mister or fogger?

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I like controllers vrs timers for humidity controls.
Also misters are better for planted tanks than foggers.
Foggers will increase air humidity almost instantly.
whereas misters take a little bit longer and tend to over shoot the set point.
As the water droplets that land on surfaces that aren't permeable will let the water evaporate fairly quickly.
whereas permeable objects like substrate , unsealed wood and some rocks will soak water up and release it slowly
keeping the humidity steady.
That is why when I clean out my enclosure and moisten my substrate properly my fogger doesn't come on for days.
And by then I can see that almost 1/4in of substrate has dried and is a lighter color.
but the fogger shuts down after 30 seconds and then runs like every 2 hrs. 30 seconds at a time.

[DigitalPunk]

I personally use the MistKing setup. I love it!! As Carlos said it is well worth the investment. I have a ZooMed Hydrotherm but do not use it to control the humidity. Instead I use the KistKing seconds timer to turn the mister on and off in intervals throughout the day to keep the humidity in my Red-Eyed Leaf Frog terrarium where I want it.

I think as you will see from responses on your thread that there are several ways to go about increasing the humidity in your tank. I don't think there is one Right or wrong way to do it.

I do not like controllers for humidity unless you are using a fogger. My Hydrotherm swamped out my tank when I tried to use it to control the humidity. That is when I decided controlling the mister with the timer was the way to go.