Humidor Problem

[JimK]

You need one humidor to rule them all. Maintaining a bunch of desktops is no fun, especially for anal retentives. There are too many nice, inexpensive cabinets out there to be dealing with that crap.

JK

 

[MidGe]

Hey, I am a newbie here.

I started reading you posts on this thread.. and started wondering what your expectations were, and how interested you were in replies.

imHo

First calibrate you hygrometer carefully. (Otherwise you are just wanking).

Second the longer it takes to stabilise your humidor, without cigars, from the ground up, the better the humidor. But, hey, take this with a grain of salt, I know there are more knowledgeable people than me on this board.


FYI, when I put new cigars in my humidor I tend to get a fluctuation rarely more than a few %. Otherwise it is super steady.

Personally, I would give the conditionning a couple to three months.. the longer it takes, imHo, the better the humidor, once it stabilises.

 

[Bill Clinton]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

 

[smokegetsinyoureyes]

George,

MidGe's point was that placing cigars in an unproperly seasoned humidor will itself cause fluctuations. Get them out into temporary storage (igloo cooler, tupperware, something) and get your humidor stabilized, then put them back. Otherwise you will have to deal with the humidity changes.

 

[marcsheldon]

i cant believe i just spent the past 20 minutes of my life reading this thread.

....20 minutes ill never ever get back.

 

[Zeebra]

i cant believe i just spent the past 20 minutes of my life reading this thread.

....20 minutes ill never ever get back.

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You have to admit the thread hit a high-point midway through. It sort of trailed off after that. I enjoyed it!

 

[Rob_k]

i cant believe i just spent the past 20 minutes of my life reading this thread.

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almost makes you want to shove a dull, rusty, knife through your eye socket

 

[emodx]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

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Answer me this, how and when did you calibrate your meter? What was the reading after you calibrated it?

Until you answer this question, you have no right asking any more questions about your humidity level. Until you answer this, we don't give a shit about the problems you are having. A few well intentioned members of good standing have been trying to help you, and you aren't taking advice well. If you keep on in the same lines, without answering this one question first, I will ask that you be booted for trolling. Here is your warning.

 

[SabresFan]

Also it would have been nice to know in the beginning of the thread that you have 6 other humidors that I assume are either working properly or are imaginary. I think at this point I will go with the latter. Either way calibrate your hygro.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

I just want to know how BC keeps his head from exploding as he attempts to make everyday decisions...

spread collar or button down collar?...grey socks or black socks?.....89 octane or 91 octane?....soup or salad?....blue ink or black ink?...spoon or spork?...mug or straight from the bottle?

 

[Jan Primus]

I just want to know how BC keeps his head from exploding as he attempts to make everyday decisions...

spread collar or button down collar...grey socks or black socks?.....89 octane or 91 octane?....soup or salad?....blue ink or black ink?...spoon or spork?...mug or straight from the bottle?

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I would guess that he goes to many forums to ask those questions, requiring 10 page long threads answering his ever so complex queries..but then he starts a new thread as he couldn't find the answer he was looking for...must have been a neglected red-headed step-child or something.

 

[AVB]

I think I can solve this problem. I'll sell you my humi which will hold 1200+ real cigars (I smoke churchills), holds whatever humidity I set the Moist-N-Aire at and looks great so the wife/SO won't bitch about it. It ain't cheap but quality never is. Pics available.

 

[Captain Leafheart]

spread collar or button down collar?...grey socks or black socks?.....89 octane or 91 octane?....soup or salad?....blue ink or black ink?...spoon or spork?...mug or straight from the bottle?

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Repeat ad nauseum.

 

[Bill Clinton]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

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Answer me this, how and when did you calibrate your meter? What was the reading after you calibrated it?

Until you answer this question, you have no right asking any more questions about your humidity level. Until you answer this, we don't give a shit about the problems you are having. A few well intentioned members of good standing have been trying to help you, and you aren't taking advice well. If you keep on in the same lines, without answering this one question first, I will ask that you be booted for trolling. Here is your warning.

