Is 65% too dry?
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kit_luce
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What part of IN? I just picked up a whole home humidifier on Amazon for 140, working well so far, although when I told the girlfriend if we set it to 65 I can just leave my cigars out, she didnt find it near as funny as i did lol
A great set of humidification education and podcasts from Boveda is on their YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/bovedainc
https://www.youtube.com/user/bovedainc
Glassman
Glass Gars Guns Garden
Re-read this.
No, unless you're heating with a woodstove (creating extremely dry air) and your humi has a terrible leak, I would not switch to 72's
My wood humi leaks, and I heat with wood, and I still only use 65's. Just recharge them more often.
As they said. Go with how they're smoking. Give the boveda time to work.
65 is a good place to be.
And don't trust your hygrometer. Check it in a sealed container or bag with airspace with a small boveda.
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And here I've been pronouncing it "bo-VEE-da" all these years...
Good Advice!
A word on wintertime humidity in the cold north - The ideal relative indoor humidity for health and comfort is about 40–50%. In the winter months, it may have to be lower than 40% RH to avoid condensation on the windows. The colder it gets in the winter, the lower the indoor RH needs to be in order to prevent window condensation.
Dominican56
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65% is perfect
70 is too wet
70 is too wet
Glassman
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Winter air causes a problem, but unless you have huge leaks, I'd really be checking you hygros with a boveda. You're asking for trouble with 75%
I hate to tell you that wiping down the inside of the humidor only impacts the outside layer. If you have ever done any wood finishing you may recall that if any water gets on dry, if you lay over a stain, it will not take as well as the raw wood. Water impacts the cells of the wood and and makes it swell. When the wood dries it never the same again. When you wet the wood with water. All it does is release the humidity back into the air inside the box. What you notice is the RH reading will spike. The water doesn’t go into the wood, rather it goes into the air. Watch this video from Boveda.
Well after putting 3 boveda packs and watering the crystals every few days barely only 65 .... it just suddenly jumped to 72 overnight. So I think I overreacted and removed the crystals and 2 packs (which are swollen now) and left in a 69 pack.
Lesson for me - slow and easy instead of freaking out and getting out the sledgehammer
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Lesson for me - slow and easy instead of freaking out and getting out the sledgehammer
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redneck_toy
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Some good advice in this thread. Dont overthink it. Bovedas are a no brainer. I have a 300 ct. Wineador, and use 20- 60 gram, 69% bovedas storing an average of 100- 150 smokes.
I use roughly 10 to 12 at a time in the wineador, and have the rest in a Tupperware with 2 shot glasses full of distilled water, recharging.
I end up changing them out every 45 days or so. This keeps the RH between 62 to 66% at 62-65 degrees. In hindsight, I wish I'd have gone with 65% bovedas.
I feel it'd be less maintenance on my part.
One thing I learned is that storing at 70% RH, and living in an arid climate with constant winds, my cigars would actually swell and "explode" while smoking on the golf course.
Lowering RH closer to 65% has all but eliminated this from happening, provided the cigars are truly acclimated to the wino. Dry boxing helps in this climate during wintertime where humidity regularly hits the teens.
I use roughly 10 to 12 at a time in the wineador, and have the rest in a Tupperware with 2 shot glasses full of distilled water, recharging.
I end up changing them out every 45 days or so. This keeps the RH between 62 to 66% at 62-65 degrees. In hindsight, I wish I'd have gone with 65% bovedas.
I feel it'd be less maintenance on my part.
One thing I learned is that storing at 70% RH, and living in an arid climate with constant winds, my cigars would actually swell and "explode" while smoking on the golf course.
Lowering RH closer to 65% has all but eliminated this from happening, provided the cigars are truly acclimated to the wino. Dry boxing helps in this climate during wintertime where humidity regularly hits the teens.
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^^ what’s dry boxing?
So mine was holding at 64% then I added 40 sticks and it dropped to 61%
I made sure the crystals are wet and added two more 69 Boveda packs. There’s four 69’s in there now. In 24h it’s at 60 so I taped the lid. It better start swinging up soon.
Any advise?
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So mine was holding at 64% then I added 40 sticks and it dropped to 61%
I made sure the crystals are wet and added two more 69 Boveda packs. There’s four 69’s in there now. In 24h it’s at 60 so I taped the lid. It better start swinging up soon.
Any advise?
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Dry boxing = when you take a cigar out of the humi/wino/cooler and put it in a "dry" box with less humidity for a couple days before smoking it. I don't do it, so someone else will have to tell you how effective it is
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