Humidity still too high?
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highsierrasmokin'
The battle's fought, the deed is done
In storage I run 65 for NCs and 62 for Cubans then dry box for a couple of weeks at 62. Since I started keeping my office at 77 degrees and 58% with a room dehumidifier I just toss cigars on my desk until I'm ready to smoke them. Very few burn problems when smoking outside with 80% plus and jungle temps. I'm curious how similar Georgia climate is to SE Texas and S Louisiana. Parts of Georgia actually have 4 seasons
My deal is...the RH in my humi always seems to hit like 2-4% higher than the Boveda packs. I don't think it's an issue of the RH inside the house because I certainly hope it isn't in excess of 65% lol. For me there are two issues: 1) the RH is already higher than I'd like at 68-69% and 2) as SOON as I take that stick outside into the rainforest-like humidity it just starts sucking up moisture. If the stick was only at 62% when I went outside, might be a different story.
Long story short...I think I prefer lower RH personally. Used to dry box but it got to be a pain.
highsierrasmokin'
The battle's fought, the deed is done
So maybe 62% is the way to go. I guess I'd have to go down 68 to 65, and then down to 62 so I don't shock them?
Interesting. Sounds like I got big changes coming in my cigar world. We've been looking at dehumidifiers too.
Yea we call it
Hot and Wet,
Hot as Hell and Wet,
Hot, Wet and Windy
Cool and Wet
Central AC normally does a good job keeping the humidity in the house under control. In my office I have a window unit that pulls water that drains to the floor sometimes making a bit of a mess. The de-humidifier helps the window unit not work so hard and I am able to route the extra water to a sink drain.
I live in Ga. Pretty near Atlanta. It's pretty humid here. I use bovedas and heartfelt beads. 62 for cc and 65 for nc. I really don't need to charge either that often. When it's hot my storage readings go up a little but stay within my preference. Will dry box when I plan ahead, but mostly my smokes burn well w/out.
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Reminds me of working in Miami in September. The DJ comes on the radio at midnight and says, "The temperature is currently 97 degrees and the humidity is 97 percent." It was effing midnight. That ain't supposed to happen in late September.
In fairness, dry heat is another beast entirely that we from the tropical hellscape are ill-prepared for. Down here, as soon as you step outside, you immediately can tell that Mother Nature hates you and wants to dehydrate you to death, so you carry around water, Gatorade, an IV full of electrolytes, etc at all times which you use to hydrate. When I went to Vegas last July, it hit like 112 or something one day. Dry as a bone, so you don't immediately feel it. I remember stepping out of the car at Red Rock Canyon and thinking "Hah! That's all you got? 112 degrees ain't nothing without the humidity!" Hardly broke a sweat. Then less than ten minutes later I was like "I...think I have heatstroke. I might puke."Yea but it was a dry heat
Rupe
Suburban robot that monitors reality -BOM Feb.'13
Kitty Litter has really helped me keep things stable, but I have never attempted to use it as a method of bringing humidity down.
From my experience, Boveda's tend to work rather slowly. I believe the rule of thumb is a change of 1% per week. It also depends on how many you are using as well.
At 6:40 am it is 80 degrees with 85% a half hour walk with the dogs and I'm soaking wet trying to get a lung full of breathable air. We expect temps in the low to mid 90s all week, at least that will drop the humidity into the high 50s to low 60s.
LOL, I was thinking the same thing.
I don't think that most DE products age well. I also keep the few I have separate from my other cigars.