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Ubiquito · 01-22-2003, 09:24 PM

Does anyone have any tried and true formulas for the PG to H2O ratio to keep the humidity level at 65% (Starting AND maintaining...) I've got a new humidor on the way that I need to start out right and a previous one that I need to lower from 70%. It's the maintaining that seems like the tricky part to me...is it, or am I just not seeing the forest for the trees??

parshooter · 01-23-2003, 05:04 AM

Don't stress over the #s so much. First of all, very rarely are hygrometers so accurate. Use it to check flucuations in humidity. When you get you humidor filled, and the cigars are to your liking, in feel and smokability, then look at the hygrometer and see where the rh is at. That is your #. If it drops or rises by 5 or more points, adjust accordingly. Check the archives, there are many posts about this subject. It is not rocket science, it is alot of learning by experience, good luck

grtrx · 01-23-2003, 06:16 AM

relax. cigars aren't that fussy. really. a few extra drops of PG will help. or a small block of cedar that can act as a buffer.

Ubiquito · 01-23-2003, 07:18 AM

Thanks y'all....

The crow · 02-02-2003, 07:41 PM

that's very true grtrx

sound advice

01-22-2003, 09:24 PM	#1
Ubiquito Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 665	Maintaining humidity at 65% Does anyone have any tried and true formulas for the PG to H2O ratio to keep the humidity level at 65% (Starting AND maintaining...) I've got a new humidor on the way that I need to start out right and a previous one that I need to lower from 70%. It's the maintaining that seems like the tricky part to me...is it, or am I just not seeing the forest for the trees??

01-23-2003, 05:04 AM	#2
parshooter Herf God Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: St Somewhere Posts: 14,444	Don't stress over the #s so much. First of all, very rarely are hygrometers so accurate. Use it to check flucuations in humidity. When you get you humidor filled, and the cigars are to your liking, in feel and smokability, then look at the hygrometer and see where the rh is at. That is your #. If it drops or rises by 5 or more points, adjust accordingly. Check the archives, there are many posts about this subject. It is not rocket science, it is alot of learning by experience, good luck __________________ "I'm not drunk, I've just been drinking." Pat Daley #69 of the JLOH

01-23-2003, 06:16 AM	#3
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	relax. cigars aren't that fussy. really. a few extra drops of PG will help. or a small block of cedar that can act as a buffer. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

01-23-2003, 07:18 AM	#4
Ubiquito Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 665	Thanks y'all....

02-02-2003, 07:41 PM	#5
The crow Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 138	that's very true grtrx sound advice