Just a little update... I went ahead and got the Boveda kit, put both hygros in for 24 hours and the results......
bout the same as the salt test. One off by 4% and one off by 5%. Just as I had origianlly suspected and observed in the beaded environment. Oh yeah... changed batterys.... same thing.
This confirmed what I think I already knew.... buy beads... forget about it!
mac