You definitely should monitor the room humidity with a separate gauge that is located across the room from the humidifier. ![]() You should be able to get a fairly capable system consisting of those two items for under $50. The types that leave dust are ultrasonic and impeller portable humidifiers. Preferably the type that doesn't leave a white dust all over. For the more serious winter months, I need the aforementioned "whole house" humidifier, which allows me to control the level a bit more accurately and it only needs to be filled every few days.įor those of you with guitars that you don't want to adjust constantly or in some cases destroy, you should have at a minimum, two things: A humidity gauge/hygrometer and some sort of humidifier. It needs to be filled daily, but it can get me through the fall months and some of the winter. One such type that I have is made by Vicks. Normally I can get away with using a small humidifier in the warmer winter months. This has resulted in me having to bump things up to a "whole house" humidifier for a room that is around 15x15ft/sq. At the moment, we are experiencing outdoor temps around -3 to -11F. ![]() I try to keep the humidity between 45-50%RH year round. I have a small room in my basement where I keep guitars and some other musical do dads. Here in the northeast US we're having a bit of a cold snap at the moment, and the amount of water I'm pumping into my music room to keep things around 50%RH, has prompted me to create this post. ![]() The time when the temps go down, along with the ambient moisture in our homes.
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