danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
So I have a 50 count humi I have been waiting to get my cigars into, but before I did I wanted to get a digital hygrometer in it to monitor the RH levels. I finally remembered to get one from Wal-Mart on Sunday and last night I performed my first salt test. All the how-to articles I've read on the net used a cap from a 2 liter bottle, but I didn't have one so I used the cap from an empty Ibuprofen bottle (it's roughly two, maybe three times the size). I filled it about 3/4 full with salt. I put enough water to barely cover the salt, then wicked the excess up with a paper towel. I let it sit about 4 hours in a zip lock bag. The highest humidity I got was 45% so I let it go overnight. This morning before I left for work it was reading 50%. :frown: At this point I was a little frazzled, thought I'd be an easy/quick thing to do. So I decided to try it out with a small glad lock container. When I got home from work this afternoon (been setting in the glad lock for about 6 hours) the humidity was reading 60% which is the highest it's been thus far, but not the 75% (or around that, I have no delusions that the $7.00 hygrometer is going to be dead on) I was expecting.
So now I ask the question, have I effed up the seemingly simple salt test or is the hygrometer I bought just that off??
Advice is greatly appreciated, I really want to get my sticks into their new home :thumbsup:.
Dan
So now I ask the question, have I effed up the seemingly simple salt test or is the hygrometer I bought just that off??
Advice is greatly appreciated, I really want to get my sticks into their new home :thumbsup:.
Dan