humidor media and humidity

[T.G]

Few things...

What type of hygrometer do you have and and have you calibrated it recently?

How long have you had the cigars? Some vendors are known to ship cigars a bit on the moist side to protect them from drying out if they run across adverse conditions in transit. Also, some B&Ms keep their humidors too moist. If either of these conditions existed and you just recently received them, they might not have had time to lose the extra humidity.

Using exquisicat as a humidifier is akin to using a painters tarp as a parachute. It might work, but it's really not the ideal and if it does, it's not going to work as well or the same. You can get real humidification beads that are truly 2-way from either www.heartfeltindustries.com or www.HCMbeads.com

It's also possible that where you are smoking the cigar is too humid. Not much you can do about that other than find a drier place to smoke.