"Try adjusting the hygrometer up to 40% or so right now, and then check it again in a day or 2. "
I did that and the adjustment I would move the arm to 75 and it would just spring back to 0 or I mean it would go even lower than 0 arm pointing south strait to the bottom.
hypothetical situation : meter bad put it back in humidor purchase a electronic one for the humidor and then start to work on seal etc...
of just by a new one
jgibv,
thank you so much for your help I really do appreciate it. I my mother got this for me and if I can make it work I would like too.
thank you ,
Retired CS1, USN
So, I may still need help. The RH dropped to 60 so I took out the cigars and put them in a tupperware with two 69 Boveda packs. I then put the sponge back in the humidor and let it sit for a few more days. It read 85 or so consistently for those few days. After I took the sponge out the humidor stayed around 70 for a day. I then restocked the humidor and put in two 72 Boveda packs. It seems now, and the humidor is pretty much full (although I have been chipping away at it), that the RH doesn't get much above 63. It hovers right at 63. Now it has been pretty dry for a few days, with cooler weather. But I guess I thought with the Boveda packs the RH would be higher if everything was stable inside.
Any thoughts?
I will say the cigars I'm having smoke just fine. In fact, I had five Ashton cigars shipped a while back. They took over a week to get here, and when I smoked one, and it was dry as hell and tasted pretty bitter and harsh. I had one last night however, and it seemed pretty perfect to me.
Ok got the Humidor runny like a champ meter is reading 69% receiving more sticks tomorrow from CC Arganese Mundor now I do not have all of the draws filled with sticks yet I was told to put some bubble wrap or foam in the draws I will not be using until I have cigars for them. I wa told this is because you would be humitfying space for nothing is that sound add vice? and is Styrofoam ok ?
Getting this cigar thing right is a real pain. So I'm already beginning to outgrow my 50 ct so I bought a 150 ct, which should be good for a while. I still plan to use the old one as well. First off I got a new humidor off CCOM and the hinge is loose. Not where it is bolted in but rather the arc part of the hinge that guides the lid down. only the right side. Don't know what to do, or if that is a big problem. It'll be a real hassle to send that back.
The next thing is that the humidor came with a digital hygrometer. It said not to calibrate it, as it comes calibrated, and, actually, there doesn't appear to be a way to calibrate it at all. I did a boveda test and waited more than 24 hours, but the humidity level fluctuated constantly, generally 3 or 4 percentage points above 75. I would say it is just off, but the fact that it was still fluctuating-- I don't get why it would do that rather than settle somewhere. I suppose I should buy a new hygrometer?
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