AggieChemDoc
Young Ape
I have a nice 100ct humidor that I have had up and running for two-three months.
For a long time, I only had 15-20 cigars in it, and a drymistat. My RH was reading high, so I salt-tested my hygro and found out that it salt tested at exactly 75% (sweet). I pulled the drymistat, since it was holding at 70+% (as high as 75) Since I am an insufferable tinkerer, I upgraded to heartfelt beads (2 oz of 65% beads) a month ago-ish. I dropped them in the humidor as shipped, and my RH stabilized at a perfect 65% within two days, and held that for 2 weeks.
I soon added a BUNCH of cigars (a box of pepins and three 5ers) that came from the Devil Site and had sat at a UPS location over the weekend of the 4th. My RH quickly fell to 62-63% and held for several days. I figured maybe my beads were a bit on the dry side, so I have added a shallow dish of distilled water in an effort to bring the RH back up. Over the course of several hours my RH will raise to 65-66% and I pull the distilled water. The RH then falls again to 63%. I have done this three straight days.
Is is possible that my devil site 'gars were THAT dry? I'm starting to second guess everything from my hygrometer to the beads (the hygro is a $6 Wallyworld special, but it salt tested right on).
The Devil Site cigars have been in my humidor now for a week and I think even if they were dry, they should have rehumidified by now.
Tonight I had a Rocky Patel Fusion MM that has been resting for several weeks (predates the new cigars) and the damn thing pretty much exploded on me after lighting up. The outer wrapper just came apart. The last 2-3 cigars I've had over the past week have had some bad canoing issues, and I don't smoke overly fast. My cigars last 60-90 minutes.
I'm just kinda frustrated and wondering if anything is wrong with my beads, my humidor, my smokes, or me.
I have a couple hundred bucks worth of cigars in there now and I just hate to think I'm screwing something up.
Thoughts?
For a long time, I only had 15-20 cigars in it, and a drymistat. My RH was reading high, so I salt-tested my hygro and found out that it salt tested at exactly 75% (sweet). I pulled the drymistat, since it was holding at 70+% (as high as 75) Since I am an insufferable tinkerer, I upgraded to heartfelt beads (2 oz of 65% beads) a month ago-ish. I dropped them in the humidor as shipped, and my RH stabilized at a perfect 65% within two days, and held that for 2 weeks.
I soon added a BUNCH of cigars (a box of pepins and three 5ers) that came from the Devil Site and had sat at a UPS location over the weekend of the 4th. My RH quickly fell to 62-63% and held for several days. I figured maybe my beads were a bit on the dry side, so I have added a shallow dish of distilled water in an effort to bring the RH back up. Over the course of several hours my RH will raise to 65-66% and I pull the distilled water. The RH then falls again to 63%. I have done this three straight days.
Is is possible that my devil site 'gars were THAT dry? I'm starting to second guess everything from my hygrometer to the beads (the hygro is a $6 Wallyworld special, but it salt tested right on).
The Devil Site cigars have been in my humidor now for a week and I think even if they were dry, they should have rehumidified by now.
Tonight I had a Rocky Patel Fusion MM that has been resting for several weeks (predates the new cigars) and the damn thing pretty much exploded on me after lighting up. The outer wrapper just came apart. The last 2-3 cigars I've had over the past week have had some bad canoing issues, and I don't smoke overly fast. My cigars last 60-90 minutes.
I'm just kinda frustrated and wondering if anything is wrong with my beads, my humidor, my smokes, or me.
I have a couple hundred bucks worth of cigars in there now and I just hate to think I'm screwing something up.
Thoughts?