New smoker clueless about humidors.

Hookshot12

Hey everyone, I'm new to this site, and rather new to smoking cigars.  Recently I have started  looking into buying a humidor, but I really don't understand them.  I don't know what the parts are in them, or what they are used for, and also don't understand what exactly "seasoning" is, what it's for, and how it's done.  If someone could explain all of this to me, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!

j0z3r

Lasabar

gott.des.feuer

madurofan

Good points on all of this. You can also make your own humidors out of coolers, tupperware or even wine fridge. This takes more research and work up front but can be a lot cheaper and will teach you a lot about how a humi works and why.

BFGarner

I bought a humidor from an unnamed website and I think it is awesome. It came with a Hygrometer and Humidifier. The hardest part is seasoning and being patient. The price was great (under $50) If you want I can send you a link if you pm me. Either way patience is the key.

kuzi16

in my defence i bought my humidors before i found cigar.com. im at the point now that if i was to get another humi i would go the wine fridge rout. ... i still dont see that happening.

kuzi16

urbino

madurofan

Very, Very true urbino. I think thats why oasis just came out with that personal sized one bc it actually fits in standard humis

kuzi16

if i was to build my own it would have a spot for the oasis with power inside. a peltier devices, lights inside that turn on when you open it. a ton of drawers for singles and a few shelves for boxes. I figure holding about 500ish should be good. I cant half @$$ anything so if i was to build a humi it better be sweet.

Hookshot12

mikalsan

Hookshot, it really depends on what you are into. For me, Im not ready to build my own humi, so the collection is my love right now. In fact, the most important part. Its all about stacking more and more sticks on top of each other and wait for them to age. I wish I had started years ago, so I already had 2-3 year aged cigars in my humi. Supposedly, you can over age cigars. Ill have to look into that one. Anyone have time to check out cigarherf.com yet? I'm going to be taking the forum info, and posting it in a permanent spot by subject for everyone to browse. I also want to create a place for people to have a Herf Posting online. PM me if you have any thing you have been looking for on the net, and Ill work on including it.

pilot711

Cigarherf looks good. Just took a quick look to check it out and my initial impression was that it looked very good. I'll have to spend a little more time checking it out. Nice job.

urbino

kuzi16

madurofan

Urbino, do you have another digital hygrometer besides the one built into the oasis? Don't trust that one. My oasis is set at 63% and maintains a nice 70%. However cigar oasis' are not like beads they will not absorb any excess humidity, I now have beads AND a cigar oasis in my large humidor bc of the hmidity here at the beach. I tell you what I'm going to start a new thread called cigar oasis and explain everything I know about it, myths, etc.

urbino