Hellow fellow cigar lovers,

Im going nutz, because I cant figure out why my humidor will not hold at 75%. I have tried every thing from xikar crystals, drimistat crystal tubes and humi-care stick beads and currently using 75% boveda packs. I have a 150 cigar capacity humidor that is only one year old. I have (7) 75% boveda packs in it and still only registering 70%. Prior to this I had the xikar crystals humidifier and 4 humi-care stick tubes and 4 drimistat tubes some in the bottom and some in the top tray and got to 72%. My sticks were still feeling to dry for me, I like them on slightly spongy. When the are this dry they tend to crack and peel as its smoked. So I switched to the 75% boveda currently 7 in the humidor aND NOW READING 70%. Please advise, my sticks are not cheap. Thanks Rob[ram27bat]

cigar searcher wrote:

Well, when it was at 69 or 70% the cigars were hard and cracked as it was smoked. It seemed to me that the more moist they were the less blow ups I got

cigar searcher wrote:

PM me if you are determined to keep them at 75%

Legacy wrote:

Well, when it was at 69 or 70% the cigars were hard and cracked as it was smoked. It seemed to me that the more moist they were the less blow ups I got

cigar searcher wrote:

you have some secret you don't want the rest of us knowing about?

opelmanta1900 wrote:

This should be easy to do right out in the open... no pm's necessary...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+calibrate+a+hygrometer 

Step 2: Stop trying to keep your cigars humidified at 75%. 65%-70% is just fine for the rest of the cigar smoking world, it will work for you too.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cigar+humidification+heartfeltindustries . Go to the first link after the ads. Use their online calculator to determine how much you need.

Step 4: Stop opening your humidor so much.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+make+a+coolidor 

opelmanta1900 wrote:

Hi opelmanta1900,

With respect, your advice doesn't address the problems that CigarSearcher has indicated that he's having. With all of the media that he is using and cigars that are still dry (his words) clearly the hygrometer isn't the issue.

When CigarSearcher PM'ed me, I gave him my number to call if he wanted to address the problem.

Pete

Legacy wrote:

Hi opelmanta1900,

With respect, your advice doesn't address the problems that CigarSearcher has indicated that he's having. With all of the media that he is using and cigars that are still dry (his words) clearly the hygrometer isn't the issue.

When CigarSearcher PM'ed me, I gave him my number to call if he wanted to address the problem.

Pete

Legacy wrote:

Step 4: Stop opening your humidor so much.

opelmanta1900 wrote:

You need to spray your cigars with aquanet. this will keep the moisture in.

T Z wrote: