Oasis OH-2C Digital Hygrometer/Thermometer for Guitars - Open Box

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Take the guesswork out of protecting your instrument. When the relative humidity drops below 40%, a guitar, or any wooden musical instrument, is at risk of cracking or warping. The Oasis® OH-2C Digital Hygrometer accurately measures relative humidity, helping you decide when to protect your instrument with the Oasis® Guitar Humidifier. The OH-2C is identical to the OH-2, except that it allows for humidity calibration. Calibration allows the user to adjust the hygrometer +/- 5 RH points if any changes are needed. We recommend using the Boveda One-Step calibration kit (75% RH) to determine whether the hygrometer is accurate. Simply open the plastic bag holding the calibration kit and insert the OH-2C. Leave it in the bag overnight and see if the reading on the hygrometer is 75% the next day. In most conditions, the OH-2C will vary less than 3 RH % points. If the reading is not spot on 75%, the hygrometer can be easily adjusted, by following the directions on the enclosed instruction sheet packed in the box. Because relative humidity varies even inside your home, we recommend that you keep your hygrometer near your instrument. For safe placement next to a guitar sound hole, see the Oasis® OH-20 Hygrometer Holder.

When the relative humidity drops below 40%, a guitar, or any stringed musical instrument made of wood, is at risk of cracking or warping. The Oasis® Digital Hygrometer accurately measures relative humidity, helping you decide when to protect your instrument with the Oasis® Guitar Humidifier. Because relative humidity varies so much, even inside your home, we recommend that you keep your hygrometer close to your instrument.

How does it work? To get an accurate humidity reading for the guitar body, we recommend that you first lay the guitar case with the back to the floor and open the cover. Take a small piece of cloth, and place it under the hygrometer to avoid scratching the top of your guitar. Put the hygrometer on the guitar top with the sensor at the edge of the sound hole. Close the case, and allow 4-6 hours for the humidity to stabilize. Open the case and look at the reading within a few seconds, and you get the humidity reading that existed just before you opened the case.

Because the Oasis humidifier will somewhat distort the humidity reading, take readings with the Oasis humidifier in place and take readings without the Oasis humidifier. A well-humidified guitar in its case will have relatively stable humidity readings, so you don’t have to measure the humidity all the time.

Since the hygrometer is not secured, take special care NOT to move the case while the hygrometer is in this position.

Oasis Digital Hygrometer/Thermometer Features

• Guaranteed for five full years
• Super-slim profile design with secure Velcro mount fits anywhere
• Advanced humidity sensor maintains exceptional accuracy for years
• Records high/low temperatures
• Measures temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit
• On/off switch
• 3.0 v 2032 battery included - annual replacement needed

Oasis Digital Hygrometer/Thermometer Specifications

Measures: 4” x 1.25” x .375”
Humidity
Measuring Range............20% to 90% RH (Relative Humidity)
Resolution.......................... 1%
Updating time...................10 seconds
Temperature
Measuring range.................0º-50ºC or 32°-122ºF with 0.1°C/0.1ºF resolution