My Cigar Box Coolidor.

[DEZn00ts]

Woke up and the rh is 78... I think I put too much water on the beads.

[Weelok]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

Woke up and the rh is 78... I think I put too much water on the beads.

Yeah, it can take a bit to get things dialed in and the percentage RH to your desired level. I generally like my Nicaraguans at 71.23% +/-1%. I find generally the draw isn’t impacted and the flavor improves however you will get wonky burns, e.g. keep the lighter handy for corrections. If burn consistency is a priority to you, and to many it’s a big deal as Cigar burn maintenance is annoying, then 68.12% +/- 0.75% is great.

What did we ever do before digital hygrometers. We had to look at a gauge that was +/- 5% accuracy and do salt calibrations is what we did! You have not fully embraced Cigar humidity if you have not salt calibrated your hygrometer IMHO.

I’m ever helpful

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Weelok

Yeah, it can take a bit to get things dialed in and the percentage RH to your desired level. I generally like my Nicaraguans at 71.23% +/-1%. I find generally the draw isn’t impacted and the flavor improves however you will get wonky burns, e.g. keep the lighter handy for corrections. If burn consistency is a priority to you, and to many it’s a big deal as Cigar burn maintenance is annoying, then 68.12% +/- 0.75% is great.

What did we ever do before digital hygrometers. We had to look at a gauge that was +/- 5% accuracy and do salt calibrations is what we did! You have not fully embraced Cigar humidity if you have not salt calibrated your hygrometer IMHO.

I’m ever helpful

I'm going to soon BUT I used this for another project and know it's fairly accurate.

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

I'm going to soon BUT I used this for another project and know it's fairly accurate.

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

[Chainsaw13]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

Just know you will have some fluctuation as things stabilize. All depends on how dry/wet your cigars are and any boxes they may be stored in. Don't fret it.

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13

Just know you will have some fluctuation as things stabilize. All depends on how dry/wet your cigars are and any boxes they may be stored in. Don't fret it.

Yea I figured that. The cigars were wetter then normal I guess because I took them from freezer to storage after only letting them sit out for two hours.

[dvickery]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

Yea I figured that. The cigars were wetter then normal I guess because I took them from freezer to storage after only letting them sit out for two hours.

It is NOT because they only sat for ..... they are (usually) shipped at a high humidity .

Don’t add water to yer beads ever ... I use a small block of florists foam (about the size of a bar of soap) to add humidity to my coolers(beads) ... and (once again) NEVER wet the beads .

In regards your hygrometer ... don’t calibrate just find an RH that works for you and go with that ... doesn’t matter if it’s 62 or 65 as long as they smoke good .

Derrek