Lowering the humidity in a humidor

cholmes8310

I have two humidors, one 20 count for the office and a 50 count for the house.  The 20 count has a digital hygrometer, and the 50 count has a built-in analog hygrometer.  Both humidors have been staying in the 73% humidity range ever since I purchased and seasoned them.  I calibrated both hygrometers last weekend to see if the readings were just high, but they still show 73% humidity.  How can I lower the humidity in my humidors?  I would like to get it to around 67%.  I have tried taking the cigars out, and leaving them open for a day.  I also only use propylene glycol to fill my pucks, which I thought would lower the humidity to around 70% at least. 

Any advice would be appreciated.

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kuzi16

cholmes8310

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adamkhalil

bigharpoon

cholmes8310:

I have tried taking the cigars out, and leaving them open for a day. 

If you leave your humidor open for a whole day and the RH is still high either you live in a very moist environment or your hygrometers are off. When I open my humidor I can see the RH drop in the minute or two it's open. Food for thought.

cholmes8310

SlickRS

cholmes8310:

bigharpoon:

cholmes8310:

I have tried taking the cigars out, and leaving them open for a day. 

If you leave your humidor open for a whole day and the RH is still high either you live in a very moist environment or your hygrometers are off. When I open my humidor I can see the RH drop in the minute or two it's open. Food for thought.

I can see mine drop that quickly as well. I leave it open for about 8 hours, it drops to around 50%. I put the cigars back in it and close it, and it's back to 73% within a day. I left it open all night Friday, put the cigars back in yesterday, and now I'm at 71%. I'll just keep an eye on it until I can get some beads. I'm within the correct range, so it's more of a personal preference than a concern.

You have a couple choices. You can add cigars to you humidor. Additional cigars will take away from the humidity. Or after leaving it open and empty over night. Put the cigars back in without any humidification device and pay attention to the %. When it drops down to where you like it then add the beads at 50% saturation. You should be fine. I hope this helps.

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