Hygrometer Calibration

[CentralTimeSmoke]

Am I the only one who chucks a few Bovedas in their tupperdores and trusts them to do their job? Now I feel like I need to buy a hygrometer when I get off work...

I used to have one when I first started in the hobby, and the Bovedas were so reliable that I just never replaced the batteries.

I've also NEVER had to recharge any of my Bovedas, which I find a bit strange. But I think that goes to show you how over humidified cigars come when you buy them online. They essentially recharge my Bovedas for me.

I know hygrometers and monitoring is WAY more important when using actual humidors, BTW. I don't mean to suggest otherwise.

[Emperor Zurg]

Am I the only one who chucks a few Bovedas in their tupperdores and trusts them to do their job? Now I feel like I need to buy a hygrometer when I get off work...

No you don't. My 5 gallon buck-a-dor doesn't have a hygrometer in it and never has. Hygros really are sorta worthless imo. They're basically a fashion accessory. As long as you have enough Bovedas (and you replace them when they start getting flat) and your cigars are smoking fine, I don't think you need one, not even in a humidor. But... in a wood humidor, you need to be sure you have enough Bovedas to keep up with the loss. So until you figure out how many you need I guess a hygro does have some value.

[LazyLightning]

Getting close to 12:00 pm here and they are both reading 66%. At 6pm, which will be 24 hours, I will look again and see if I need to make any fine adjustments.

Also,
Remember I am in the process of seasoning and stabilizing 2 large humidors, I at least need the hygrometers to know whats going on in them etc...

I understand if you guys trust the Boveda packs, and don't feel a need to use a hygro. I just prefer to play it safe and monitor them so I know if anything starts to go out of wack for whatever reason. As with many things cigars related, a lot of personal preference is involved. So if your happy and your sticks smoke good, do your thing, I say.

[Emperor Zurg]

Getting close to 12:00 pm here and they are both reading 66%. At 6pm, which will be 24 hours, I will look again and see if I need to make any fine adjustments.

Probably the air conditioning kicked on. Any time the temperature falls your rh is going to spike until the boveda pack can catch up.

[LazyLightning]

True,
They have been sitting at 70 all night and day, one is reading 66% the other 66-67%. At 24 hours I am going to make an adjustment and wait until morning to make sure they are both at 65%. If so, they will go back in the new humidors so I can get this seasoning show back on the road.

[LazyLightning]

Made a tiny adjustment at the 24hour mark, which was 6pm Tue. evening. They stayed at 70/65% the rest of the evening and were still sitting dead on at 12pm today.
They are now back in the new humidors and the seasoning is back on track.

Appreciate all the help with this one guys, very very much!