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What is a turstworthy themamerter I can spell lol for a incubator and one that reads humidity.I will beuse a helix for my incubator just now want to get A GOOD THEMAMERTER.

Thanks and always.................

HAVE A GOOD ONE!

they sell it at walmart. its called alife. And it reads the temp and humidity, its like 12 bucks

my bad dude its called acurite

You can't read humidity accurately with any hygrometer you can buy at a store, at least not with something that is reasonably priced.

Im not sure but I think he is just trying to get a close reference. I think most of the people on here would agree and tell him to get exactly the same thing. Maybe different brand. If you look at alot of peoples setups they use something similar. Get the Acurite! You will get a GOOD idea of the humidity.

They might give a close idea for room humidity, 40%-70%. They won't be accurate at higher humidity. If humidity could be read with a $12 hygrometer, there would be no need for the very expensive ones. An A/C tech friend of mine uses a sling hrgrometer, he would not use this complicated tool if a $12 one would work.

Why measure the humidity at all? If the eggs are dimpling, it's too dry. If they're getting funky wet spots, it's too wet.

If they stay round and perfect, the humidity is just right!

Cheapie humidity gauges are just that - cheapie humidity gauges. I've seen some that read at 40% no matter what, even in a cage that you can feel the mugginess in.

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

Well your friend is an AC Tech.He is probably required to carry a certain accurate labeled one. What kind of hydrogometer do you use personally for your incubators? Can you give me a link?

Thanks for the help so far.I dont care about the price I just want a good one you know.

I personally don't measure the humidity in my incubator. I let the eggs and the box tell me what to do. Like Jenny stated, if the eggs are dimpling, they are too dry. If water is beading on the lid of the egg box and dripping on the eggs it's too wet. I have never lost a bp egg from humidity issues doing it this way. If you setup your substrate properly you will never have a problem. With vermiculite use a 1:1 ratio by weight and then add water until it clumps together nicely but you can't squeeze any water out but it still breaks apart easily. With the no subtrate method, well that's just soooo simple. Up until this year I always used vermiculite and now I use the no substrate method even though I swore I never would. IT'S JUST THAT EASY.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
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Like Jen said, why bother. Mix vermiculite and water accordingly or use the no-substrate method and things will be fine.
Mike