Quote Originally Posted by CptnBlues63 View Post
An introduction before starting to ask questions is always a good idea. If you follow that up with some judicious use of the Search function on this site and some reading, you're apt to find your answer without even asking it.

Having said that, "Hi and welcome to the forum"

I would recommend you do one of two things.

1) Buy a good digital hygrometer. I use a Caliber III and I've been very happy with it. Once you have a reliable hygrometer, start bringing your humidity back up to a proper level (ie: that info freely available via search too) slowly.

or

2) Buy humidity beads of the variety that suit your taste for humidity level. There's mention of them in multiple places on here, but I'll give you a hint. Search (here or on google) for Heartfelt Humidity Beads. Once you have enough beads for your humidor, bring it back up to proper humidity.

You don't necessarily need a hygrometer with beads. But I would use both. But that's me.
An introduction before starting to ask questions is always a good idea.
I completely disagree. I've never been one to join a forum and start providing a whole bunch of personal information just to satisfy the nosy types. If new members want to make their lives open books then that's their choice but I don't think they should be pushed into doing that and I refuse to do it on any new forums I join until I either become comfortable with the members there or leave because I decide they're a bunch of assholes who I would never want to give any of my personal information to.
If you follow that up with some judicious use of the Search function on this site and some reading, you're apt to find your answer without even asking it.
I've been on lots of forums on many different subject matters for many years and I've rarely had any luck "searching" for answers to questions, especially when I'm brand new to the forum. In this case, I just did a search on "rehumidifying cigars" and it came back with five pages of irrelevant bullshit.
1) Buy a good digital [B]hygrometer.
I think expensive digital hygrometers are a complete waste of money especially since you told this guy to use beads.

And most important, the guy asked about restoring moisture to his cigars which you never really gave him an answer to.

Here's my opinion on that. Buy some 60% beads and a cheap hygro. Set up your humidor with the 60% beads for a day or two. Put your cigars in and if you're lucky, they may be able to be smoked in a few days. If not, at least this way you have a much better set up than you had before and you won't be ruining any future cigars you buy.