My Cigar Box Coolidor.

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

I'm going to soon BUT I used this for another project and know it's fairly accurate.

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

[Chainsaw13]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

After I took the over saturated beads out and put some in that weren't wet at all, it seems to leveled out at 71. Oh the temp is always great too, 70.

Just know you will have some fluctuation as things stabilize. All depends on how dry/wet your cigars are and any boxes they may be stored in. Don't fret it.

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13

Just know you will have some fluctuation as things stabilize. All depends on how dry/wet your cigars are and any boxes they may be stored in. Don't fret it.

Yea I figured that. The cigars were wetter then normal I guess because I took them from freezer to storage after only letting them sit out for two hours.

[dvickery]

Originally Posted by DEZn00ts

Yea I figured that. The cigars were wetter then normal I guess because I took them from freezer to storage after only letting them sit out for two hours.

It is NOT because they only sat for ..... they are (usually) shipped at a high humidity .

Don’t add water to yer beads ever ... I use a small block of florists foam (about the size of a bar of soap) to add humidity to my coolers(beads) ... and (once again) NEVER wet the beads .

In regards your hygrometer ... don’t calibrate just find an RH that works for you and go with that ... doesn’t matter if it’s 62 or 65 as long as they smoke good .

Derrek

[DEZn00ts]

Originally Posted by dvickery

It is NOT because they only sat for ..... they are (usually) shipped at a high humidity .

Don’t add water to yer beads ever ... I use a small block of florists foam (about the size of a bar of soap) to add humidity to my coolers(beads) ... and (once again) NEVER wet the beads .

In regards your hygrometer ... don’t calibrate just find an RH that works for you and go with that ... doesn’t matter if it’s 62 or 65 as long as they smoke good .

Derrek

Yea I am figuring that out about beads now. It seems all I had to do was raise the RH then put the dry beads in and they lowered it to 70 easily. I am drying out the soaked beads now. Do you leave the beads in there with the foam or do you let the foam sit in there for a while then put the beads in to lower the RH?