The - Salt Test 101

CastleCrest

Cigars taste best when they are kept at the right RH.
RH stands for Relative humidity.
It is important to test your hygrometers for accuracy.
This is done by something called a salt test.
Salt test is pretty simple to do, here is how I do it:
Take a plastic bottle cap and fill it with Kosher salt.
Add just enough water to make a paste.
I use Distilled water, the same water I use for my humidor.
Place to bottle cap in a glass jar or Tupperware container.
(I have heard of people using ziplock bags{doubled} but find it harder that way.
Place your Hygrometer in the container and let sit over night.
Salt gives off an RH of 75%
The next day you look at the reading on your Hygrometer and see how close it is.
Make a note - or + from the 75% mark and your done.
I like to keep my cigars at 63%-64%

I know 70% is recommended in most places, I find it to high & IMHO
My cigars smoke better at 64%
Hope this helps you smoke better tasting cigars!
CC

EJS54

Thanks for the tip. I will try this tomorrow evening as I have 2 that read out differently in my primary igloodor. I have used a variety of methods, some by the products instructions.....they seem to work more or less, usually less.

--Eric

jihiggs

If salt puts out 75%, shouldn't the hygro read 75% also?

CastleCrest

jihiggs:

If salt puts out 75%, shouldn't the hygro read 75% also?

Yes -

Rdp77

Anyone done this lately?

Yakster

No need, Boveda.

Vision

@Rdp77 said:
Anyone done this lately?

I only use salt in recipes. No matter how much salt I use, Hygrometers taste awful. Boveda!

OutdoorsSmoke_21191

I’ve done this only to calibrate my digital hygrometers. Caveat…I do this so my Bluetooth humidity alerts are more accurate. Overkill…yessir.

Rdp77

I don’t even have a hygrometer. Just looked like a good one to necro.

IndustMech

@Rdp77 said:
I don’t even have a hygrometer. Just looked like a good one to necro.

Challenging Chris?

VegasFrank

@Rdp77 said:
I don’t even have a hygrometer. Just looked like a good one to necro.

Pro level dry beg there

Rdp77

@VegasFrank said:

@Rdp77 said:
I don’t even have a hygrometer. Just looked like a good one to necro.

Pro level dry beg there

I don’t have any damn candela Fuentes either…and there’s a good reason for that too.

VegasFrank

@Rdp77 said:

@VegasFrank said:

@Rdp77 said:
I don’t even have a hygrometer. Just looked like a good one to necro.

Pro level dry beg there

I don’t have any damn candela Fuentes either…and there’s a good reason for that too.

Noted. At least that'll be something to put into the hygrometer care package!

ShawnOL

Doing the salt test always makes my hygrometer taste salty.