humidors

pill0wbl0ck

Im trying to puchase the perfect humidor for my cigar needs. I have noticed that some humidors have the hydrometer inside and some have it on the outside.. Is there a preference? Same question for glass tops?

bass8844

j0z3r

Luko

Krieg

kuzi16

kardar2

phobicsquirrel

kuzi16

pill0wbl0ck

Jetmech_63

kaspera79

pill0wbl0ck:

Thanks guys I appreciate all the input and yes my fiance get pissed with every cigar I smoke

....hmmmm, I hope you can work this one out.

cheyman

I started out with a 50 ct.... and quickly moved to a 300-400 ct...I think next will be the cooler-dor.

Luko

pill0wbl0ck:

Thanks guys I appreciate all the input and yes my fiance get pissed with every cigar I smoke

Sorry to hear that pillow...you know what they say about lots of fish in the sea.

gmill880

Luko:

pill0wbl0ck:

Thanks guys I appreciate all the input and yes my fiance get pissed with every cigar I smoke

Sorry to hear that pillow...you know what they say about lots of fish in the sea.

What exactly does she find objectionable about it?

TRumble24

I have a question and this thread looked appropriate. I just bought my first humidor, and now I need to charge it. Looking around on various cigar websites I see two methods. One says to wipe down the wood with distilled water or solution, and the other says pour distilled water into a shot glass and leave it in the humidor until the hygrometer reads between 65-70%. Which method is the best or has worked for you? I'm leaning towards wiping the wood down, it seems the more popular method, and I've got a few hours to think about it while my hygrometer calibrates!

dutyje

phobicsquirrel

Duty, eroy looks very sad in that photo, you need to give him more love! lol.. Yeah I would say leaving a humi for about a week. That's just my thought. I think that would give a good time frame.

rmccloud

dutyje

Yes, I actually do the dish as well... a low, wide dish... maximize the exposed surface area. It will evaporate more quickly and season more quickly.

mustluvcigars

dutyje:

Yes, I actually do the dish as well... a low, wide dish... maximize the exposed surface area. It will evaporate more quickly and season more quickly.

thought you told me the best was to throw in the bathtub with me?

TRumble24

I'm about to get a new humi in myself, and it's got a glass top. I'll be testing out this theory while I prime my humidor. My expectation is that I will break through 70% humidity within the first 6-8 hours, but I certainly wouldn't call the humidor "seasoned" at that point. I'd also expect the hygrometer to "bury" itself (it shows "--") before 12 hours have elapsed. Still, this doesn't mean that the wood is fully seasoned yet... but it should mean that the wood has begun to absorb moisture. I don't know of a good way to tell when the wood is properly (but not overly) seasoned. If the humidor is running a bit moist out of the gate, it would be simple to just prop the lid and let it settle for a while.

So I started seasoning my humi, which has a glass top and a capacity of about 50 cigars, with a dish of distilled water and I hit 70% in about an hour...I got mine from my local cigar shop which is an open humidor and divan. Maybe mine has a head start?

kuzi16

TRumble24

So I seasoned my humi for about 2 days with a dish of distilled water, and it seems I may have over seasoned it? I took the dish out and put my humidification device in and let it sit overnight before I added my cigars. The humidity was solid at about 85%. So I took the humidifier out and let it sit awhile again and now its maintaining about 72-75 percent without a humidifier in there. Is this normal? On a side note I see what everyone means about getting a digital hygrometer, I just ordered the Humi-Care Digital Hygro and Humidifier, I won't really know whats going on until I can get equipment I trust!

j0z3r

I'd venture a guess as to why your humidity was so high. First, you didn't have cigars in there to absorb excess humidity. Second, and probably key to the high level, if you used the foam humidifier with only distilled water, there is no effective cap to how high the humidity will go, for this reason you should use a 50/50 PG humidifying solution with a foam humidifier, the Propylene Glycol will tend to keep humidity within a more acceptable range whereas plain old water will just make it really humid with no control.

urbino

TRumble24:

I just ordered the Humi-Care Digital Hygro and Humidifier, I won't really know whats going on until I can get equipment I trust!

Unfortunately, that's entirely true, Trumble. Until you have a hygro you can trust, you don't even know what you're measuring -- if anything. Until then, just let your humi sit with no humidifier in it until the hygro you have now is reading in the 65-70% range. It's not likely accurate, but even if it's off 10 points either way, it won't take too long to get it where you want it when your new hygro arrives.

TRumble24

Another quick question...bought the Humi-Care brand Digital Hygro and Humidifer. Now in the instructions for the Humidifier it says to soak in Distilled Water for 12 hours initially to fully absorb the beads. I know when I used Distilled Water in the foam humidifier that came with my Humi it made the humidity shoot way up. With the Humi-Care, since it uses the beads, am I ok to use plain Distilled, or should I still opt for some solution?

dutyje

just distilled water

dwayne3307

I'm so glad I found these forums, tons of good advice and humor!! Anywho, after reading some of these posts i'm wondering if i'm doing it all wrong. I bought a humidor from my local shop(75-100 ct, pd $140) and after realizing it didn't come with a "how-to" book I started searching the net looking for help. I saw the "wipe down" method was pretty common so I used that to season it. I've had it for roughly 9 months now  and I may have wiped it down maybe 2 or 3 more times. I use the humidifier that came with it and I refill that maybe once every 6 weeks or so. I did buy a digital hygrometer and I really don't have a problem keeping it around the 70/70 mark. So with all that, should I change anything up or stick with what i'm doing?

dutyje

dwayne3307