Cigar blowup

Originally Posted by zmancbr

First of all I have to say Nice Avatar! Hook 'em horns!!

Okay now down to business. My first question would be how accurate do you think those beads are and are they completely saturated? Do you have a hygrometer in there with the sticks?

That sounds like over humidification to me so I would double check that the beads are not completely wet and that they can absorb moisture. It is possible that you got the sticks from a B&M that keeps them wet and when you put them in your container your beads got full and can't absorb any more moisture. If that is the case then just use a blow dryer on them and dry about 30-50% of the moisture out...

The beads are from Heartfelt. To be honest, I never even thought about them not being accurate. I do have a hygro in with them. It's an adjustable one that I calibrated myself for a day and a half. The beads are actually in a small dish so I can see them easily. There are plenty of white ones, well over a third, and the hygro never reads more than 70%.

I think I'll put some beads in an empty container with a calibrated hygro for a couple of days and see what happens.

Over-humidification was the only thing I could think of, too, but the above led me to question that. Along with the fact that the first part of the cigar was fine.

I usually let sticks I get on line sit for at least two weeks to settle down, but I think I got all of these at about the same time from the same source. So it's definitely possible that they were too wet to begin with.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll be sure and dry-box the next one to come out of this box. Is a couple of hours sufficient, or should it be overnight?

Glad to see another Horns fan on the board...Hook 'em!