i would imagine it would depend what condition the cigars where in to start with. however i believe that if the cigars are at the humidity you want your humidor at then they would help maintain that humidity.
Ditto... If they are a bit dryer they might lower humidity a bit... The opposite also happens... The bottomline is in the long run the more cigars you have the better maintained your humidity will be...
Every time I have recieved a shipment from Ccom My humidity jumps up a couple points for about a day or two but it settles right back down after that. I have also noticed that when I threw in a couple cigars from another online store the humidity dropped because they were fairly dry (these sticks are still in my humi after 6 months because they were so dry, that is why I only order from Ccom now).
Every time I have recieved a shipment from Ccom My humidity jumps up a couple points for about a day or two but it settles right back down after that. I have also noticed that when I threw in a couple cigars from another online store the humidity dropped because they were fairly dry (these sticks are still in my humi after 6 months because they were so dry, that is why I only order from Ccom now).
if im not mistaken cigar.com keeps their ware house as close to 70/70 as they can. I keep my humidor at 65%rH. every time i get cigars from them, my humidor goes up as well.
yeah, my last shipment from ccom was 40 cigars, and my RH shot up around 76-77%, crazy! I took my beads out and everything settled back down to around 68%, which stayed there no problem for a few days till i had to put my beads back in. I got a little kick out of the RH staying put while my beads were out.
I also think that those humicare pillows run a little high on the humidity. They say they hold 67%, but I have clocked them in a bag with 5 cigars at 74% or so. Which is fine for shipping/storage, but it explains why your humidity will spike a little with a fresh stash
So after adding 20 sticks to my humi the rh dropped to 59%. the sticks came from ccom but since i'm north of the border they took two weeks to get here. i tossed in some humi care pillows and put the foam humidifier back in for a bit. my humi is still rather empty, but before adding the new sticks it was right at 65% with just the 4oz heartfelt 65% tube. with the opening of the humi it's now sitting at 58%. what should i do?
So after adding 20 sticks to my humi the rh dropped to 59%. the sticks came from ccom but since i'm north of the border they took two weeks to get here. i tossed in some humi care pillows and put the foam humidifier back in for a bit. my humi is still rather empty, but before adding the new sticks it was right at 65% with just the 4oz heartfelt 65% tube. with the opening of the humi it's now sitting at 58%. what should i do?
mine take 2 weeks to get here and are never dry.
are you sure the hygro is calibrated? that be the first thing to check. and how empty is the humi??
I've tried the dollar bill test with a piece of news paper. And there was definitely resistance in pulling it out. I may have to try Laker's experiment.
This morning with the humidity at 65% I took out all the cigars and humidification sources to try Laker's experiment. When I put the tray and hygro back in the read out had fallen to the low 50's, and within a few minutes it was up at around 60%. About an hour later it read 62% where it stayed until about 30 minutes ago, where it's now at 61%. So far it's been about 7 hours. We'll see what it says in the morning. But so far it seems like things are good....... I think.
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