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Is the one folks like so much?

If you meant to post a photo or a link, you didn't.

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No photo. I was on their website, and they seem to sell 8 different ones. So I'm wondering which is the one we're supposed know and love as luthiers...

I have two—a very old one ( probably 1950s—it’s sticky outside of the 40-60% range and I din’t trust it anymore) and a more modern one (maybe only a couple of decades old). The technology in them, and in the new ones, seems to be the same. It’s a hair on a windlass driving gears to drive the dial. So, in spite of the different models and the name changes through the years, they all ought to be equivalent. So, pick one. I went to the Abbeon page where they have a synthetic hair hygrometer with the same specs as the others for significantly less money. But, LMII has the standard one on sale now for a very good price.

Remember that even though it says it’s calibrated, you have to calibrate it when you get it and about every year thereafter.

Here's the one I've used about the last ten years. AB167. I like it. Never off by 5-7% when I calibrate every one or 6 years.

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I have owned an Abbeon with just a hygrometer (no thermometer) for quite a while. I recently bought a new one, with a thermometer. LMI had the best price. Not only does that give me comfort that it is a good hygrometer for guitar making, but I saved some money compared to buying one from other places. I just looked, and LMI has them on sale lower than what I paid a few months ago. Carpe Diem! Go buy one!

Mine is an AB167, bought used awhile back. I checked the calibration last month after doing it eighteen months ago, and it was very close to right. They seem to take awhile to settle down in a new environment, in my experience (?) .

Thanks folks!

This one has performed flawlessly for me since 2007 when I bought it at Elderly. I calibrate it once a year with a wet bulb test and if it's off at all it's only a few percent annually.

Fischer from Germany makes good ones too that cost a bit less and Mario recommended one and I bought it and it's great too.

I’m running a Fischer human-hair hygrometer, it’s slightly more accurate (like a percent or two) compared to a synthetic hair hygrometer but requires more maintenance. Either type of hair hygrometer works great as long as you have a way to check and recalibrate when required - I have a cheap sling psychometer which I pull out every now and then as a sanity check.

Do we know where that hair was from?

Although I’m generally an inquisitive guy, sometimes it’s better not to find out how the sausages are made