Newbie you guys know we ask alll the Q's!

cooch36

I season my Humi (50) and salt tested my hygrometer calibrated and rechecked all was good. Owned since x-mas. after a week hygrometer jumped to eighty and over a couple of days came back down. I've been recieving a weekly shipment of smokes and putting them in. They became hard and if i squeeze the make cracking sounds. the wrappers seem a little flaked on some. when i smoke the soften up after a 1/2" of smoking. bought new digital hygrometer Don salvatore and gettting 58% now cigars feel very dry compared to last week. but original hygrometer said 70% in same humi! old hygro seemed steady at 70% with little fluctuation. Am i killing my orphans? Just filled humidifier was very dry, new digital said 58% when it would normaly only take a little bit of fluid, it took a tone this time. I fill every couple of days. any suggestions would be great. bought new crystal humid for a coolidor to store overflow. Does Hard = over humi

Krieg

kuzi16

bigharpoon

cooch36

Good suggestion I will do just that. My new digital does not have a calibration should i trust it?

laker1963

The Cank

I personally hate the salt test ... Did I add enough water to the salt... did I add too much... I would use the Boveda calibration kit.... no worries with that !!

ThinBluLine06

I have 2 digital Hygros, did salt test on each....were readin in the upper 50's..... I bought the Boveda calibration kit....spot on....one Hygro read 76% and the other was at 75%......In my expierence, the salt to distilled H2O has to be dang near perfect in order for it to work...not a fan..... When in doubt, get the Boveda calibration kit....approx 4.95 from numerous sites.....worked perfect for me... P.S. im a newby too, most of my luck has been trial and error with most of my help from the experts here on the Ccom fourms!

ironhorse

bigharpoon:

Usually hard equals under-humidified.

funny, when I am hard I think it's over-humidified. Badum-ching......

The Cank

ironhorse:

bigharpoon:

Usually hard equals under-humidified.

funny, when I am hard I think it's over-humidified. Badum-ching......

Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha

cooch36

thats funny right there! Thanks everyone I've done the salt test several times and not accurate at all will buy a kit. I am pretty anal and still cannot get a consistant reading! No Anal Jokes pls!

Russ55

cooch36:

Thanks everyone I've done the salt test several times and not accurate at all will buy a kit.

Those kits are great. That's what I ended up doing when I was first getting into cigars. I just couldn't get the salt thing to work. Afterwards I kicked myself for not buying the kit sooner.

gmill880

While your ordering a Boveda Calibration Kit go ahead and do yourself a huge favor...buy the Boveda Packs for humidification. They come in several different RH'S I use the 69's . I'm at a constant 66-69 winter or summer ...a tad bit more expensive in the long run than beads but no hassel at all , drop in and forget for about 8-10 weeks and then repeat. No worrying about overcharged-undercharged beads etc etc . The MOST hassel free way to go by far !!!

madurofan

Gotta agree with Gene here, they are by far the most consistent things I have used. But in a large humi they get rather expensive.