Quote Originally Posted by Cigarbear View Post
I wiped the interior real well when I first got it. Afterwards I put distilled water soaked sponges in the drawers and the bottom on plastic bags and put a calibrated digital hygrometer in while the analog that came with it calibrated with the moist salt cap test. I also put a humistate tube in the bottom tray and a 4oz humucare jar in the base. After a check at 12 hours and 24 hours the hygro was reading about 72%. After taking out the sponges I waited another few hours without any rH change so I filled it with cigars. That was late Friday and it's settling at 70% at the moment. Should I be aiming a little lower for fluctuation or is that more a matter of preference?
I would definitely say it is a matter of preference. I couldn't make up my mind when it came to it so I keep mine at 66-67. I would have to say though from first hand experience that if you keep them at a higher humidity they tend to draw harder. There are a lot of threads that discuss this topic and a lot of websites but they all tend to point towards 65%