Personally I keep a digital hygrometer in each of my setups.
Mraia. Those things seem to be good at making condensation. All of them. Every brand out there. Mine is unplugged for that very reason. I’ll take my chances on a few days warmer than I’d prefer over causing mold because that’s exactly what they do. Unplugged they look nice and work well. I’ve told 10 plus new guys here and there to just unplug them. I don’t fully understand why they do what they do. But that’s what they do
I really need to read stuff better use them for smoking meat.
I use cheap digital hydrometers and have not calibrated them other than to see how they measure compare to each other. They're off a little. It doesn't matter.
I haven't had any humidification in the boxes since late April. Instead I have about a half dozen dessicant packs in each one to keep the moisture down.
Conan. You’ve gone plumb mad
Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Not necessarily a fan of Paul but some of the lyrics fit me perfectly:
Palama wrote:
How about Cecelia ?
tonygraz wrote:
Hahahaha, no. 🤣
1 cooler at 69% for longer storage/aging. i have some boxes with over 20 years of age on them but most between 5-10 years in that cooler.
Main cooler has all 65% packs. Cigars get moved to this cooler for minimum 2 weeks before i smoke them but most are in it for a year or more.
then i have 2 10 count Travel cases that sit on my desk and get used when i... travel. these have 62% packs. same packs are used if i have extended travel or go to a larger event and ue my DE 40ct travel case.
temps are always 60-65 in my basement that the coolers are kept in.
I have Govee monitors in both coolers but pretty much ignore them now as they never fluctuate more then 1% in either direction.
Meh. Failed experiment
Back to tupperdores and coolerdores
And the Needone is going back. I can’t get the temp and the rh to regulate and worse I’m getting condensation. Not going to keep something that actively produces mold!
Mraia wrote:
Smart move
I hope…
So I just picked up a big Igloo cooler and a couple of large sized ice packs ( the plastic refreezable ones). The plan is to just keep the few tupperdores in there with a few Bovedas in each individual Tupperware. Temperature will stay in the 60’s and all will be good.
Ummmmm
No beetles, no mold, still using individual tupperdores for infused and regular smokes and all seems to be working well.
But if I did, thats^^ probably how I would do it.
Tuppers with beads/ bovedas INSIDE a big cooler, with a freeze pack in a ziplock, if necessary, in the cooler
Glad I dont have to deal with that kind of heat and humidity.
KingoftheCove wrote:
Exactly King! I’m actually glad to hear you say so since I know you’re pretty knowledgeable about this stuff and I’ve been questioning myself. I think I will put a 320 gram 65% Boveda or two in the cooler also just to soak up any condensation that gets by the ziploc bags
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