Humidor is too humid

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aron325

your guy at the b&m, hate to tell you, definetly rushed you. you should be waiting anywhere between 1-7 days before the humi is ready. you need to properly season it and not rush it. a possible reason your hygro reads 85-90% is because when you put ur sticks in, it was like put 100% humidity into a 0% humidity place. it will read the air first. get your sticks out of there and put them in tupperware right now with your humidification device. if you dont every single one of your sticks may be ruined. search seasoning in the bar and follow very carefully. do not rush it trust me. you will regret it.

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aron325

i got a boveda seasoning kit with mine and had no problems i just dropped it in there and let it sit for a about 3 days. i then took a shot glass of DISTILLED WATER, very important you dont use tap water, and set it in there for another 2 days. mine has been at 65-70% since then. again search the forums for seasoning and listen to all the wise BOTL's. trust me you wont regret it

aron325

and also do not wet down the sides of the humi with a sponge unless you have ba11s of steel. you could very possibly warp the wood in your humi

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i have a humidifying pillow that came with one of the boxes of cigars... should i just let THAT sit in there in absence of a humidifying kit?

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I guess my main question is what is reccomended? Should I leave the humidifying device in the humidor? should I leave it closed for another few days? Should I leave it open? Are my stogies ok in a herfador for the time being? Are they better off in the tupperware?

aron325

you can use the device with your sticks until your humi is ready to go, you dont need it in your humi right now. get a shot glass of distilled water and put it in your humi with lid shut for how ever long it takes to get you hygro stabil at 65-70% after that you are good to put ur sticks in.

j0z3r

Just leave the lid closed for 2-3 days with the charged humidifier in. The idea behind seasoning your humidor is to get the wood to soak up moisture, though not too much at once. While you are seasoning, you can keep the cigars in a herfador, tupperware, ziploc bag...whatever as long as it's sealed and you have a water pillow in with the cigars.

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there a lil bit of fog on the inside of the tupperware... is this ok? My knowlegde of microbiology tells me that means it's a breeding ground for bacteria but I could be mistaken.

j0z3r

Try cracking the lid on one corner of the tupperware, this will help some of the humidity escape...don't leave a big gap or anything, just enough to get some air exchange.

Russ55

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Russ55:

Edit: Or just listen to Joe. It's what I'd do.

What's up Russ? Think you might be able to make a Saturday herf?

Russ55

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Russ55:

Edit: Or just listen to Joe. It's what I'd do.

What's up Russ? Think you might be able to make a Saturday herf?

Heya. I was just about to post in there. The wife is sick with a cold/flu/hanta virus right now. She's like 2 days into it. So far I'm fine though. As of now I think I can make it as long as I don't catch it, but I don't want to commit because then it's pretty much guaranteed that I come down with it.

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thank you, gentleman. i will take your suggestions into consideration.

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j0z3r

Reading back on this thread, I didn't see any mention of what style hygrometer you're using. If I missed something forgive me, but are using analog or digital?

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bsjones7

If it were me I'd leave the lid open probably over night. Keep my cigars in Tupperware. Allow that thing to dry out. However I wouldn't start the process over until I got a digital hygrometer. Analog sucks 99.7% of the time.

fla-gypsy

Down here this time of year humidity can go crazy. I have had some big up swings with my 125 ct too. I usually remove the humidifier when it climbs to crazy numbers.

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