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Marx Pio:
From my field experience with electronic field recorders and junction boxes in the jungle, silica bags wear out quite fast. I usually put the calculator in the bag when I´m home (which is thankfully cold and dry) and seal it, keeping it so until I get back. It works. Could work also sealing the bag in an air conditioned room (cold and dry too) before field use.
Regarding notebooks, mine never leaves my air-conditioned-to-65°F camper. Otherwise it gets so wet that water drips from the screen and keyboard; the touchpads just doesn't work.
Once in a well I got a radio station that broadcasted a daily weather report, which included relative humidity; day to day it was always 97%. After a week of listening the same number, I just turned the radio off and never turned it on again. I actually saw that well's drilling rig doghouse growing some kind of weed once.