good evening brothers. i have a question. i was having some humidity problems with my small desktop humi. i have the 65% heartfelt beads (in the 4oz tube) with my humi basically full to the brim. i have a digital hygro/thermo which was showing a slightly lower RH % than i was getting previously. i just calibrated the hygro a few weeks ago by the way. i did the drop lid test and the dollar bill test and they both seemed good but again, the humidity was reading around 58-60. i was at target tonight and picked up a nice tupperware container. i put my sticks and beads (and the spanish cedar divider from my desktop) in there and within an hour the humidity reading was up to 66-68. is this too quick a rise in too short of a time? i know the changes you make in storage should be done as slow as possible, but this i couldn't help. i just want to put my mind at ease that i didn't cause too much damage. i DID open the lid and squeeze a few sticks and they seemed okay... what do you think?
too quick a rise in RH?
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I say firsttake into consideration the cigars need to adapt their RH, which takes time. Also remember thatRH changes with temperature changes,so bear that in mind. Since it went up I won't tell ye to season correctly, but give it time. Some hours or days and check again.
Cigars absorb moisture as you know and a lot of times when you first put them into a humidor they may not be properly humidified as a result they draw in the excess moisture and the reading on your hygrometer goes down, I would wet the beads a little and check back in a day or two.
As Moro said, if the temperature/weather has changed in your part that may be one of the reasons you're experiences a humidity change. With that said I don't think the humidity in your tupperware container is a dramatic shift from your humi, your sticks should be just fine.
As Moro said, if the temperature/weather has changed in your part that may be one of the reasons you're experiences a humidity change. With that said I don't think the humidity in your tupperware container is a dramatic shift from your humi, your sticks should be just fine.
No biggie but slower is better for RH changes to allow time to get the RH balanced.
Cigars are pretty resilliant actually I think you'll be just fine! Now if they were sitting at that high humidity for over a week I would dry box for a day or 2 before smoking otherwise might be a little bitter.
thanks guys.. its already pretty stable where i want it now so i do think they'll be okay. i plan on lighting up a stick tonight (one of the tats that joe passed along to me actually). im so excited, i can't wait to get outta work!