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01-25-2006, 01:02 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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New humidor, not humid enough
Having recently rejoined the ranks of the gainfully employed, I went a bit, well, overboard (an entire paycheck overboard, as it were) and bought a few boxes of cigars from JR's and a desktop humidor. After I'd unpacked the cigars and arranged them all in the humidor, I noticed the sheet of paper it had come with, advising me not to put cigars in it until it had been seasoned by leaving a bowl of water in it for a few days.
Well, basically, I had nowhere else to keep the cigars, so I figured I'd just put both humidifier's in the humi and a tray of water, hoping that would do well enough. It's been about a week, and the gauge is reading around 62 % RH. Now, I've seen it higher, the maximum it logged was about 67%, but the last few days it's been steady in the 61-63% range. Is the wood still absorbing moisture, the process slowed by the cigars in there, or is this more likely a problem with the gauge? I'm smoking one from in there right now, it does seem a little dry, but all this worrying may be making me perceive something that's not there. I suppose, if nothing else, I could hitch a bus in the next couple of days to the brick and mortar and ask if I can let the gauge sit in their humi for a spell to see if the numbers match up. |