Hello all,
I have been enjoying the posts here for about the past 2 months. I really appreciate all the knowledge.
I started smoking cigars again after about a 5 year break. I recently took my Diamond Crown humidor (100 capacity) out of storage, aired it out for a few days, seasoned it for a week using a small cup water and DC humidification device, re-calibrated the brass hygrometer using the salt test(dead on@75%), added hygrometer to humidor for one full day and it read 68%, added 14 new various Rocky Patel sticks and the hygrometer is registering 82%. I've used only distilled water. Of course I probably could use some technology upgrades(beads, digital hygrometer) but this is what I have to work with for now.
Any ideas why it would spike after adding the cigars?
Thank you in advance!
I have been enjoying the posts here for about the past 2 months. I really appreciate all the knowledge.
I started smoking cigars again after about a 5 year break. I recently took my Diamond Crown humidor (100 capacity) out of storage, aired it out for a few days, seasoned it for a week using a small cup water and DC humidification device, re-calibrated the brass hygrometer using the salt test(dead on@75%), added hygrometer to humidor for one full day and it read 68%, added 14 new various Rocky Patel sticks and the hygrometer is registering 82%. I've used only distilled water. Of course I probably could use some technology upgrades(beads, digital hygrometer) but this is what I have to work with for now.
Any ideas why it would spike after adding the cigars?
Thank you in advance!