Quote Originally Posted by Owen_ View Post
i had never had the beads in there but it still read 70% but after a while i didnt trust anything so i just completely saturated the beads, threw them in and left it.

The ash isnt all that white and yes its as if the cigar is plugged, i thought this was from over humidifying the cigars yet like i say the band on the stick slides up and down and is really lose.
This may be the issue. I had similar problems of over saturating. Beads not only give humidity but they take it in (regulate) so should only be half wet. Also I found through advice on this forum that cigars must be in the box. You need to have those sponges in there to help the process. At the point you are at your box may be too wet. This is a spanish cedar box..yes? If your box is too wet you may have to take the beads out for a bit and dry the box again.
I actually bought a new humidor and redid the entire process. And I use the other box that I screwed up to throw my bands in