First humidor seasoning - 87%?
Hi guys. I received my desktop humidor yesterday from CheapHumidors. It is a Capri 25 Ct. glass-top. Has a built-in, analog hygrometer. Also Has a solid sealing mechanism, as it requires an extra push to close when you let the top fall down freely.
I wiped down the entire humidor with distilled water, and let the sponge sit inside with a digital hygrometer as well. The digital hygrometer is reading between 85-87% RH, while the built-in analog is reading 72%. It has been just over 24 hours.
Ive just removed the sponge and put in a humidifier puck charged with XIKAR 70% PG solution inside the humidor and shut it, about an hour ago.
What is is my next move? Thank you!
(I’m keeping my current cigars in a travel humi, using the Xikar 70% PG solution)
I wiped down the entire humidor with distilled water, and let the sponge sit inside with a digital hygrometer as well. The digital hygrometer is reading between 85-87% RH, while the built-in analog is reading 72%. It has been just over 24 hours.
Ive just removed the sponge and put in a humidifier puck charged with XIKAR 70% PG solution inside the humidor and shut it, about an hour ago.
What is is my next move? Thank you!
(I’m keeping my current cigars in a travel humi, using the Xikar 70% PG solution)
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Calibrate your Hygrometers to see which is more accurate.
Seasoning a humidor should take one to two weeks.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
RH has remained steady completely without the sponge, and using humi puck with Xikar 70% PG.
Is RH just supposed to continue to drop each day? Do I do anything else? Or just keep it closed until the RH reaches desired %?
Analog hydrometers don’t work, go with the digit as long as you calibrated it. Boveda packs are much easier than the puck. You would be good with 2 of the 60 gram packs.
Then start planning your next humidor because that 25 ct will be full after you get caught up in one sale.
Is the Rh remaining steady at 72% or 81%?
Is the Rh "remaining steady without the sponge" or "is RH just supposed to continuing to drop each day"?
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
analog hygrometer is keeping steady at 72%, digital is now at 78%.
Progress. It seems the analog is more accurate at this point, no? If it’s remaining constant, and it’s the digital that’s dropping?
im going to let it continue to sit shut - seems to be going the way it should right? Will also pick up some Bovedas today and swap them with the puck.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Will continue to keep an eye on it and post back. Hoping to see some more drop after work today, and after adding a Boveda packet to the humidor.
Guess I’m just confused about which hygro to use as base, especially if the analog has remained consistent at 72%.
Also, won’t cigars suck up some moisture and drop RH inside once they’re put in?
Just curious, but what method did you use to calibrate your hygrometers?
Welcome @Gags1892 (You seem legit.)
I have heard of "sure seal technology" on lots of humidors, but I have never heard of a "solid sealing mechanism" as a term used describing humidor seals. In my experience, the lid is supposed to close under it's own weight, without an extra push, unless this is some new thing I have never seen. But my initial impression is that your seal is too tight or binding at some place around the lid and this is requiring you to exert an extra push to close it. Maybe that's OK and makes a good seal, maybe not......... Probably not.
I ask you at this point to take no offence at what I'm about to say. I'm confident in my assessment that your humidor is junk. Your decision to buy this piece of junk does not reflect badly on you. It reflects badly on the industry that cranks out these cheap humidors and preys on an almost universal assumption that anyone who owns more than a handful of cigars needs a wooden desktop humidor.
You are not alone. All of us have been where you are right now, struggling to understand all the variables and obstacles of getting a new humidor to perform well. Here on the forum we get new guys like you asking all the same questions. Just wiped down my first humidor, why won't my RH drop? Why won't my RH rise? Why won't my RH stop rising and falling?
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
OK, my actual advice to you is to start googling coolidors, because everybody needs a back-up parachute. Click on the link below. This would be a good starter cooler.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-28-Quart-Performance-Cooler/23427946?athcpid=23427946&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=16410008-c4a-1683dc3aa39747&athena=true
I use the coleman xtreme line of coolers exclusively. The lids seal well, and My desktop humidors fit inside them nicely.
Update:
digital hydro: 74%
analog: staying 72%
RH seems to be getting to where it needs to be. I have a Boveda 69 on the side ready to be used. By tomorrow (hopefully), the humidor will have been “seasoning” for 72 hours. If RH is around 72%, do I continue to let it go lower? Or add cigars and a Boveda?
When do I add my sticks?
Totally get it. Will keep it here for some time....
ive added about 8 sticks into the humidor, and 2 Boveda 69% packs.
RH has been back and forth between 60- 62%. Not sure if my environment is playing a role (live in NJ - really cold/harsh this time of year). Room temp is 69.
Does in or out if cellophane make a difference?
Update: RH holding steady at 62%
Thanks for all the help help guys!