Boveda One-Step Calibration Kit
by Humidi-Pak
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Boveda One-Step Calibration Kit
Customer Review: Works better than salt method
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried both the salt method (search calibrating a hygrometer) and the Boveda One-Step method and found my calibrated HydroSet II hygrometer reading 1% off in the salt calibrating environment but right on 75% when returned to the Boveda enclosure. I suspect to get it exact with salt method it may be necessary to use distilled water and non-iodized salt. I have two other hygrometers that do not adjust. One reads about 10% low and the other about 10% high - neither very useful to help me determine when to run my dehumidifier. The HydroSet II works and helps me get a benchmark in the salt environment with the other two (they are too large to fit the Boveda enclosure) to use as cross check for when to recalibrate this one. So, if you are concerned about accuracy the lab certified Boveda One-Step method seems better than the salt method.Customer Review: Too small
Summary: 3 Stars
The zip bag is too small resulting in my inability to use the product. Be aware that the bag is made for the smallest hygrometers. I have a normal size scientific hygrometer which must be around 3 inches wide and it doesn't fit. I would have liked it if that was actually advertised before you buy. I might be able to use the humidity packet inside a larger zip bag, but I have no guarantee as to the accurate calibration if I don't use the standard size bag.
For rating Nazis: before you bash my rating of 3 stars, I don't have a choice, Amazon would not let me leave a comment-only rating. I will not give it 5 stars based on my inability to test, but I will not kill the ratings either with a 1 star.
Customer Review: Simple and Accurate
Summary: 5 Stars
You could just mix up a batch of salt and distilled water and test your Hygrometer via any of the internet sites that have instructions, but WHY?
This product is simple, accurate, and idiot proof.
Just plop your Hygrometer into the zip-lock bag, leave for a day, (adjust and retest if you can) and away you go! Good for up to 3 months, so you can test as many Hygrometers as you want to with one kit.
Boveda is a time-tested brand. Museums have used their kits to calibrate equipment.
Really you can't go wrong here. Highly Recommended.
The seller was timely and almost perfect (they forgot the key to my humidor)
Customer Review: works perfectly
Summary: 5 Stars
This product worked just as advertised. Put the hygrometer in the bag, close it (zip-lock type bag), and let it sit for 36 hours and the calibration will be complete. I bought the Caliber III digital hygrometer and when I checked it at the 24 hour point, it read precisely the 75% humidity that this bag produces. I let it sit in the bag for the remainder of the "36 hour" time period, but nothing changed, it still read 75% humidity. That's a testament to both the calibration pack/bag, and the hygrometer.Customer Review: One step humidity calibration
Summary: 4 Stars
The item appears to work as directed. It is contained in a quite small plastic bag, which will only hold the smallest of hygrometers. I observed that the hygrometer was initially showing a positive error of about 7%, but after the recommended calibration time of 24 hours the hygrometer reading was right on the mark. This variation troubled me, but perhaps the calibration is temperature sensitive, although the whole unit was at a reasonably constant room temperature during the whole calibration process.