Help with testing hydrometer and seasoning humidor

[malibuboats91]

I just want to clarify if I did this correct...I got a little dish, put i teaspoon of salt in it and added a little distilled water to make it into kind of a paste, then placed that mixture along with my hydrometer in a bag and waited 6 hours. Does that sound correct or do you have any changes to it?

[badwhale]

I just want to clarify if I did this correct...I got a little dish, put i teaspoon of salt in it and added a little distilled water to make it into kind of a paste, then placed that mixture along with my hydrometer in a bag and waited 6 hours. Does that sound correct or do you have any changes to it?

I've heard you should double bag it and wait overnight. The rest sounds ok. The one time I did it, I used the cap to a water bottle, and packed it with salt, then made the paste as you described.

Will
PS Welcome from Bitterville

[malibuboats91]

Alright thanks! I just put it in the baggie with the mixture and sealed it up, then put that baggie inside another baggie.

[malibuboats91]

I have been testing them and came to the conclusion that the one provided from cheap humidors is not consistent at all so they are sending me a new POS hygrometer. Now the digital I think is 15% below what it should be reading. I have had my humidification device in the humidor along with the shot glass full of distilled water since tuesday at 6pm central standard time and I just took a look inside and there is about a quarter of an inch of water gone from the shot glass. Now with my doubtful hygrometers, how do I tell if its seasoned or not? The digital has a reading of 75% and the analog has a reading of 72% after doing the math.

[badwhale]

I have been testing them and came to the conclusion that the one provided from cheap humidors is not consistent at all so they are sending me a new POS hygrometer. Now the digital I think is 15% below what it should be reading. I have had my humidification device in the humidor along with the shot glass full of distilled water since tuesday at 6pm central standard time and I just took a look inside and there is about a quarter of an inch of water gone from the shot glass. Now with my doubtful hygrometers, how do I tell if its seasoned or not? The digital has a reading of 75% and the analog has a reading of 72% after doing the math.

Judging by the content of this thread, I'm going to assume you're new to cigars and humidors. Now that that's outta the way a here's some thoughts:

1) Analog hydrometer suck IMO
2) If the humidor is apparently sucking water, it's either air leaky, or it's not seasoned.
3) Don't worry about it
4) Get some humidity beads
5) Regularly smoke cigars outta this humi. If they burn black, and taste like ash, they're too dry. If it feels like you're sucking a golf ball through a garden hose, and the wrapper split all the time, it's too wet.
6) Don't worry about it
7) Get a coolerdor made up and hoard shitloads of smokes. If this humidor is running dry, use it as a dry boxer, just for decoration, or keep your macanudos in it.

Will

PS "they are sending me a new POS hygrometer" made me laugh

[heftysmokes]

PS "they are sending me a new POS hygrometer" made me laugh

That cracked me up, too. It's awesome when you call customer service somewhere and tell them, "This _____ I got from you...well, it's kind of a piece of shit." and you hear, "We're so sorry to hear that sir, we'll send you out another piece of shit immediately."

[TachyCoventry]

My thought is to spend the money on a good hygrometer/thermometer combo that you can calibrate. You can get this all over the web or in a B&M.