dlow
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Hey guys,
I've tried my best to get this figured out on my own, but I can't seem find any reason why this would happen. I've got a smallish coolerdor (16qt) containing a cigar box (spanish cedar) and about 8 cigars. My hygrometer is a cheapo from walmart, but I've salt tested it and I'm confident that it's giving accurate readings. My humidification device is the round xikar 100 ct humidor crystal gel that I moistened with distilled water. Each day I check the coolerdor, the humidity goes up. Initially, it started out pretty low (50% or so), then rose to about 68 in the first 24 hours and after that it has consistently gone up by about 1-2% each day. This week I let it get to about 78% before I used a small book to fan some fresh air into the cooler. Once I fanned it, the humidity dropped again down to about 65%. I've gone through this whole routine now for about 2 weeks. I just don't understand it. I have two theories (keep in mind I know nothing about this stuff):
1) The xikar humidification device isn't keeping a steady 70% humidity like it says it's supposed to do.
2) The cigars themselves, or the cigar box, have a lot of moisture in them and are adding to the problem.
This is a picture of the type of cooler I'm using:
Here's a picture of the xikar humidifier I'm using:
Any ideas what might be going on here? Do I need to salt test my hygrometer again? I've heard a lot about people not being able to keep the humidity high enough, but never anything about it being too low.
I've tried my best to get this figured out on my own, but I can't seem find any reason why this would happen. I've got a smallish coolerdor (16qt) containing a cigar box (spanish cedar) and about 8 cigars. My hygrometer is a cheapo from walmart, but I've salt tested it and I'm confident that it's giving accurate readings. My humidification device is the round xikar 100 ct humidor crystal gel that I moistened with distilled water. Each day I check the coolerdor, the humidity goes up. Initially, it started out pretty low (50% or so), then rose to about 68 in the first 24 hours and after that it has consistently gone up by about 1-2% each day. This week I let it get to about 78% before I used a small book to fan some fresh air into the cooler. Once I fanned it, the humidity dropped again down to about 65%. I've gone through this whole routine now for about 2 weeks. I just don't understand it. I have two theories (keep in mind I know nothing about this stuff):
1) The xikar humidification device isn't keeping a steady 70% humidity like it says it's supposed to do.
2) The cigars themselves, or the cigar box, have a lot of moisture in them and are adding to the problem.
This is a picture of the type of cooler I'm using:
Here's a picture of the xikar humidifier I'm using:
Any ideas what might be going on here? Do I need to salt test my hygrometer again? I've heard a lot about people not being able to keep the humidity high enough, but never anything about it being too low.
