How far off have you been?

[Cigarer]

Yeah my hygrometer is way off. Cut a MUWAT tonight, cap fell apart and wrapper split on me, definitely dry. I've had good luck with my xikar crystals, however I ordered heartfelt beads that came in today, I think I'll use them, and a boveda if needed

[allusred]

@Emperor Zurg this all sounds so familiar.

I do have hygrometers in my humidor/cooler, but like EZ, I think the batteries were dead in one for many months and the other is buried deep within my cooler to be viewed very rarely. I use kitty litter in both of my humidors, except for my habanos are in a compartment within one of the humidors that I use a 62 Boveda. I pour water directly on my kitty litter, and yes I hear them crackle and creak as they soak up water. In my cooler, I recharge the KL when the majority of the crystals have turned white; and again, I just pour a little water over them. I only need to recharge once every 3-6 months, depending upon the season. My wooden humidor gets recharged about every 2 months. My KL is in an aquarium filter mesh bag that I just pour water onto. Now don't take this that I don't care, I only do this after previous experiences have shown that it doesn't really make that much difference.
In reality, I have come to learn that cigars are really much more resilient than what we are sometimes led to believe. I would rather spend my limited free time smoking them, instead of fussing over the exact storage and care.

Could not agree more with this.
"In reality, I have come to learn that cigars are really much more resilient than what we are sometimes led to believe. I would rather spend my limited free time smoking them, instead of fussing over the exact storage and care."

At one time paid attention to Humidity and Temperature.Fans in Coolidor, KL. Cigars in bpxes. unboxed, in cello without cello...etc,etc.
Then, recalling all the years that I had just purchased boxes of cigars and smoked them, then picked up more that were destined to meet the same fate.
Enjoyed smoking cigars.
Figured there really was no reas"In reality, I have come to learn that cigars are really much more resilient than what we are sometimes led to believe. I would rather spend my limited free time smoking them, instead of fussing over the exact storage and care".[/QUOTE]
on to obsess over how they might become depreesed if temp or humidity was off by a more than a degree.
Cigars are bunched up dead leaves...not Snowflakes. No need to provide colouring books, crayons and comfort food along with soothing music for them.
Maybe it's the idea that needing to have all the latest bright shiny things tends to finish with those posssessions owning you.
At least in terms of time spent care and feeding of them.
Less really can be more.
Right now now I've my entire stash of 54 cigars in one humidor, and with but five varieties to choose from spend more time smoking them than deciding which to burn.