Hi Andy -
We are about 2 months into our 'HOBO' era. So far, I
have had excellent luck with them. They are accurate,
pretty user-friendly, and possess the capability of
being tailored in several ways to your needs. I use
both the H8 Famil:temp/RH, $85, and the HOBO LCD
temp/RH loggers, $189. I have the LCD monitors in
locations where a visual readout is necessary, and the
others in locations that I monitor on a bi-weekly
basis. I also use the HOBO Shuttle, $159, to download
the data from the loggers, but this does not work for
the LCD loggers (so I just bring them back to my desk
and download them.) The print-outs are easy to
understand, and the software ($95) is too. Let me
know if I can answer any more questions!
regards,
Fay Bisbee
Collections Manager
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
--- Andy Bentley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We here at the KU Natural History Museum are using
> the HOBO recorders in our
> collections to record temeperature, humidity and
> light intensity of our wet
> collection facility. We have had excellent returns
> on our meagre investment
> ($95 per logger + $95 for software). We have four
> of them on each of the
> four floors of our facility and are using them to
> justify for an upgrade to
> our HVAC system. We also use the light intensity to
> determine use of the
> collections as lights are always kept off. So,
> whenever the lights are on
> one can assume that the collection is being used.
>
> They are very easy to operate and offload and
> provide very accurate data.
> We have also purchased the HOBO shuttle which makes
> downloading of data for
> multiple units a lot easier and also the units do
> not have to be removed to
> be offloaded.
>
> The only drawback of the H8 dataloggers is that you
> cannot get any
> instantaneous readout from them. So, we have just
> purchased their new LCD
> screen HOBO recorder for this purpose ($189).
>
> I would recommend them highly.
>
> I can send you copies of graphic outputs if that
> will help.
>
> All the best
>
> Andy
>
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