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cmontgomery

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Hi all,

just curious on where proper placement is for my oasis humidifier. I currenly have it on the bottom of my 300ct humi. My digital hydromote on the top stays between 66-67%, but the oasis is set at 70%. When I press the oasis to check the humidity it reads 70.5%. Shouldn't it be the same throught the humi? Thanks for any help.

Craig
 
Do you know for a fact that they normally read the same? Even if they do, I wouldn't sweat a 4% difference. Don't those things circulate the humidity? If it really bugs you, you can get an oust fan (without the scented stuff inside, obviously), but I wouldn't worry about it. Just my two cents...
 
some people actually WANT that difference in their humis. If they find that a cigar does better at 70% then its put closer to the bottom. if it does better at 65ish then they put em at the top.

If you want it to be uniform RH i also say that a fan is the way to go.
 
Hmm, never thought about it like that. I assume if you want to age a cigar you want to keep it at 70. Then as you are getting ready to smoke it you should move it up in the humi to bring it down a little? Sorry for all the questions. I have always kept my smokes in a locker at my local stor, I just recenly bought my first Humi above a 20ct.
Thanks,
Craig
 
I have salt tested all of my digital hygrometers - the Oasis always reads at least 3-4 % higher than my digitals. If they read the same it makes me worry! I guess I should talk to the company, but since it is always consistent I am cool with it.
 
Kelvin said:
I have salt tested all of my digital hygrometers - the Oasis always reads at least 3-4 % higher than my digitals. If they read the same it makes me worry! I guess I should talk to the company, but since it is always consistent I am cool with it.
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this is exactly the case with mine...i like my humi in the range of 62-63% in the top trays and in the bottom i like to keep it at about 64-65%...in order to do this i need to set the oasis to 70-70.5%...
 
I see quite a few people like to keep their humi's about 65%. So what is the deal with the 70/70 rule?
 
cmontgomery said:
what is the deal with the 70/70 rule?
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70/70 is where they age the best.

65% RH is where they burn the best.
...at least in my opinion.
 
HighPSI said:
Kelvin said:
I have salt tested all of my digital hygrometers - the Oasis always reads at least 3-4 % higher than my digitals. If they read the same it makes me worry! I guess I should talk to the company, but since it is always consistent I am cool with it.
Click to expand...

this is exactly the case with mine...i like my humi in the range of 62-63% in the top trays and in the bottom i like to keep it at about 64-65%...in order to do this i need to set the oasis to 70-70.5%...
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Matt,
i am in the same boat as you. I keep my humidity around 62-63%, and I have to keep my 2 Oasis at 67%. I have one in the bottom of my cabinet and one in the middle. The Oasis is a good product to generate humidity, but it's up to us to really check out what's going on inside our humidors. I don't think the built-in hygrometers are really accurate so you have to play trial and error with the settings to get the humidity you want.
 
chrisguinther said:
HighPSI said:
Kelvin said:
I have salt tested all of my digital hygrometers - the Oasis always reads at least 3-4 % higher than my digitals. If they read the same it makes me worry! I guess I should talk to the company, but since it is always consistent I am cool with it.
Click to expand...

this is exactly the case with mine...i like my humi in the range of 62-63% in the top trays and in the bottom i like to keep it at about 64-65%...in order to do this i need to set the oasis to 70-70.5%...
Click to expand...

Matt,
i am in the same boat as you. I keep my humidity around 62-63%, and I have to keep my 2 Oasis at 67%. I have one in the bottom of my cabinet and one in the middle. The Oasis is a good product to generate humidity, but it's up to us to really check out what's going on inside our humidors. I don't think the built-in hygrometers are really accurate so you have to play trial and error with the settings to get the humidity you want.
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totally agree, can't rely on the oasis with regard to monitoring humidity, just to supply to where i want it
 
I read on one of the threads that polymer beads are better in my Oasis. Is this correct? I think Kevin and Chris were going to show us newbies, with pictures how to do this.
 
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