vortex
"A billion Eddie Barzoons jogging into the future
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I was getting some discrepancies between my wireless hygros and the Don Salvatore ones and it has been a couple years since the last test. Last time some were off by as much as 2 RH but this time one of the Radio Shack wireless ones was off by 3 RH? No wonder I was getting discrepancies. It had tested in '08 at 79% RH and now it tested almost bang on at 76%!! I've never had one drift that far in two years before. Now I know why some of my cigars were over-humidifed. At least they weren't under-humidified.
The rest were pretty much OK(one off by one). I do them in batches of two and three at a time to reduce the possibility of a bad test on one. So I have a high degree of confidence in the tests. In other words, if two are as expected but one isn't, I can be pretty sure it actually is off because they were all tested at the same time, in the same Tupperware container.
I post this partly to let people know hygros can drift over time. Just keep an eye on your cigars and if they start to be "off" or, if your beads are OK but the RH is off, it might be time to check them.
The rest were pretty much OK(one off by one). I do them in batches of two and three at a time to reduce the possibility of a bad test on one. So I have a high degree of confidence in the tests. In other words, if two are as expected but one isn't, I can be pretty sure it actually is off because they were all tested at the same time, in the same Tupperware container.
I post this partly to let people know hygros can drift over time. Just keep an eye on your cigars and if they start to be "off" or, if your beads are OK but the RH is off, it might be time to check them.