Those are great points. I use 3 packing points. Start in the container and use the phunnel as if it was cone for ice cream, I will have a fair-good amount of blueberry compressed into the corner of the container, then I will lift it up. At this point you have a lot of extra which is good because you can't have to little. I compress it now with the fork until its dense in the bowl as it was in the bag it came in. I make mine personally a tad bit tighter, but thats just me. And Hi to everyone...I haven't been on in awhile. QUOTE (Sonthert @ Apr 22 2009, 05:13 AM) When I make it, lets say the dewpoint is 35F. I seal it up. It gets to your house, the dew point is 60F. Humidity shock. Its not that your humidity is unstable, its thats its different than when the tobacco was sealed up. That being said, the problem you guys are talking about where it smokes fine and then gets worse comes from a particular problem, you stir the tobacco up, and only take tobacco off the top. You need to think of that tub of tobacco as a cake, cut a square piece out in your mind and put it in the bowl, top and bottom. If you only use tobacco off the top, some flavors will fade quickly, since some float to the top. It can also come from not stirring well enough, too. The tobacco is cookd to drive off the excess water...lower water content. The lower water content also makes the flavors separate a little more...its not pre-stirred and it won't stay that way. It forms into thin, little layers of different densities of flavors. If you use a long, shallow container, it will reduce this separation effect. If you use a deep, tall container, it will make it worse, if its a problem for you. If in doubt, use a container thats large and way too big, allowing the tobacco to spread out across it.