Quote Originally Posted by primus67 View Post
hi all, first post here!

i got a new madelaine monet humidor about 3 weeks ago. i did the whole seasoning thing but i still have trouble. when i keep a wet sponge on a dish along with the humidifier, my level stays at 70. when i take the sponge out, it goes down to about 60. now, the madelaine humidifier says to use madelaine solution exclusively, so that's what i've filled it up with. would it really make any difference if i used distilled water only in the puck? could that be why i start losing humidity when i take the sponge out? the humidor holds about 75 but right now i have 10 churchills and about 5 coronas.
With the sponges I have found that propylene glycol solution works best but what you really need to do is a salt test on your hygrometer it could very well be reading incorrectly. Do a search and you will find many threads on salt tests, just remember to double bag it. Also you may want to look into getting yourself some heartfelt beads, google search will find them for you, pretty idiot proof and maybe buying yourself a digital hygrometer as they tend to stay consistent longer. I say consistent because with these as well you need to salt test, they are not right on the money often but they will be off by the same amount most times. All you do is find out how much they are off by and then mark them so you know. I have one that is -1 and one -8.