Archangel
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I have a mister but it’s hard to keep the humidity that high at night. Maybe I need to run the mister for a longer period.
Humidifier Recommendations
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Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
humidifier/fogger/mister... the longer/more frequent it runs, the more often it'll need to be refilled.
My mister res. holds 3-4 gal., and I have to refill it twice a week (averaging 7+ gal./week). Even if I increased it to 5 gal., I'd still have to refill it twice a week.
If I only had to refill once a week...
It would coincide nicely with weekly cleaning, watering, and supplementing.
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
I hate cleaning humdifiers....
I go with the crane models. Any animal will do, the jug is all the same. Real easy to clean. Only down side is no humidity controller. However since its "dumb" you can just leave it on and control it with a herpstat etc.
I go with the crane models. Any animal will do, the jug is all the same. Real easy to clean. Only down side is no humidity controller. However since its "dumb" you can just leave it on and control it with a herpstat etc.
Archangel
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That's quiet interesting. I had no idea what was the name of the herpstat. I wonder how hard would it be to build my own with a raspberry pi. I will google it. Thank you!
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
I see a DHT11 in your future
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Probably not very difficult, but IDK about expensive. I'm not familiar with Herpstat other than looking up the price. Is something like this comparable?
https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Variations/dp/B07GR31TBW
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh you can go cheap:
https://www.amazon.com/Humidity-Controller-Inkbird-Humidistat-Pre-wired/dp/B01J1E5LWM
if you ebay surf you can find them around $25.
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yeah, but are they comparable to a Herpstat? If not, what's the advantage?
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
Well right now the buy in for a herpstat is $200 with probe, for 1 cage...
But the down side for the $50 mushroom ones, is you are stuck with constant humidity. But technically you could maybe get an appliance timer and have the humidifier turn off during the day...
I am unfamiliar with the herpstat, but i like the $50 mushroom ones because of this feature
-Control humidity by setting value and differential value; Delay protection for Control output;
So i can set it for 75%, and have cycle control. So i could have occilate between 60 and 80%, or fine for 74-76%, or even get fancy and set the delay min for 1 minute or 10 minutes. In mushroom land some people turn on and off the humidifier 60 times an hour for example.
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Lindasjackson
Chameleon Enthusiast
Has anyone found a better top fill humidifier than pets pioneer? It has to be top filling, easy to clean, and can attach pvc piping to it. Thanks.
