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That's pretty funny Orangeman! Similar username ... same humidor ... same cheap ass hygrometer! I see one of those Little Havana's in my very near future. BUt for now I have calibrated my mechanical and my box is holding steady at 75% ... although my cheapo gauge shows 70%. but anyway ...

HERE'S the one I got. I probably shouldn't have gone with a cheapo. It says + or - 5% which I didn't realize before. Anyway, just to update, I went to my local cigar store and checked it against their hygrometer and mine showed 70% while theirs was 75% on the nose. So that's two tests...

OK. It's been about 11 1/2 hours and my digital reads 70%. So if it's calibrated 5% too low then my box is actually 74% which would make more sense. I'm going to repeat this test a few more times and see what I get.

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm not sure how to take the gauge in the box out so I will do the salt test on the digital one and go from there. I am pretty sure the digital is accurate because after being closed for the last 4 days it shows 75% on the nose and that's what the humidty gel is...

Thanks for the replies guys. But now I'm confused. My gauge that came with the box that I thought was correct, may not be. I bought a digital one on eBay just to use as a back up and put it in the humidor. It reads 69% at the same time the one on the box reads 60%. I'm thinking of taking...

Great, thanks guys. I figured it was OK and would straighten itself out. Nice sight you guys got here!

Hello. I'm a newbie in NJ and wanted to say Hi. Also, I just bought THIS Humidor and seasoned it for 4 days using the usual method of treating the wood and leaving a sponge on a plastic bag in it. Humidity held steady at around 75% for the full 4 days. I took my cigars, that I neglected...