Anybody else having a problem with the P3 Hygrometer.I have 2 and the tempratur differs only 0.3 however the hygrometer differs a wooping 11% when putting them next to eachother,called service today they told me to take out the batteries wait a minute and put them back in still the same I would appreciate any feedback thanks!

I have 2 of those, too! Only, I seem to go through so many batteries while visiting this site...hmmm?



Never thought about waiting a minute and reinserting them...I'll try it now...



Oh, silly-chatter-box-goofy-blonde-female me...I thought you were talking about the P3 Vibometer. My bad...really...

UNBELIEVABLE.

I know ... I've missed her too

Sounds like Mr. Mean is also experiencing the same problem...almost left him speechless!

Hi Steve...

And now, back to the original post by cruiser...



Anybody else having a problem with the P3 Hygrometer.I have 2 and the tempratur differs only 0.3 however the hygrometer differs a wooping 11% when putting them next to eachother,called service today they told me to take out the batteries wait a minute and put them back in still the same I would appreciate any feedback thanks!

UNBELIEVABLE! HE HE X

ones in a blue moon i post a cigar relatet problem on this board,and those are the responses, I would say this sucks! AMEN

No, Cruiser, what you should have said is...suck this, not this sucks...LOL! I tried to get it back on topic, no offense!

Sorry Cruiser, I don't have the same hygrometer that you have so I don't have a solution for you. Only thing I can think to ask is, is there a petiometer that can be adjusted? someone around here has the test you can do to determine your true humidity.

re; the hygrometer problem ... in an effort to give some serious information, I contacted a dealer for those units who told me that there is no adjustment ... the units are, he said, guaranteed to be +/- 5% ... I told him that I thought 5% was a huge almost unacceptable variance, but that even so, they were 11% apart ... his response was that if one were 5% high and the other 5% low, that would explain everything ... bottom line, he said, is that these are as good a hygrometer as he is aware of and that if one is dis-satisfied, one should seek a refund ...

I know this is not a whole lot more actual help than the attempts at humor above and perhaps even less entertaining, but at least I tried ... sorry 'bout that.

makes me wonder about the accuracy of my own (I have the same unit) and whether there really IS something better and more reliable out there ... I'll share anything I learn.

Thanks Steve now you really confused me I thought only one is bad,however after your explanation they both are garbage,got them from CI,now I got to purchase another one to see whats going on!

E-Chick,

This crap is getting really old! Give it a fricking rest already!

Who makes this brand that is so inaccruate? I want to know so that I can avoid it in the future. I just bought one of those Csonka units from CB. Are those decent? I surely hope so!

OK ... here's the latest ... confirming what I learned from the dealer I contacted first, 3 more vendors have told me that those are as good as it gets and that there is no adjustment ... however, each of these others has told me that +/- 3% is what should be expected and that an 11% variance indicates one of yours is a bad unit ... question is - which one?

If they're fairly new, best advise seems to be to return them to where you got them and exchange them ... otherwise, find an independent means of establishing which is the one out of whack and make a note of how far it is out, then allow for that margin when checking your humidors ...

Still not all one might hope for, and I'm gonna ask a couple of local guys when I get the chance ... I'll let you know what they have to say ...

Cruiser ... re your statement "I thought only one is bad,however after your explanation they both are garbage ..."

not necessarily true ... one might be accurate and the other total crap, one might be pretty good, but a LITTLE off with the other being ALMOST total crap ...

I think if they were mine, what I'd do is check 'em both by using the wet salt method ... in fact, I AM going to check mine that way when I get home tonight. Then, at least you'd have a pretty good idea of where you stand and if one or both of them is bad, I'm sure CI will stand behind it as they do everything else they sell.
br> and if you don't know how to use the wet salt method to check 'em, write me ... [email protected] ... and yes, 'from' IS part of the addy ... I screwed up when getting that, it confuses everyone but me ... lol

Determining which unit is bad shouldn't be too tough. Just do the SALT in the cap trick in a baggie and see how far off of 75% it reads.

Salt in the cap in the baggie thingie................To calibrate your hygrometer you will need table salt, a see through container such as a Ziplock baggie, and a small shallow open container, like a bottle cap. Place a teaspoon or so of salt in the shallow container and add a few drops of water to get it wet. You don't want to dissolve it, just get a good damp pile of salt in your container. Remember, you don't want a salt water solution, just damp salt. Place the shallow container in the baggie along with the hygrometer. Seal the baggie with some air trapped inside (so it is not tight against the hygrometer) and let it sit. Allow this to stabilize for at least 6 hours (don't rush it). After it has stabilized, check the hygrometer reading without opening up the baggie. It should be exactly 75%. If not, you can simply adjust the reading by turning the dial on the back of the hygrometer with a small screwdriver

Salt in the cap in the baggie thingie................To calibrate your hygrometer you will need table salt, a see through container such as a Ziplock baggie, and a small shallow open container, like a bottle cap. Place a teaspoon or so of salt in the shallow container and add a few drops of water to get it wet. You don't want to dissolve it, just get a good damp pile of salt in your container. Remember, you don't want a salt water solution, just damp salt. Place the shallow container in the baggie along with the hygrometer. Seal the baggie with some air trapped inside (so it is not tight against the hygrometer) and let it sit. Allow this to stabilize for at least 6 hours (don't rush it). After it has stabilized, check the hygrometer reading without opening up the baggie. It should be exactly 75%. If not, you can simply adjust the reading by turning the dial on the back of the hygrometer with a small screwdriver

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