Winter weather killing my humi.

musiciannameddave · February 2009

dutyje · February 2009

PuroFreak · February 2009

Personally what has helped me is that I keep my Humi in my bedroom and keep a cool air humidifier running in the room pretty much 24/7. The RH in my room stays probably around 50%-60%... I've never tested with my Hygrometer to see exactly what it does stay at in the room, but there is a noticable change when you walk into the room.

bbc020 · February 2009

sounds like some troubled seals on humis. Of the four I have, the smallest has a struggling seal and somewhat thin walls and it has struggled all winter until I added an extra foam humidifier in it. I has gells and foam and beads and it sits in the higher 60s right now. I'd check the seal and the walls of the humidor. I can't remember what they suggest on thickness, but my other three humis have thick walls and great seals.

Fourtotheflush · February 2009

Any way to repair a bad seal on a humi? Can it be that when its dry the seal is bad and humid it works. Just like the doors in your house?

Krieg · February 2009

I also had the same problem with my 100 ct humi. I could not get the RH back up to 65-70, it was staying down around 60. I finally had to reseason it. That pretty much fixed it.

madurofan · February 2009

Fourtotheflush:
Any way to repair a bad seal on a humi? Can it be that when its dry the seal is bad and humid it works. Just like the doors in your house?

Very possible.

musiciannameddave · February 2009

musiciannameddave · February 2009

dutyje · February 2009

The seal on my old humidor was never great, but was always good enough. I think the biggest problem is that the lining is not very thick. It just seems to have a hard time when the ambient humidity is so low. Next winter, I'll probably try the room humidifier trick. It'll also make us more comfortable, since the ideal winter spot for the humidor is on our dresser.

rwheelwright · February 2009

dutyje:
The seal on my old humidor was never great, but was always good enough. I think the biggest problem is that the lining is not very thick. It just seems to have a hard time when the ambient humidity is so low. Next winter, I'll probably try the room humidifier trick. It'll also make us more comfortable, since the ideal winter spot for the humidor is on our dresser.

I have a room humidifier. Doesn't work to well. I that is because the one I have is not that effecient. Sometimes you can walk into the room and the air is thick and sometimes you can't tell is it on. I think most of my humis need to be re-seasoned. Maybe when it gets warmer out and I have killed some of my inventory I'll do it.

d_nowell · February 2009

I was having the same problem. I asked and asked and nobody had a good solution so I just set a shot glass of distilled water in the back of the humi and its been around 67% ever since... just a suggestion

urbino · February 2009

I had to bump the RH up in mine, too, a couple weeks ago. No seal problem; things just seemed a bit on the dry side.

kuzi16 · March 2009

mustluvcigars · March 2009

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dafeesh · March 2009

If I put a small container of distilled water in the humi will that help at all? At least to boost the humidity in the meantime. At the moment my humidor is at about 58%. Not terrible but I'm in FL.