A perfect cure every time

[Dawn Patrol]

Jars are amazing, I'll never vacuum seal again - just had too many disappointments with long term storage.

 

[rrog]

See, I think (but don't know) that if you pulled a vacuum early you'd miss that next level of goodness. My opinion only.

 

[Tyga]

Any ways to slightly add some moisture to the buds? Small jar of mine recently dropped to around 50%... To stoned and forgot to recap the jar haha.

 

[unregistered190]

very informative thread.....good info

 

[rrog]

I'm very anxious to hear what you think.

 

[rrog]

Any ways to slightly add some moisture to the buds? Small jar of mine recently dropped to around 50%... To stoned and forgot to recap the jar haha.

Simon has tested this and has found that after it drops below 55%, the curing is stopped and cannot be restarted with rehydration. I'm not sure why, but would think enzymatic action might be the culprit.

 

[Weezard]

You can add some moisture though.
Just snap off a fresh sugarleaf or fanleaf and put it in the jar.
Won't restart the cure, but it will moisten it enough to smoke mo' betta.

Aloha,
Weeze

 

[michmedclones]

Has anyone upgraded to the caliber IV? I just got a couple of them because the III is discontinued but I'm confused by the calibration method. The manual says that you subtract the difference with the example being your bodeva pack is a 70% and the caliber is reading 71% you do 71-70= +1% meaning you actually add 1%, to me that sounds like you're changing it from being 1% off to 2% off opposed to fixing the problem. Mine read 73% and the test pack was 75% so I thought I had to add 2% but after reading the manual it sounds like I'm supposed to subtract 2% and that just seems ass backwards to me, maybe I'm missing something?

 

[rrog]

Didn't know the III's went away

 

[LeeROI]

[per amazon:]

Product Description
THIS NEW HYGROMETER HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED SO WE ARE DISPLAYING A PICTURE OF THE OLD CALIBER III IN THIS LISTING AS THE IMAGE FOR THE NEW CALIBER IV IS NOT AVAILABLE YET! NEW Caliber IV Digital Hygrometer We are pleased to announce a new design in the very successful Caliber series of digital hygrometers. Western Humidor first introduced the original Caliber back in 1994 as the first digital hygrometer designed for the cigar industry. That was followed by the Caliber II then the Caliber III, with Western Humidor continually setting the standard with what is considered to be the most accurate hygrometer on the market.The Caliber line has gained a reputation for its reliable accuracy, slim profile design and no hassle operation. Building on these same principles, the new Caliber IV will continue to set the standard by adding in an additional feature, calibration. Yes, the Caliber digital hygrometer can now be calibrated! The new Caliber IV contains the same accurate sensor and circuitry that made the Caliber III famous (shown at left), while allowing the user to adjust the display setting digitally! This will certainly make the Caliber IV the easiest digital hygrometer to recalibrate if necessary. The Western Caliber IV digital hygrometer accurately measures and displays relative humidity and temperature to assure your cigars are stored in ideal conditions. Specifications: Humidity Range: 20% to 99% RH Resolution: 1% Accuracy, Humidity: +/- 1% (40%-80%) +/- 3% Updating Time: 10 seconds Temperature: Measuring Range: 0 to 50 C/ 32-120F Resolution: 1 degree Accuracy: +/-1 C/F Dimensions (Outside): 3 1/2"L x 1 1/4"W x 1/4"TH

 

[michmedclones]

the Iv is the same as the III but you can calibrate them now, unfortunatley that's the only feature causing me confusing just based on their wording and example in the manual that comes with them. I didn't adjust them at all, and I'm using a 4% window until I figure out which way to go

 

[THC123]

oh so glad i hear this cuz i have like 15 caliber 3s and some are way off like 4-5 % off

nice to know

gonna sell a few to friends and buy caliber 4

 

[rrog]

I found when the battery was low the reading can be off

 

[MIway]

Just tried salt tests on all my hygrometer... Between 4-14% low on em all... Some have been in the bags for 24hours. Is there a trick to the salts test? Maybe I'm doing it incorrectly...?

But just ordered up a half dozen of these calibers. Man, been using those accurites for ever... 4-14 low...??? Fuck me.

 

[rrog]

What is the salt test?

 

[PeopleWish]

The thing is these meters are far from accurate.

Sometimes +-10%rh...........

 

[rrog]

But the meters have been very consistent amongst one another. That's what makes them work very well.

 

[MIway]

What is the salt test?

I just read it on one of the cigar sites, but I put about a half tsp of table salt in a shot glass and added bottled water by the droplets until it kind of turned into a slurry. The Site suggested to use distilled water (didn't have on hand so bottled dasani it was) and to not add enough water to dissolve the salts grains. I don't really know if I added enough or too much water...? Placed the shot glass in a zip lock bag along with the meter... And wait 6 hours. Supposed to stabilize at 75% rh.

Don't understand how that is actually working, but it's what I tried... My meters were all much lower. Most had new batteries... Two of the meters were just bought too... Those were both reading 68,after a full day in there.



Edit- So amazon is shipping super fast... The calibers came this morning. In the instructions they state that the salt test isn't accurate and to use a boveda cal test. Maybe the other meters weren't that far off.

 

[rrog]

I've used Boveda years ago to try and re-hydrate some old bud. I wonder how accurate they are supposed to be. Seems hard to believe that a Boveda would be accurate enough to calibrate equipment from

 

[Pinball Wizard]

it never ceases to amaze me, how fast the jar cure improves the smoke
(even, one week is noticeable)