 6 hours

Your six hours is up. Whatcha find?

O.K. after 5 hours i went to bed and the measured 75 and 80 however this morning it was 79 and 84 maybe to much water in the salt, so i repacked this morning only with 5 trops of water and wait another 6hours,well after that i will let you know maybe I get a Phd for this research!

Wrap both units in large, wet towel. Not dripping wet, but very damp. Wait half an hour. Humidity should read 100.

The salt method is fool proof.

The salt should be damp to the touch like wet sand. Not runny or syrupy, just damp. The reading you are getting after 5-6 hours is the amount your gauges are OUT of adjustment. They should read 75% if they are accurate.

The towel wrapped around the gauge is much less precise and not recommended for analog gauges if they are set too high already.

the wet towel is better than nothing, the damp salt is better than the wet towel .. the key to the salt method is to realize that it is DAMP salt that is required, not salty water or really, even TOO wet salt ... I take the plastic cap from one of the spice bottles in the cupboard, pour salt into it and add just barely enough water to make it DAMP and no more ... it works like a charm. It is FAR more accurate to do this than to use the wet towels ...

here we go final result 78%and82% now they are only 4-5% apart yesterday it was 11% whats going on ,maybe one more time the saltcure and they will be equal!It seems like a old womentale that salt cures the Hygrometer.You guy's have a nice weekend!

YEOW! Thats pretty bad for a digital hygro!

Well, just make a note about how many percentage points they are off and you will know what the REAL RH reading is when the over reading is subtracted from your display.

You might want to bid on a Csonka on CB if you would prefer to get one that is accurate enough to see the real RH on the display.

I have bad news for you. Using the accepted %tolorance formula your meters are 4% and 9.33% off. Earlier someone stated that 3% is acceptable. You need to find out what that humidity that the 3% is at. I would send the 9% one back. All of you get a lesson in how off meters can be even if they are supposedly good.

I have never understood why someone does not sell a pre-calibrated hygrometer that is accurate. Makes me doubt the reliability of the things in general. I have an analog and a digital. Neither is within 5 points of actual.

Thanks again and the Hygroproblem is out of my head,just heatet up my grill2go 2 nice lean NY.Strips are waiting seasoned with canadian steak seasonig,got a Hollandia Beer half finished and a cool Krombacher Pils is waiting ( maybe i am a pig 2 strip steaks?)and finish it off with a esteban cruz torp! Life is good Amen!

Sounds like a good meal to me! :o) As for the hygro accuracy, the problem is, most of these gauges are sold for home use and the NEED TO KNOW down to the percentage point in that capacity isn't there.

However, those hygros (Digitals in particular) for cigar humidor use really need to be within that +/- 3 degree rating or better. The one I have now, (got it off EBAY for 20 bucks) is perfectly accurate. I put it in a salt baggie and it reads 75% on the nose. I just bought a Csonka off of CB based on recommendations from a few friends locally that it was as accurate as the one I already own. I sure hope so. I am spoiled by the one I already have, and didn't realize that some of these digital hygros were no more useful than something you would get out of a box of Cracker Jacks! ;O)

Hey, Cruiser ... if you run into any difficulty in dealing with the strips, the beer or the Esteban Cruz torps, you let me know and I'll be right on over to help out ... you know the old saying about a friend (with strips/beer/torps) in need ...