There’s the cube shaped one that takes 6L and claims 380ml/hour
And then there’s the tower style one of that takes 9L but it doesn’t say how much ML/H and it doesn’t specify whether it’s an ultrasonic or invisible mist.
The tower one would push humidity higher up since it stands taller.
In my experience ultrasonic raises humidity quicker, and is what I prefer.
The tower one is on sale for like half of its normal price, but the cube shaped one is even cheaper.
The cube shaped one has all the information you could ask about it, while the tower shaped one doesn’t really have any details (doesn’t specify whether it’s ultrasonic or invisible, and doesn’t specify is ML/hr). But the tower one visually looks good.
Which would you go with? What factors would you use to help you make the decision?
I did the humidifier on the tent floor and hated the control problems. Setting up with an inkbird outlet controller gave me a 6% rh swing as the unit over swings and under swings due to design. Go to the point I had to set up a relay to start the humidity whenever the duct fan ran.
Look I know the outside units are expensive but at least I had a couple of humidifiers to try it out on and a outlet controller from an aquarium. You will spend money trying to stoner engineer the humidifier only to cramp your tent or grow space or even worse drop the water tank on a plant during refill.
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I bought the big 19 litre ac infinity unit as I will use it in a bigger tent when I expand.
Why do you want to increase the humidity?
Plants growing in a tent will get a high humidity and you shouldn’t need to increase it. Most people have to use a dehumidifier to reduce humidity, especially during flowering.
If you want to increase the humidity in a room, you can put a bucket of water in there. You can use any container capable of holding water and just have trays with water in the tent if you have a low humidity.
You can put the plant pots on blocks in a shallow container of water to raise humidity around the plant. The blocks keep the plant roots out of the container of water and the water raises moisture in the air.
You can use a spray bottle with water in and spray that in the room/ tent a couple of times a day to increase the humidity.
I would monitor the humidity in the tent and try using containers of water before outlaying money on a humidifier.
This particular tent is located outdoors without a lung room due to limited space, and outside humidity gets low which is why I need humidifier. I have humidity controllers and a humidifier already, but am just shy of the RH that I want, so I’m looking to get a better humidifier.
The tall slim one will probably take up less space in the tent.
If you have air moving around the inside of the tent it shouldn’t matter which humidifier you use. A small oscillating fan would provide air movement and distribute the moisture around the tent more evenly.
It doesn’t have gallons of capacity but I’ve tried the other kinds of self controlled humidifiers table top and tower ones. Just not accurate enough and most don’t turn back on after being shut off and power restored unlike the fogger and can’t be used as such unfortunately.
You can also make your own with a bucket or tote using a drop in ultrasonic fog maker and a fan blowing over the water. Being outside this may be your best bet. You can control the capacity and the output.
I keep it simple so I usually look for top feed units for ease of use, refills can suck if you have to dismantle the unit daily. Next most important for me is a “night light” option so it’s dark when it needs to be. And the more water I can fill it up with the better!
I went with @Serf idea of building my own and ordered two mist units with outputs of 300-400ML/HR.
I had the idea of building one in the past and figure this is a good time to try it.
I definitely agree that the AC Infinity T3 looks like a great option and would definitely be my best bet; however I have a limited amount of money on my card rn.
The T3 is pretty cheap, I’ll admit, and I’ll look into buying one soon, but until then i want to try the DIY option.
I appreciate everyone’s input, and I will let y’all know when I do finally get the T3.
My local grow buddy has just harvested his 2nd harvest using the 69pro+ and a complete VDP program grow with fantastic results. That controller really works well and is dead on for keeping the numbers consistent thruout the grow.
As much as i hate “ai” im thinking of trying out their newest controller. You set the parameters and the ai keeps it all on point without you needing to fiddle with stuff.
If i let AI control everything they might set off my 8in exhausts at full blast and when those are above 5 they start sounding like a jet taking off i think the neighbors might get nosey if they see the shop trying to take flight
