I have several questions. I made my first humidor purchase several days ago and followed both the Cigar Aficionado 101 humidor seasoning instructions and the instructions that came with the humidor.
According to the Aficionado 101 section, if a wet sponge that I place in a humidor is still moist after a few nights, the humidor is in good shape to store cigars. The only problem is is that I'm personally not confident that it is because my hygrometer, by the time I checked the second night, stated that it was 80.
How do I know if my humidifying device is working properly? If you open a humidor and put your hand inside, should you "feel" anything?
Thanks!
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I'm glad this topic came up. I also just got my new & 1st Humidor. The Hygrometer has been sitting in a plastic container for over 6hrs with the salt & water. I had to use reverse osmosis water since thats all I have in my lab at work. It seems to be pinned at 70% & looks like I can't calibrate. Here is my actual question, the hygrometer came with a plastic O-ring type of thing around the circumference covering several holes, I've tried with it on & off still get 70%. Is this O-ring thing used just for shipping or is it a part of the meter? Also looks like I will always have to take into account the 5% difference.
I am on my second humidor and in my experience the analog hygrometer never works. Your best bet is to go buy a digital. For the first week after I bought my digital it was reading 70 and my analog was reading 80.
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Originally posted by tprice: I have another question for a somewhat newbie to humidors. What is the can of gel type stuff for.
Is it a long skinny tube of like rock looking things? Because those are just a humidification device that some people swear by and others don't. I've never tried them but they apparently keep a more consistent humidity.
Originally posted by Prof Punch: I'm glad this topic came up. I also just got my new & 1st Humidor. The Hygrometer has been sitting in a plastic container for over 6hrs with the salt & water. I had to use reverse osmosis water since thats all I have in my lab at work. It seems to be pinned at 70% & looks like I can't calibrate. Here is my actual question, the hygrometer came with a plastic O-ring type of thing around the circumference covering several holes, I've tried with it on & off still get 70%. Is this O-ring thing used just for shipping or is it a part of the meter? Also looks like I will always have to take into account the 5% difference.
Yea I would seriously look into just getting rid of that one. Invest in a digital, they are better. More accurate, sometimes they are off a bit but they never fluctuate as much as a analog.
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