Hi All! I've been meaning for some time to post something about one of my favorite tools. This is a digital, solid-state, hygrometer/thermometer (humid./temp. gauge) which I've been carrying for better than a year now. It is 5.7" long, 1.2" wide, and 0.6" thick, and is equiped with a clip to allow carrying in a shirt pocket or belt (which I don't do, but could). this gauge is extremely handy and actually fits unobtrusively in my tool case! i use a gehnk (?) case for tools and Accu-Tuner (from Schaff) and the gauge, in its carrying case, fits neatly above the Accu-Tuner keyboard and just below the removable tool pallet. I have had different attache-type cases and have carried a variety of temp/humid. gauges in them but was always unsatisfied with the bulkiness and/or fragility of the gauges. This one is small, light, easy to read, and the batteries last for half a year or better. As its bottom is slightly rounded and it keeps falling over when placed on the top of the pinblock, struts, etc, I attach it via two small velcro (TM) buttons to the top of my Accu-Tuner. this gives me (and my clients/Faculty/students) even more to look at whether I'm watching the lights or tuning aurally. The gauge reads temp. in either f. or c. scales and tracks min/max readings in both temp. and humid. and lists for under $50. It is carried by Markson, a scientific supply company with a catalog (free) well worth having even if only to browse through. Their phone is 1-800-528-5114. Markson also offeres a variety of similar gauges, both digital and analog, at competetive prices. Jensen Tools, now a division of Stanley (?) and also a neat (free) catalog, also offers the gauge for a slightly higher price. the index lists only one hygrometer/thermometer on pg. 110 but that's the analog Airguide. This one is on pg. 90 (the index calls it just a thermometer). Stanley's phone is 1-800-426-1194. thanks for listening, I feel better now! Alan Crane, RPT Wichita State University crane@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
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