What good is a 75% humidity pack for?

[Chingo]

Alright, so I might have made a dummy n00b mistake. I threw in a 75% Boveda humidity pack in with a recent order to save on shipping and I figure it's better than no humidity pack (it's all they had in stock). I did more reading in the meantime and I realized it'll probably encourage mold. It's still unopened, so what should I do with it? Will it be a big mold risk if I use it?

[MajorCaptSilly]

I reckon you could use it to season a new humidor or put it in with some over-dry sticks to bring them back to life.

MCS

[dunng]

Hygrometer calibration... :tu

[ucla695]

Or shipping to the Middle East...:ss

[wayner123]

Hygrometer calibration... :tu

This is exactly what it is made for.

[sikk50]

I use to use one when I first started, but that was short lived.

[Darrell]

This is exactly what it is made for.

Actually no, it's made because in some part of the world people are crazy and want their cigars soggy, so they buy 75%. :r

[sikk50]

Wouldn't supprise me. I've been told a lot of people in Europe perfer them around 52-55%

[Darrell]

Wouldn't supprise me. I've been told a lot of people in Europe perfer them around 52-55%

Anything above 55% smokes fine for me. :2

[Cigarbud]

I would have to agree and say that a good use for it would be calibrating a new hygrometer. Open it, put it in a ziplock bag with the new hygrometer and let it sit for a half day sealed. Calibrate it off of that. Works a lot better than the old salt test.

[cherrybomb]

season your humi or calibrate that hygroset hygrometer

[Red]

im sure its fine for afew days...i keep my humidity at 68-70

[sodomanaz]

Humidipaks are used for far more than cigars. 75% can be used to store food stuffs like raisins and brown sugar. They also make humidipaks in much lower than "acceptable" for cigars for things such as wood instruments, saxophone reeds, spices, and more. First time I saw one was at a music shop ;)

[montecristo#2]

I think the seasoning packets are actually 85%.

If I remember correctly, the calibration kit comes with a 75.5% packet that is much smaller.

I think if you have a glass top humidor that does not seal well, you could probably use a 75% packet and just monitor the humidity. It might keep it closer to 70%. Also, they typically recommend using one packet per 50 cigars plus one additional packet. So a 100 ct humidor would actually need 3 packets, which seems a little crazy to me (that is a lot of space to take up and not to mention could get rather expensive).

I know when I used these, I would put two 69% packets in my 100 count and the humidity was usually closer to 65-66%.

[Don Fernando]

Wouldn't supprise me. I've been told a lot of people in Europe perfer them around 52-55%

that is for different kinds of cigars. The dry cigars are supposed to be smoked that dry.

[adampc22]

Wouldn't supprise me. I've been told a lot of people in Europe perfer them around 52-55%

us in britain like our cigars at like 70% its to humid in the air to get the humis to go lower than that enyway lol its prity much 100% in the air all the time lol

[HK3-]

Growing mold. ;)

[Ahbroody]

Anything above 55% smokes fine for me. :2

Agreed. I actually keep most items at around 60 on most things I am smoking. Most the Juan lopez I have smoked seem wet even at 60 and seem to smoke better at less then this.

[ethanjhall]

I would have to agree and say that a good use for it would be calibrating a new hygrometer. Open it, put it in a ziplock bag with the new hygrometer and let it sit for a half day sealed. Calibrate it off of that. Works a lot better than the old salt test.

Keep it half-open? Why not completely sealed?

[68TriShield]

Wouldn't supprise me. I've been told a lot of people in Europe perfer them around 52-55%

Well what do you know!
I'm European and I've never been there :D

[Chingo]

Hmm okay, I took all the suggestions and put the Boveda pack in a ziplock bag with a digital and analog hygrometer. First just in a bag, then I switched bags, then I left the bag half open letting each iteration sit for at least a few hours. The highest the digital hygro read was 65% and the analog was 57%.

So now how do I know if I have two inaccurate hygros or it's just super dry here? The digital hygro is a cheaper brand, but brand new.