Welcome! First have you calibrated the stock hygrometer? Second I wouldn't throw it out unless it's under the lid. Third yeah you might want too reseason it.
You have calibrated the hygrometer, right? Even analogue's can be close, especially when new. You most likely will not need to reseason the humi if it was done right, it should be OK as long as you have RH even the PG solution works fine although you will want to toss that later too. Most likely it is off because you only have a couple of sticks in it. When low or full RH can drop. You might also try the dollar bill test to make sure the humi is sealing properly too.
Hi lee and thanks for the response! I did not calibrate the analog hygrometer so as far as I know the humidity could be way off. That being said should I just open my humidor and let it dry out, then start over when I have my digital hygro?
I would not I would keep it and simply do a salt test and set the hygro as close as you can for now. Just google salt test and you should be ready to go.
Put your cigars in a ziplock bag with a humidifier in there. Take a dish of distilled water and place it in your humidor for three days. Them put the humidifier back in...if it's the one that came with the humidor I'd throw it out and buy boveda or beads!! Pucks are known for growing mold. But let the humidor stable out for a day then add the sticks and you'll be ok
Thanks everybody for the responses. A little bit more info: 100ct humidor with analog hygrometer installed on top(can't remove). I seasoned the humidor by wiping down w distilled water and also leaving a cup of distiller water in it a couple different times due to low humidity reading. Should I just wait until I get the digital hygro, see what it reads and go from there? Just want to do this right before I start adding some more pricey sticks. FYI it has been reading 60-65 for the last couple weeks.
I guess my game plan is wait for the new digi hygro, calibrate, then test my humidors ph and go from there. Any other suggestions? And once again thanks for the responses!
Rich
Is the analog hygro inside, or "part" of the humi?
Unfortunately part of the humi.....looks nice but unfortunately not as accurate as digital.
It pops out though, right? I have one just like it on my 50ct. Get the digital in there, after the digital has been in there a few hours, you can pop the analog out, and set it to what the digital was before you took the analog off. BOOM! Analog calibrated!
Im assuming you did a salt test on the hygrometer if not you'll want to do it. Even the digital you'll want to do a salt test because they are not always spot on but they are very consistent once you got it calibrated. But it's nothing to fret about you can keep your smokes in a ziplock bag till the humi is ready. I think we all make it more complicated then it is when we first start out. Plus winter time can take longer to get a humi properly seasoned.
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