D'Addario 2 way humidipack, clip missing? and other questions

[simonpyman]

As a follow up to my earlier enquiry about this system, I opened it the other day to give it a try but noticed that the clip that holds the pack over the strings in the sound hole is missing... or is it? Did I get a box without the clip? wanted to ask if this was the case before I take it back to the guitar store... seems strange that it would be missing the clip yet the box only mentions 3 humidipacks and 2 holders (1 for headstock and 1 for the soundhole)... another question is that the soundhole holder is supposed to hold 2 packs but there is no way that that will fit between the strings... am I missing something or should I look for a different brand/system?

[timfitz63]

Difficult to say from your description which Humidipak version you got.  The older style did not have a 'dowel-and-clip' single pouch that holds two of the Humidipaks inside the sound hole; instead it had (what I call) saddlebags -- two joined pouches that straddled all of the strings.  The older saddlebag design was better for acoustic guitars, I think.

If you have the newer version (two separate pouches as opposed to a single pouch with a 'saddlebag' pouch), it sounds like it didn't get packed properly with all of the necessary bits.  If you still want to give the Humidipak system a try (and it does work well), you'll need to exchange the one you have for one that's fully equipped.  The 'dowel-and-clip' pouch will go down through the strings, but you might have to spread them a bit in order to get it to pass down into the sound hole.

[Frettingflyer]

Simon, it sounds like you were given an incomplete package. That said, you can now get them without the "clip" in the old style. I just signed on to start a thread on the subject.
http://www.unofficialtaylorguitarforum.com/index.php?topic=7611.0
May be worth an exchange?