Care for Condenser?

[Pitseleh]

I remember reading a while back the it is a must to pack up your condenser mics each time you use them or they will be ruined from the humidity. Is that true? I've been leaving my cheap Samson C01 on the stand after I use it for over a year and I don't hear any difference.

Reason I'm asking is that I'm about to get a AT4050 and was wondering if I should get a case for it.

 

[crazydoc]

Read this:
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/415/0/

 

[Ironklad Audio]

it'll be alright staying on the stand, but make sure to cover it up with a plastic bag - preferably with a little silica packet in it

there's a local guy around here who has a stephen paul-modded 50's U47, and he leaves the thing on the stand all the time with a bag on it