I heard must regulate the RH from time to time. Some people put too much of Hippo, RH to low, it would cause your DSLR rubber grip part to deteriorate, hardened and crack. It would also suck out the moisture of the lubricant in the lens mechanism. it depending on how u regulate the RH manually, try and error, maybe open cover from time to time... I heard 2 Hippo very sufficient ad depending on box size and how good the seal is.

This post has been edited by Holyjolly: May 1 2013, 10:33 AM

hmm if i gonna open it and use sometimes leh? the lens and camera... like that RH need regulate @ around where ah? 2 hippo for how big d box? if like erm... like the size of a 60L fridge? square one

still very mafan that's why wanna get digital dry cabinet easier D: but so much more exp T.T

ltr i go check see dry box how much ba... need easy to carry around one...

Get a dry cabinet dude... it's small investment to protect your camera.

for pricing, you can refer here. I've purchased mine from this shop:
http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/Digitals...-C1-29675-1.htm

You bought Octopus brand? so far still okay? good performance?

im studying in india, i duno is this good or not, cuz wan it be portable so can bring back malaysia...
http://www.gadgets.in/ailite-dry-box-for-d...era-alt-11.html

duno got the make air dry de thing onot... just got hygrometer there state ><

or this good ma?
http://www.ebay.in/itm/CA30-DRY-BOX-CABINE...#ht_8143wt_1554

i need dry box nia portable >< cant afford cabinet, cant take up airplane ltr @@


or should i just DIY one? =)

This post has been edited by BlizzardCraft: May 2 2013, 12:26 AM

yup.. Octopus... so far so good.. been a year and still performing very well.

So many here and affordable

http://shashinki.com/shop/-c-36.html?osCsi...b4de9924e02a6c3

I heard this from somewhere. You can buy those plastic cabinet n throw in some silica packets to keep ur camera in good condition. I've personally not tried it yet though

I just got Aipo Cabinet,

Quality not bad, as least I know my camera is in good hand

which model?

I was in this dilemma too last year.
at last i picked up an Aipo 26L dry cabinet for peace of mind.

so far so good and good for small quantity of stuff.
inside has a D5100 with kit lens, a binocular (1KG and kinda big), one analog watch.

still able to squeeze in a prime lens and a speedlight i guess, though never try. but thats the max it can hold.

its analog right? any difficulties for putting the right setting up?

u mean the hygrometer? it is digital, u can buy a third party digital hygrometer and put inside, no big deal and not expensive also.

the humidity controller is just a turning knob to adjust the humidity level, very easy to operate.
if the humidity level is too high in the box after several hours of running, u try to adjust it then wait for several hours to let it get stable and observe the reading again. if still not ideal then re-adjust again. simple as that.

but from my observation, although the knob is not adjusting, the humidity level might rise or drop depending on the weather condition.
as long as it is within 40-50% RH then i think that is fine.

Awesome, thanks =)

Does anyone try this electrical dehumidier?

http://shashinki.com/shop/aipo-karakka-30d...ier-p-7272.html

or http://www.lelong.com.my/octopus-rechargea...3-11-Sale-P.htm


As I'm staying outside with others, it is quite difficult for me to get a electric plug for usual dry cabinet like this http://shashinki.com/shop/aipo-analog-seri...ack-p-5234.html.

Any review from anyone who bought electrical dehumidier before?

I'm using this...

http://www.aipo.com.my/karakka.html

Comes with a rechargeable dehumidifier...

I buy a big digital display temp/RH from Jln Pasar as the small analog RH meter is very hard to see... see the link below as sample...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Temp...K-/310491447070

When RH is over the recommended level, take out a few hours to recharge la...

I'm also using the karraka dry box. It comes with that electrical dehumidifier. Charge it few hours til the beads turn from pink to blue.

Basically the electrical dehumidifier is like this: You charge it up for absorption. Each charge is a one time absorption to bring the humidity down. You have to experiment the level of charge to get the humidity level result to want. To me I prefer to charge half way where the beads are light blue and not dark blue. So when you put it in it dehumidifies the box close to 40%, while if it was dark blue it might bring it down close to 30% and sometimes under.

You should get one if you dun want to spend a huge amount for lens cleaning later...