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02-17-2009, 06:21 AM | #1 |
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My smokes feel dry! Help.
I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have a 100 ct humi. It's full. I have replaced the floral foam with a 4oz jar of CI gel (the blue stuff) a few weeks ago. My hygrometer is way off (always has been), but it looked to me like the gel stablized the humi well. I had a cigar yesterday and the draw was real open and it felt/smoked drier than I was comfortable with.
Is the 4oz gel cup too small for that humi? Should I have supplemented the floral foam instead of replacing it? Should I add another gel cup? I'm going to add the foam back in to get the humi up to humidity again, but looking for suggestions/explanations. Thanks. |
02-17-2009, 06:45 AM | #2 |
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I've not sued the gel so I'm not the person to be answering for you. You idea of adding the foam back makes sense to me
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02-17-2009, 07:58 AM | #3 |
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I think for now, that's my only choice. I want to try putting another 4oz gel cup in there to see if that does the trick.
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02-17-2009, 08:09 AM | #4 |
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I've used them before and one 4 ounce cup was sufficient for my old 75-count humidor, but that was a long time ago.
IIRC, Mealstrom swears by the Ci-gel cups and uses them extensively. I'd PM him.
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02-17-2009, 08:24 AM | #5 |
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Thanks, I'll do that.
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02-17-2009, 04:33 PM | #6 |
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try to bring the humidity up slowly... and maybe invest in something that accurately measures humidity
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