Seeking any and all opinions on this thermometer/hygrometer

[Meara]

This thermometer/hygrometer combo is listed for a very reasonable price at Incubator Warehouse. Has anyone else at BYC tried it or heard anything about it? Please chime in with your thoughts and opinions!


http://incubatorwarehouse.com/index...incubator-remote-thermometer-hygrometer.html#

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I remember people talking about buying that one but don't remember anyone coming back an reviewing it after they got it.

 

[smfildes]

I have 2 of them in my homemade bators. I really like them. They seem to be very accurate. You can place them at the top of the eggs and they have plenty of length of wire so you can put the outside digital readout any where. Hope this helps.

 

[FOGELLY]

I have two of them. After checking humidity with salt method they were both within 3% which is good in my book. Temp on both off by around 1.5 degress on the low side. I use them both and just account for difference.

 

[PostCarbonPioneer]

That model looks great. I just called the warehouse to ask about the dimensions of the probe. I have a Brower 845. The very helpful guy on the phone measured one for me, and the largest dimension, he says, is 9/16th, or just a hair under 5/8". My Brower vent holes are 1/2" or slightly under that. So I would not be able to use this with my Brower. Also, there is no way to unplug the probe from the unit, thread it through, and plug it back in. Really too bad. I would have sprung for something like this--the design looks great. PCP

 

[Ridgerunner]

It looks great but I have one question. They give the accuracy of the hygrometer part but not the thermometer. For incubation, you need an accuracy to within 0.1 degrees, either C or F.

By accuracy, I do not mean that it reads the correct temperature. You can calibrate it to get that. What I mean is repeatability. Under the same conditions, it returns to the same measurement.

As an example, most of the thermometers you buy at the big box stores to measure outside temperature are designed to be accurate to within 1 or 2 degrees. So if it is 80 degrees outside, they might read 79 degrees one time and 81 degrees the next time, although the temperature is really 80 degrees both times.

As Fogelly mentioned, the actual reading can be off, due to manufacturing tolerances. You need to calibrate any thermometer before you use it to get that straight.

I would not worry about the humidity having a tolerance of 5%. As far as I am concerned that is plenty close enough.

f you can fine out what the repeatability accuracy is, that looks like a great deal. That seems pretty inexpensive so I would be suspicious, but I'm pretty cynical anyway.

 

[Meara]

Does anyone have any better ideas?

I've seen lots of recommendations for thermometers on BYC and people often mention the same brands and models again and again. But for hygrometers? It'd sure be convenient to have a combo. I too wondered about the quality since the price seems kinda low, but I think I might go for it.