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Humidity dropping from adding a lot of smokes

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Ok, time for me to search the forum or just chill out about this and give it time. What I am talking about is that n the past 2 weeks I have added over 100 smokes (mostly due to the Rocky Patel event at the local B&M) to my large humidor. I added 60 at once after the RP event and the next morning the humidity had dropped like a lead balloon. I added another jar of beads and a couple of large dispoable humi-packs and it is slowly rising back up... very slowly although I am still a little nervous because it dropped drastically to around 50% and now after 24 hours it is up to about 60% now. I am sure that rising slowly is a good thing but it dropped rather quickly but I was re-arranging and had it open for sometime causing most of the drop I am sure.

I am waiting patiently for it to climb back to 65-70%. I may need more xikar crystal jars. I really need to invest in the heartfelt beads though. Maybe this is the time to make the order because none of the B&Ms here carry the hf-beads.

The smokes are burning really nicely and no damage has been done at all. I just need to learn to be patient and know what I want out of the humi before I open it instead of staring and lurking around in it.
Well, the fiance' is home from work now...

Later

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Updated 02-02-2010 at 05:33 PM by EdgeMan

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  1. ashauler's Avatar
    Beads..... I use 65%. rh swings are to be expected, and from your description the recovery is really pretty good. No worries.
  2. EdgeMan's Avatar
    I have been waiting for a good excuse to change from the xikar crystal jars (which have actually served me well) to beads. I bought a small 100 stick pack of beads last night and I will order some more from heartfelt.

    Back to my RH dropping... I am back up to 67% now. I also have a new hygrometer and it was 10% off so I calibrated it also. I Just had a temporary freak out there. But I controlled it... I only freaked out internally. In other words I did nothing DRASTIC to my humidor except throw in a couple humi-packs until I got another jar of crystals/beads. It was sure making me a little nervous watching it drop so fast to forty something % though. That is the best advice I can give being the newbie I am about your humidor RH getting off is just don't freak out and take it slow and read everything in the STICKY in the "Accessories" section of the forum.