Post by scottish0177 on Aug 16, 2016 11:32:30 GMT
Hey, not sure who on the forum uses the deddario humidipaks or their newish humiditrak monitor but thought I would chime in with my findings in case it helps anyone out who may be thinking about buying these.
Starting any thread about humidity and the best parameters to keep a guitar healthy is like throwing a chicken to a lion and discussing what the chickens best course of action would be,you are likely to end up with a hundred different suggestions with no clear answer and a thumping headache from trying to work out what's best.....
The humidipaks are gel like pouches which are meant to be placed inside the guitar case (one at the headstock and two in the supplied pouch which goes into the sound hole and rest over the strings)and are designed to maintain a healthy humidity level by either absorbing moisture or releasing it as required.....the marketing bumpf that goes with this is that it will maintain a humidity level of approx 45 to 50%...a so called ideal range.....my findings are that I am averaging roughly 50 to 55% so fairly close I suppose......or not depending on you're viewpoint.
The humiditrak monitor is a bit of a gadget and is designed to give you real time feedback on the humidity levels in the case...it does this through Bluetooth to an enabled device such as an iPad,phone etc.....you can set various alert levels for both temperature and humidity levels and it will flag up if these are reached.....so far I can't really fault it....it is coming up with readings that are pretty much identical to my calibrated hygrometer so that's good...
Realise not an exact science and even calibrated monitors can be off by a certain amount due to a thousand and one different things, but so far I have to say that I am a happy customer.my experience has been that both the items perform pretty much as stated....and until something better comes along I will stick to these.
On a side note to case humidity, previous to trying these..I have had some really high case humidity levels (especially recently with this unseasonal humidity levels)but found that occasionally using a hair drier to warm up the inside of the case (yes,remove guitar first)and its lining,significantly reduced this to a 'normal' range for a much longer time......I can only presume that cases and the lining can absorb a small amount of moisture in the fibres which then has nowhere to go but sit around giving you're guitar a hard time.
Rambling over...hope this helps in someway..
Take it easy
Starting any thread about humidity and the best parameters to keep a guitar healthy is like throwing a chicken to a lion and discussing what the chickens best course of action would be,you are likely to end up with a hundred different suggestions with no clear answer and a thumping headache from trying to work out what's best.....
The humidipaks are gel like pouches which are meant to be placed inside the guitar case (one at the headstock and two in the supplied pouch which goes into the sound hole and rest over the strings)and are designed to maintain a healthy humidity level by either absorbing moisture or releasing it as required.....the marketing bumpf that goes with this is that it will maintain a humidity level of approx 45 to 50%...a so called ideal range.....my findings are that I am averaging roughly 50 to 55% so fairly close I suppose......or not depending on you're viewpoint.
The humiditrak monitor is a bit of a gadget and is designed to give you real time feedback on the humidity levels in the case...it does this through Bluetooth to an enabled device such as an iPad,phone etc.....you can set various alert levels for both temperature and humidity levels and it will flag up if these are reached.....so far I can't really fault it....it is coming up with readings that are pretty much identical to my calibrated hygrometer so that's good...
Realise not an exact science and even calibrated monitors can be off by a certain amount due to a thousand and one different things, but so far I have to say that I am a happy customer.my experience has been that both the items perform pretty much as stated....and until something better comes along I will stick to these.
On a side note to case humidity, previous to trying these..I have had some really high case humidity levels (especially recently with this unseasonal humidity levels)but found that occasionally using a hair drier to warm up the inside of the case (yes,remove guitar first)and its lining,significantly reduced this to a 'normal' range for a much longer time......I can only presume that cases and the lining can absorb a small amount of moisture in the fibres which then has nowhere to go but sit around giving you're guitar a hard time.
Rambling over...hope this helps in someway..
Take it easy