Have you calibrated your hygrometer?

Hygrometers fall out of calibration—even in professional laboratory settings. So even though you’re getting a reading, it might not be accurate. 

To precisely calibrate your hygrometer, use the Boveda One-Step Calibration Kit, which is available here. The kit can be used to calibrate a hygrometer for cigar storage as well as instrument storage.

• Always calibrate a new digital hygrometer or humidity sensor before you use it—even if it says it’s pre-calibrated.
• After proper calibration, all hygrometers have a +/-3-5%RH accuracy range. 
• All hygrometers should be calibrated every six (6) months.

4 Troubleshooting Steps to Stabilize Humidity in Your Instrument Case

1. Are you using the right Boveda for your instrument?

2. Are you using the right size Boveda packet?

3. Are you using enough Boveda packets?

4. Have you calibrated your hygrometer?

Completed troubleshooting steps 1-4 and your instrument case still hasn’t stabilized to 40-60% RH?

It’s your instrument case—very few are airtight. Boveda is most effective in a fixed volume space, like a quality instrument case with a good seal. 

You can either:

• Add weather stripping to the inside of your case lid to improve the seal.
• Invest in a better instrument case with a tighter seal.