Traditional Salt Test vs. Boveda one step calibration

[mrmsav]

So once I get the digital hygro calibrated, how long should I leave it in my humi, before I consider it an accurate reading?

Keep in mind, due to ignorance on my part, and incompetence on the part of the local store that sold it to me (No mention of seasoning, or anything else), when I bought it about a month or so ago, I just soaked the sponge in humidification liquid, and dumped some sticks in. It was ok, for about a week. A few weeks later the humidity in the air here really spiked. I found my sticks way too humid, could even tell by touch. Less than a week ago it was 87% in the room I keep my humi in. Tonight it is reading 53% r/h.

When it spiked a few weeks ago, I took the sticks out threw them in a ziploc bag. Figured I would do this until I could get my humi under control.

Any help or opinions are more than welcome.

Thanks