Desktop humi frustrations

[Chadderkdawg]

K, so if you have some sort of tupperware or similar, put your sticks in there with the bovedas and hygro. See where the RH is after awhile (a day or two). If it drops low or the bovedas dry out then your sticks are dry. If it is stable at about 65%, then your humi is leaking. You will need to seal up every possible leaky area and get it stable before you want to put your sticks back in. If it was a cheapy humidor, this might be a difficult task. Mine was a cheap groomsman gift, so I gave up on it before I ruined any cigars.

Did you calibrate your hygros with a 65% boveda in a small sealable container? Are they digital or analog hygros? Analog generally are not accurate. Calibrate with the 65% boveda and you will have them calibrated to the level you want your humi to be at.

I like the tuperware idea, I'll try that.

Hygro is the basic analog, calibrated with the salt test. I'll also calibrate it to the boveda tonight, another good idea, thank you.

[Ilroy]

I like the tuperware idea, I'll try that.

Hygro is the basic analog, calibrated with the salt test. I'll also calibrate it to the boveda tonight, another good idea, thank you.

Yeah, salt test is usually not very accurate either. Get a digital when you are able...a caliber IV is a decent one and not too expensive...around $25.

[Chadderkdawg]

I didn't buy from Cheaphumidors, but this is the one I have.

http://www.cheaphumidors.com/humidor...r-humidor.html

[TreySC]

What did you do to seal the glass?

[Chadderkdawg]

What did you do to seal the glass?

I used an all purpose silicone sealant on every joint in the box.

[TreySC]

I used an all purpose silicone sealant on every joint in the box.

You'd think that would do it. All the way around the glass too? If that's not it and after checking the cigars, I'd go cooler or tupperware and forget he humidor

[Chadderkdawg]

You'd think that would do it. All the way around the glass too? If that's not it and after checking the cigars, I'd go cooler or tupperware and forget he humidor

Yep all the way around the glass, I bet my sticks are just dry and our house is just too dry right now.

[Browns7213]

Yeah, salt test is usually not very accurate either. Get a digital when you are able...a caliber IV is a decent one and not too expensive...around $25.

$20 from Cheap Humidors and that's before our 10% discount. Can't beat that.

[BMack]

A tupperdor is sooooo much less work. It doesn't look great but you'll have rock solid RH.

I've had some luck using poly tape(like electrical tape) on the lip of my humidor to help it seal...but even though it locks down and clamps on the tape, it's still no where near as steady as my tupperdors.

[Chadderkdawg]

Hygro is dead on, tested the rh in our house and its below 30%, woof.


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