Mraia
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a year ago
I recently moved my humidor to another room. It’s heated with baseboard’s. The humidor is electric heating and cooling and since then the RH is fluctuating quite a bit, even between the top and bottom shelves.
This is due to the higher temps in the room, right? I’ve currently got quite a few 65% Bovedas in there, 320 Grams and some smaller. It’s running at about 62% to 65%
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Palama
a year ago

I recently moved my humidor to another room. It’s heated with baseboard’s. The humidor is electric heating and cooling and since then the RH is fluctuating quite a bit, even between the top and bottom shelves.
This is due to the higher temps in the room, right? I’ve currently got quite a few 65% Bovedas in there, 320 Grams and some smaller. It’s running at about 62% to 65%
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Mraia wrote:



How are your cigars smoking? Iffin’ you’re not having any issues, I wouldn’t sweat it.

I live on the edge and populate my coolers with 65% Bovedas but don’t use any hydrometers. I used to but worried so much about the accuracy of the devices and humidity fluctuations that it was killing my enjoyment of the hobby. A ways back there was a discussion about RH and one of the FOGs said he only used Boveda packs and didn’t use a hydrometer. He fully trusted the Bovedas. After I read that, I slowly switched over from beads and eventually got rid of all of my hydrometers.
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frankj1
a year ago
62 to 65 is a pretty decent RH range, but what is the temperature in the humidor?
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rfenst
a year ago
You are, IMO, in the perfect range for storage and aging.
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Mraia
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a year ago
Thanks guys. The temp is 66 so I actually see that all is in pretty good shape.cigars are smoking fine, too. I like Palamas idea of just letting the bovedas do their thing…though I’m a little OCD about this stuff!
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tonygraz
a year ago
Obsession with RH will drive you crazy if you let it and it will cost you money too.
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DrafterX
a year ago

62 to 65 is a pretty decent RH range, but what is the temperature in the humidor?

frankj1 wrote:




That question haunts me day and night.. lost many nights sleep and prolly my first wife... 😣
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frankj1
a year ago

That question haunts me day and night.. lost many nights sleep and prolly my first wife... 😣

DrafterX wrote:


I knew it might stir up some bad memories for you, William, yet I could not stop myself from revisiting those days.

I'll make it up to ya, bud. I promise.
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Mraia
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a year ago
RH is the bane of my existence, and I know it doesnt have to be! What I did was add another 65% boveda, and removed a slightly less pliable one. RH holding at 64% which is fine.
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LeeBot
a year ago
I wouldn't worry about this. As long as you stay within an acceptable range, you're good.

Remember, the amount of moisture in the box isn't changing that much in a short period of time. Fluctuations in temperature will cause the Rh to go up or down, but that's because it's relative humidity. The moisture content is the same, which is what really matters.
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delta1
a year ago
depending on the season, the hygrometers in my wooden humidors read between 58 to 64 RH...on the other hand the hygrometers in the plastic snap lid ziplock containers read close to 64-65 RH all year round...I use a combination of Bovedas and 65RH beads in my cigar storage containers...the cigars smoke well in that range...

unlike some cigars that I smoke too soon after purchasing and with too short a stay in my humidors...seems internet cigar purveyors store their cigars at 70RH or higher --- too wet. I've tested this by putting just purchased cigars into a ziplock snap lid box overnight. The hygrometers typically read 70 + RH...
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Mraia
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a year ago

I wouldn't worry about this. As long as you stay within an acceptable range, you're good.

Remember, the amount of moisture in the box isn't changing that much in a short period of time. Fluctuations in temperature will cause the Rh to go up or down, but that's because it's relative humidity. The moisture content is the same, which is what really matters.

LeeBot wrote:



Really good point. I’m just OCD enough to get hung up on this crap. I gotta stop🐴
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BuckyB93
a year ago
I like the humidity in the low to mid 60's as others have said. I use beads and pillows/packets for a small winedor and a snap lid tote to maintain the desired humidity.
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danmdevries
a year ago

Obsession with RH will drive you crazy if you let it and it will cost you money too.

tonygraz wrote:



Yup. We've all been there at some point tho.

With Bovedas and sealed storage I don't even think about it anymore. Went without hygrometer for years. Only reason I have them now is I like gadgets and I bought a dozen govee wifi connected sensors I can check from my phone anywhere and I think that's neat.
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Mraia
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a year ago

Yup. We've all been there at some point tho.

With Bovedas and sealed storage I don't even think about it anymore. Went without hygrometer for years. Only reason I have them now is I like gadgets and I bought a dozen govee wifi connected sensors I can check from my phone anywhere and I think that's neat.

danmdevries wrote:



I use the govees too. I think the thing that’s bugging me is the lower part of the humidor is 3-4 rh points lower than the top. Seems weird to have that big a difference in a unit that’s only about 35 inches tall!
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