humidity level in humi

AQUADGIO1200

Im relative new to cigar smoking....i live 1 mile off the coast line in Souther California...my humi constantly reads around 75-76 humi all the time....unless i have the heater on it may drop to about 72-74% with a humi temp of being 66f-71f again depending on if i have my wall heater on. Is that a good level to be at? Maybe its due to living to close to he coast line? I keep my humi alway from direct sunlight and away from the wall heater. Its a 150 count humi with 3 humi-cartriges that i fill with distilled water & the hydro-meter is built in & is digital. I have had the Humi for about 1 month singe being bought new. I seasoned the humi per the manual it came with (used a damp clothed that i dipped in distilled water and lightly moistened all the internal ceder and charged up the humi-cartriges and left them in place for 24 hours and then repeated the same process...minus the re-dampening of the cedar w/cloth. When i finally placed my 125 cigars in place...the humi would read 65 and would increase every other day a point or to. Then about its finnaly reached it point @ 75-77 and thats were its been the last 2-3 weeks. So is that a safe temp & humi level for my cigars?

madurofan

AQUADGIO1200

Madurofan: Well it appears that i might of fixed the problem....i went to my local cigar lounge and bought a jar of Zykar Crystal Gel and i placed it in the hum last night and took out all 3 standard humi cartriges and the RH level is now @ 70 on the spot. Does it really matter where you place the jar? I have it on the bottom row of the humi. Thanks for your help brotha

Jetmech_63

I have one of those exact same jars in all of my humi's. I know you hear a lot about Beads on this forum but i 100% swear by gel crystals. I usually place mine in a corner but you can put them wherever you want really. I'm always spot on 68-70. I refill them with distilled water and they work great.

madurofan

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