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I've had the LCD digital hygrometer since I purchased the humidor 1 year ago. It came with the humidor. Back when I received everything, I checked the calibration of the hygrometer. What I did was I placed the hygrometer inside a plastic ziplock baggie with a bottlcap filled with salt. I placed a little bit of water on the salt and I closed the ziplock bag. When I went to check everything out the next 24 hours, the humidity level read 70%.

 

[Bill Clinton]

Also it would have been nice to know in the beginning of the thread that you have 6 other humidors that I assume are either working properly or are imaginary.  I think at this point I will go with the latter.  Either way calibrate your hygro.

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I'm sorry. I didn't know if it was important for me to mention that I also had 6 other humidors. I have 6 others besides the one that's been giving me trouble. All together, I have 4 small desktops, 2 Don Salvatore Footlocker humidors (1 of which is the one with the leak), and a 250 count humidor. All my humidors are full of cigars and only 1 of them has been giving me problems.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

I've had the LCD digital hygrometer since I purchased the humidor 1 year ago. It came with the humidor. Back when I received everything, I checked the calibration of the hygrometer. What I did was I placed the hygrometer inside a plastic ziplock baggie with a bottlcap filled with salt. I placed a little bit of water on the salt and I closed the ziplock bag. When I went to check everything out the next 24 hours, the humidity level read 70%.

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Assuming you did the procedure correctly, that would indicate that your hygrometer is off by 5%, so you need to add 5% to the reading to get an accurate measurement. This would have been useful information to give many, many posts ago..















From CigarNexus for reference:

The Salt Calibration Test procedures are:

Materials required: Tablespoon of Plain Table Salt (NaCl)
Two Ziplock-style baggies
Bottle Cap or other suitable small container
Swizzle Stick or other such item to stir with
Distilled Water
Your Hygrometer


Place the tablespoon of salt on the bottle cap. The wide mouth ones that are used on individual serving juice or tea bottles are ideal.

Slowly add distilled water to the salt while blending with the swizzle stick. You want to add just enough water to moisten the salt so that it begins to meld into a thick paste. Do not add enough water to dissolve the salt!

Place the bottle cap with salt gently into the first ziplock bag and then add you hygrometer. Make certain the sensor is exposed and free of being block by the bag.

Seal the bag while capturing some air inside of it. Then place into the second bag and seal again. The double bags are needed to ensure that you really have a good seal as the test will not work if there are any leaks.

Then place the bag in a place that is free of direct sunlight and is of a stable temperature.

Leave undisturbed for a minimum of 8 hours.

Check the reading on the hygrometer through the transparent baggies and it should read on or near 75% RH.

Remember most small inexpensive hygrometers are only accurate to within 3% so do not be surprised if it reads 72% or 78% RH. It is exactly 75% RH within the confines of the bag due to the salt paste reacting with the air, and what your hygrometer reads differently is the amount of error.

What to do about off-reading depends on the circumstances. If your hygrometer has an adjustment potentiometer then by all means try to tweak it to exactly 75%. You should repeat the Salt Calibration Test again after making any adjustments. If your hygrometer doesn't have the ability to be adjusted and the reading is close then don't worry about it ­ just remember that your hygrometer is X% off either high or low.

 

[smokegetsinyoureyes]

You need one humidor to rule them all. Maintaining a bunch of desktops is no fun, especially for anal retentives. There are too many nice, inexpensive cabinets out there to be dealing with that crap.

JK

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One humidor to store them all, One Humidor to hide them
One Humidor to bring them all and in the darkness ruin them.

 

[emodx]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

[snapback]270457[/snapback]​

Answer me this, how and when did you calibrate your meter? What was the reading after you calibrated it?

Until you answer this question, you have no right asking any more questions about your humidity level. Until you answer this, we don't give a shit about the problems you are having. A few well intentioned members of good standing have been trying to help you, and you aren't taking advice well. If you keep on in the same lines, without answering this one question first, I will ask that you be booted for trolling. Here is your warning.

