New to cigars, need help.

musiciannameddave

j0z3r

If a humidor is out of your budget, I'd recommend looking into a large tupperware container or a medium sized cooler, the kind you would keep sodas in with ice, that kind of cooler. Both can be had for pretty cheap and will hold humidity very well. As for keeping the cigars humidified, the general consensus is that Heartfelt beads are the way to go, most likely the 65% ones. Those can be found at heartfeltindustries.com, and are an inexpensive and reliable way to maintain an optimal humidity.

urbino

kuzi16

j0z3r

Just to give a price perspective on a medium sized cooler, a 60 quart igloo cooler can be had from Walmart for around $20. The interior size of this cooler is sufficient to hold about 10-15 boxes of cigar, depending of course on the size of the box.

Fourtotheflush

Rob1110

musiciannameddave

musiciannameddave

Rob1110

Glad you found one within your price range. If you have another place to put the cigars temporarily, I'd season it before putting the cigars in. That allows the cedar to soak up as much of the water as it can before anything else is in there to compete with it.

j0z3r

musiciannameddave

kuzi16

it never hurts to be careful when it comes to some of your favorite smokes.

j0z3r

Agreed. More than likely they would be fine, however, taking a cautious approach will ensure it.

rogersmoke

The tupperware idea is a good one as is a cooler, like igloo. Get the heartfelt beads or the DryMistat beads and you shoudl be good to go. The internet is loaded with info on how to set up a tupperware or cooler humidor.  Also, before I got a humidor, I had good luck with the Humidor Bag, made by Fuente. 3 sizes for a few, some and a lot of smokes -- last 6 months, then throw it away & buy another. I still use it if I'm carrying cigars around for a while or on a trip. You're gonna have to humidify 'em some way, so pick out what is cheapest for you from the ideas here and enjoy your smokes.

One more thing: go to cigarbid.com where you can bid on cigars, lighters, humis, etc. You might get lucky & pick up a decent humi and some smokes at a deep deep discount.

kuzi16

Garen B

Roger, as penance you now must bring me a shrubbery and chop down the mightest tree in the forest using.......A HERRING!!!

Lasabar

Garen B:

Roger, as penance you now must bring me a shrubbery and chop down the mightest tree in the forest using.......A HERRING!!!

nee

kuzi16

Garen B:

Roger, as penance you now must bring me a shrubbery and chop down the mightest tree in the forest using.......A HERRING!!!

but i thought roger was the shrubber....

urbino

kuzi16:

Garen B:

Roger, as penance you now must bring me a shrubbery and chop down the mightest tree in the forest using.......A HERRING!!!

but i thought roger was the shrubber....

Then let him bring two shrubberies so we can get a nice two-level effect, with a little path running down the middle.

rogersmoke

OK, OK, I repent.  Due to my age and habits, not thinking from time to time happens. I'll do better. Besides, I'm having my own problems now with a new humidor (small) that keeps falling to about 61% with a tube of dry mistat beads and a credo. It's been seasoned. I moved my cigars to a humidor bag while I'm leaving a damp sponge in the humidor to see what happens, adn it's gone up to 67% in a couple hours. What gives? I'm tempted to put the smokes back in with the sponge to see if they are pulling the rh down. I'm only keeping 8-10 at a time in the box. Any ideas?  Re-season? Two tubes of beads?

kuzi16

rogersmoke

Thanks for the help. I've always heard that there should at least be some air between the sticks and not packed in like a full box. I have 10 on order which should arrive in a few days, so maybe that'll help. At least I have a scientific reason to buy more (hmm, wonder if my wife will listen to scientific reasoning . . . ).

madurofan

To elaborate on what kuzi said. The rule is two-thirds. With a passive system like the beads your humi should always be about 2/3's full. ie. a 30 count humi should have about 20 cigars in it at all times. It doesn't have to be exact just close, 16-24 I'd say for a 30 count