Hygrometer Help

[sk weezy f baby]

Hey guys, this is more of an opinion than anything. My hygrometer was giving me some low numbers even though i have a 50 cigar humidor with 2 humidity bead devices in there (overkill). So i salt test the hygrometer and it gave me a reading of 59. I'm thinking 16 points off (the humidity should be 75 from the salt test), the test must be wrong so I leave it in for another day and it still gives me that. So i throw my hygrometer back into my humidor and after a full day its reading 53. Which with the 16 point correction would give me 69. I guess I'm paranoid of ruining my smokes if the hygrometer is really reading correctly and the salt test is wrong. How accurate is the salt test, and have any of you had this much of a discrepancy with your hygrometer? I haven't used my humidor and hygrometer for about a year until recently so maybe the hygrometer is just messed up? (i re seasoned it and everything). Thanks guys.

[ashauler]

How do your cigars smoke?

[sk weezy f baby]

Haven't had a chance to smoke any since getting my humidor back up and running. I squeezed them a little bit and they feel right. Going out of town this weekend. I'll smoke one on Monday and see the verdict. I just started putting cigars in there about 2 weeks ago. If it really is at a low humidity, will they burn pretty dry even only having them in there for a short period of time? Thanks.

[guado]

How do your cigars smoke?

This is a big key, are you using an analog or digital hygro? Spend the extra money on the digital if you have an analog. Also, I have never had luck with the "salt test." Get yourself a Boveda calibration kit. I know tampahumidor.com will send you one when you purchase a digital hygro.

How the cigars taste and feel really is the ultimate test. I had the same issue as you a long time ago. Turned out the hygro was bad. My cigars were soo soggy from the extra humidification. I was more concerned with the # vs the cigars.

[sk weezy f baby]

I have a digital and analog. The analog is on the front of the humidor and it actually says 69 but I'm not sure if i trust it. The digital one is the one that's giving me trouble. I think i'll order a new hygro along with the test kit. Thanks for your input sir.