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I've had the LCD digital hygrometer since I purchased the humidor 1 year ago. It came with the humidor. Back when I received everything, I checked the calibration of the hygrometer. What I did was I placed the hygrometer inside a plastic ziplock baggie with a bottlcap filled with salt. I placed a little bit of water on the salt and I closed the ziplock bag. When I went to check everything out the next 24 hours, the humidity level read 70%.

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Doh!!! Fuggin figures. We even asked you in the begining. If you are going to trust a piece of electronics that sits in a moist enviornment for a long timee, then you must be willing to calibrate it! All this bullshit posts and you didn't bother to check.
???

 

[Bill Clinton]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

[snapback]270457[/snapback]​

Answer me this, how and when did you calibrate your meter? What was the reading after you calibrated it?

Until you answer this question, you have no right asking any more questions about your humidity level. Until you answer this, we don't give a shit about the problems you are having. A few well intentioned members of good standing have been trying to help you, and you aren't taking advice well. If you keep on in the same lines, without answering this one question first, I will ask that you be booted for trolling. Here is your warning.

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I've had the LCD digital hygrometer since I purchased the humidor 1 year ago. It came with the humidor. Back when I received everything, I checked the calibration of the hygrometer. What I did was I placed the hygrometer inside a plastic ziplock baggie with a bottlcap filled with salt. I placed a little bit of water on the salt and I closed the ziplock bag. When I went to check everything out the next 24 hours, the humidity level read 70%.

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Doh!!! Fuggin figures. We even asked you in the begining. If you are going to trust a piece of electronics that sits in a moist enviornment for a long timee, then you must be willing to calibrate it! All this bullshit posts and you didn't bother to check.
???

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What do you mean? How do you calibrate a digital LCD hygrometer? I don't see any adjustment/reset buttons on it. I always thought that a digital LCD hygrometer comes pre-adjusted from the factory or that its internal integrated circuitry electronics are pre-set at the factory to the fullest accuracy.

From what I can tell, mine is functioning correctly. I've even used it in some of my other humidors and its registered the correct humidity level. So, if you think that my hygrometer is inaccurate, it's not.

 

[Jeffro600]

I agree with you about the humidor needing a few months to get conditioned. I think that the beads will help a lot in conditioning the inside of the humidor. My humidor is full to the top, so it might take a little bit longer for the inside wood to get conditioned. Only time will tell.

[snapback]270457[/snapback]​

Answer me this, how and when did you calibrate your meter? What was the reading after you calibrated it?

Until you answer this question, you have no right asking any more questions about your humidity level. Until you answer this, we don't give a shit about the problems you are having. A few well intentioned members of good standing have been trying to help you, and you aren't taking advice well. If you keep on in the same lines, without answering this one question first, I will ask that you be booted for trolling. Here is your warning.

[snapback]270566[/snapback]​

I've had the LCD digital hygrometer since I purchased the humidor 1 year ago. It came with the humidor. Back when I received everything, I checked the calibration of the hygrometer. What I did was I placed the hygrometer inside a plastic ziplock baggie with a bottlcap filled with salt. I placed a little bit of water on the salt and I closed the ziplock bag. When I went to check everything out the next 24 hours, the humidity level read 70%.

[snapback]270638[/snapback]​

Doh!!! Fuggin figures. We even asked you in the begining. If you are going to trust a piece of electronics that sits in a moist enviornment for a long timee, then you must be willing to calibrate it! All this bullshit posts and you didn't bother to check.
???

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What do you mean? How do you calibrate a digital LCD hygrometer? I don't see any adjustment/reset buttons on it. I always thought that a digital LCD hygrometer comes pre-adjusted from the factory or that its internal integrated circuitry electronics are pre-set at the factory to the fullest accuracy.

From what I can tell, mine is functioning correctly. I've even used it in some of my other humidors and its registered the correct humidity level. So, if you think that my hygrometer is inaccurate, it's not.

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Well, you wouldnt calibrate it...but you would do a salt test and take note as to how much it is off and add/subtract from there.

That should have been your FIRST step!!