Hello fellow Cigar Aficionados,
I'm relatively new with Cigar storage - decided to invest in an Audew JC-48A, seasoned it for a few weeks, and have roughly 260 cigars in my collection (cuban + non-cuban). I've been running smoothly at 64F & 65-66% humidity since this past January, using multiple Boveda packs (320G @ 65% humidity).
I've noticed over the past few weeks my electronic humidor thermometer has been creeping over 70% humidity consistently. Even had it as high as 77% humidity over the weekend. Thought this was a sure tell sign of perhaps my Boveda packs were running out (despite them still being soft and squishy), so regardless I replaced them with a new batch. But I don't see my humidity lowering back down to the 65% range tbh. It's still currently at around 73.1%.
Now I will say that I did not realize that I was using 5 x 320G packs previously - and now I'm only using 3 x 320G packs.
Question: Is my issue that I only need to add another 2 Boveda packs or could it be some other issue I should be concerned about. Perhaps I'm being too impatient and I need to wait a few more days to see if the humidity level lowers? Thankfully no mold (yet) on 90% of my stock, with the exception of my Partagas Series D which has a slight film building up - but it easily brushes off.
Thanks in advance!
I'm relatively new with Cigar storage - decided to invest in an Audew JC-48A, seasoned it for a few weeks, and have roughly 260 cigars in my collection (cuban + non-cuban). I've been running smoothly at 64F & 65-66% humidity since this past January, using multiple Boveda packs (320G @ 65% humidity).
I've noticed over the past few weeks my electronic humidor thermometer has been creeping over 70% humidity consistently. Even had it as high as 77% humidity over the weekend. Thought this was a sure tell sign of perhaps my Boveda packs were running out (despite them still being soft and squishy), so regardless I replaced them with a new batch. But I don't see my humidity lowering back down to the 65% range tbh. It's still currently at around 73.1%.
Now I will say that I did not realize that I was using 5 x 320G packs previously - and now I'm only using 3 x 320G packs.
Question: Is my issue that I only need to add another 2 Boveda packs or could it be some other issue I should be concerned about. Perhaps I'm being too impatient and I need to wait a few more days to see if the humidity level lowers? Thankfully no mold (yet) on 90% of my stock, with the exception of my Partagas Series D which has a slight film building up - but it easily brushes off.
Thanks in advance!