Humidity Advice

[LandonColby]

@LandonColby
Question, at what point did your rH drop from 70-65?

After taking out the bowl of DW and putting in the cigars. The PG crystals stayed through the entire process.

[Brimy]

After taking out the bowl of DW and putting in the cigars. The PG crystals stayed through the entire process.

Did you put the cigars in right after you removed the DW? I'm not too familiar with the gel crystals, what rH are they supposed keep the rH at? I know that you said the cigars were a little dry, why? Where did you purchase them? Most sticks, from mail order especially, are going to come wetter than 65%!
If your humi holds a rH for three days empty, it should rise when you add the cigars.
As suggested before, I would put the cigars in Tupperware and season the humi. AND make sure of your seal around the glass. Calibrate your hygrometer.
Once your humi reads your desired rH for a week, then go ahead and put your cigars back in it.

[LandonColby]

Did you put the cigars in right after you removed the DW? I'm not too familiar with the gel crystals, what rH are they supposed keep the rH at? I know that you said the cigars were a little dry, why? Where did you purchase them? Most sticks, from mail order especially, are going to come wetter than 65%!
If your humi holds a rH for three days empty, it should rise when you add the cigars.
As suggested before, I would put the cigars in Tupperware and season the humi. AND make sure of your seal around the glass. Calibrate your hygrometer.
Once your humi reads your desired rH for a week, then go ahead and put your cigars back in it.

Yeah I put them in right after. The sticks came from CI so they they had a nice trip to me from the other side of the country. The humidity has since went down rather than up like I had hoped. I took them out and they're sitting in a Tupperware with the crystals at a steady 70%.
The Xikar crystals I have maintain 70% and are reusable.

I'm going to silicone the inside seam of the glass and around the large hygrometer on the front since I'll never take it out to calibrate anyway.

Moral of they story...don't cut corners. I knew all along I should just get the damn thing seasoned right but I was being lazy lol.
Thanks for all the words of wisdom guys.