44Smokeless
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It is with some irony at the same time I want to share a great surplus supply with other readers, this same week American Science and Surplus is closing forever.
For those not familiar with AS&S, it was a wonderworld of surplus science gadgets, the toys-r-us for geeks and nerds. They had parts from B52 bombers, ordinance parts, labware, meters of every sort, glow in the dark paint of suspicious origins and it was all dirt cheap. They are closing Sept. 7th and so it ends.
The irony is, ebay is becoming the science surplus source, not as much fun but...I just bought 6 ITH-10 inkbirds for $15, with shipping and got one free to boot. The deal is some companies use them once and dump them for shipping reasons, they sell them in bulk after one use. I checked the batteries in mine and they are all pretty much brand new, clean as a whistle. Basically at $2 a piece, you can get a hygrometer and monitor your humidity levels and temp. I put two in main humidor and found 2% difference in humidity levels...who knew.
As I'm currently storing a number of cigars in tupperware, ran out, and now ziplocs; the cheap meters allow me to monitor eveything. And they're good, accurate, responsive and cheap enough to put them everywhere.
So if you're needing hygrometers you can find them on ebay really cheap.
For those not familiar with AS&S, it was a wonderworld of surplus science gadgets, the toys-r-us for geeks and nerds. They had parts from B52 bombers, ordinance parts, labware, meters of every sort, glow in the dark paint of suspicious origins and it was all dirt cheap. They are closing Sept. 7th and so it ends.
The irony is, ebay is becoming the science surplus source, not as much fun but...I just bought 6 ITH-10 inkbirds for $15, with shipping and got one free to boot. The deal is some companies use them once and dump them for shipping reasons, they sell them in bulk after one use. I checked the batteries in mine and they are all pretty much brand new, clean as a whistle. Basically at $2 a piece, you can get a hygrometer and monitor your humidity levels and temp. I put two in main humidor and found 2% difference in humidity levels...who knew.
As I'm currently storing a number of cigars in tupperware, ran out, and now ziplocs; the cheap meters allow me to monitor eveything. And they're good, accurate, responsive and cheap enough to put them everywhere.
So if you're needing hygrometers you can find them on ebay really cheap.
