Do you find digital hygrometers to be woefully inaccurate in comparison to the analog variety?

[nolabels]

I've purchased many hygrometers over the years.
The digital varieties have always been horribly inaccurate, usually being 10% lower than the actual %RH, for some reason, and all but the most outrageously expensive, laboratory grade models have no means of calibration.
Analog models, though, even if not always 'dead-on-balls' linearly, repeatably accurate, are easily calibratable and more often than not, do a much better job than do digital hygrometers.

I use a virtually infallible sling psychrometer in the testing of the accuracy of my hygrometers.

Though I'm not an instrumentation engineer or technician, my chosen career was in the HVAC-R field.
My research into the problem thus far have yielded absolutely no results.

What say you?

[love_conquers_lust]

It's not just hygrometers. Digital anything can seem... precarious... compared to more rugged analog variants. I don't find them toooooo far off, but it is annoying how frail digital instruments can be, as well as the inherent lag imposed by digitilization, where as analog is limited by only the inherent lag of the physical material, which digital has to deal with in addition to the digitization lag.

[nolabels]

Testify!

Someone who is familiar with my plight!

Thanks for chiming in with your testimony!

Cheers! 😊

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

What say me?

I'm saying I understood nothing at all, and I assume I wouldn't necessarily understand more if I knew what a hygrometer was. It seems to be a very technical question about a niche topic lol

[nolabels]

True that.

Lol.

The question came to mind.
I asked.
I'm now reaping pretty much what I expected to in the way of responses.

Thanks for chiming in.

[nolabels]

Stack Exchange might be a more appropriate audience to entertain my question, but G@G is where I presently am occupied, so G@G got the question.

Will I never learn? 😊

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Stack exchange is infinitely more appropriate in that context yes lol

[Nikki1989]

[nolabels]

LOL.

I'm just a retired HVAC guy, obsessed with hygrometers.

I do need accurate %RH monitoring to care for my extensively stocked cigar humidors, as well.

[love_conquers_lust]

Shut up about things you don't know about, Nikki

[DryGermanGuy]

I would assume that analog hardware is being build by established Western companies with decades of experiences in instrument manufacturing. As opposed to unlabeled mass production of China electronics with maybe ten percent of that scientific know-how.

[nolabels]

Even most of my analog instruments are from China.

The mystery remains.

If a means of calibration were to be offered on home digital hygrometers, I'd be happy.
The added expense in providing means of calibration would be miniscule.
A tiny potentiometer added in the circuitry would suffice.

I doubt that the vast majority of buyers of digital home hygrometers even know that their instruments are way off being anywhere near accurate.

Thanks for chiming in.

[NathanDavis]

you're growing weed... aren't you

[nolabels]

LOL.

Nope, I'm just a retired HVAC guy, obsessed with hygrometers.

I do need accurate %RH monitoring to care for my extensively stocked cigar humidors, as well.

[NathanDavis]

so I was close... lmao

[nolabels]

Kinda...

Lol.

Thanks for chiming in.