I've had my cigars in my new cabinet four about 2 weeks now and I'm having difficulty getting the rh to reach 65%.
Here's how she currently sits:
Stats:
14" x 15" x 24"
1 lbs Heartfelt 65% beads
1 disc of Heartfelt 65% beads
2 Boveda 69% packs
3 water pillows
Seals are all pretty good, bottom could be tighter. Did dollar bill test, I can pull it through but not without some resistance.
I never properly seasoned the humidor WITHOUT cigars in it. With the sticks inside I've wiped down the walls with a damp rag 3 times over the two weeks but still the humidity falls back down to 61-62%.
Hygro is a Xikar calibratable. I calibrated it before use in the humi 3 weeks ago and it was dead on. I'm re-checking it right now. Rh outside of the humidor appears to be 56% so the box is doing something.
One thought I had is that the humidor may be too empty and that's why it's not holding moisture as well as it should be? Another thought is the cigars and boxes may have been extra dry because they'd endured a 7 day FedEx shipment cross country and then another two weeks of sitting in ziplocs & the boxes in shoddy saran wrap while I was finishing up the box...
Any tips or advice are appreciated!
Jacob
Here's how she currently sits:
Stats:
14" x 15" x 24"
1 lbs Heartfelt 65% beads
1 disc of Heartfelt 65% beads
2 Boveda 69% packs
3 water pillows
Seals are all pretty good, bottom could be tighter. Did dollar bill test, I can pull it through but not without some resistance.
I never properly seasoned the humidor WITHOUT cigars in it. With the sticks inside I've wiped down the walls with a damp rag 3 times over the two weeks but still the humidity falls back down to 61-62%.
Hygro is a Xikar calibratable. I calibrated it before use in the humi 3 weeks ago and it was dead on. I'm re-checking it right now. Rh outside of the humidor appears to be 56% so the box is doing something.
One thought I had is that the humidor may be too empty and that's why it's not holding moisture as well as it should be? Another thought is the cigars and boxes may have been extra dry because they'd endured a 7 day FedEx shipment cross country and then another two weeks of sitting in ziplocs & the boxes in shoddy saran wrap while I was finishing up the box...
Any tips or advice are appreciated!
Jacob