Help with testing hydrometer and seasoning humidor

[ashauler]

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.

Or, you could just pick up some beads and throw the hygro's away.

[malibuboats91]

I pulled the shot glass out 3 hours ago and they still read within 2% of my inital readings. Now this sounds like a dumb question but I'm curious to know if I have had cigars in a ziplock for 3 months and are probably dried out, if I put them in my humidor and got them back up to humidity would they be good again? Or are they done for?

[ashauler]

I pulled the shot glass out 3 hours ago and they still read within 2% of my inital readings. Now this sounds like a dumb question but I'm curious to know if I have had cigars in a ziplock for 3 months and are probably dried out, if I put them in my humidor and got them back up to humidity would they be good again? Or are they done for?

Search is your friend.
http://www.cigarsmokers.com/threads/...ight=rehydrate

That's just one link; try rehydrate as your keyword.

[malibuboats91]

I just bought some Madelaine crystals from the local tobacco supplier and put those in the humidor and took out the supplied humidifier.

[malibuboats91]

So I put the crystals in the humidor and took out my analog hygrometer and decided to salt test it one more time. This time I put it in a rubermaid container for like a sandwich. Came home and checked it to find a reading of exactly 75%. This meaning my tests in the bag were way off and and there is really 85% humidity in my humidor or something else is going on. This craziness never stops!!!

[badwhale]

So I put the crystals in the humidor and took out my analog hygrometer and decided to salt test it one more time. This time I put it in a rubermaid container for like a sandwich. Came home and checked it to find a reading of exactly 75%. This meaning my tests in the bag were way off and and there is really 85% humidity in my humidor or something else is going on. This craziness never stops!!!

Please refer to notes 3 & 6 on post #7

[malibuboats91]

So after letting my humidor sit for a week with 7 cigars in it, my analog hygrometer has been reading a constant 70%. I had called cheap humidors the day I got my humidor because the analog hygrometer was all scratched up and they were sending me a new one. A week passed so I called them and I guess they sent it to the wrong person. I talked them into deducting the cost of the analog from the digital so I got an adjustable digital for $13. Now I just have to do the salt test to it. Thanks for all they help!