Assuming you're talking about the boveda packs, the 84% packet is the right one for seasoning. You put that in, and an already calibrated hygrometer for ten days and nothing else. After 10 days you pull out the 84%, and put in the 72s, or 69s, or whatever you are going to use for regular humidification. At that point you can add cigars, assuming you are getting good RH levels. That's the correct process for using packs, but there are other ways to season if you're not going use packs as Kuzi suggested.
10 days just seems way to long to have a humidor potentially at 84%. if that humidor got to 84% on the first day then you have 10 days there and that could start other issues. maybe even mold
I don't see how you could let it. Completely ignored, it can only get to about 71. Maybe if you deliberately tried to get your RH that high you could do it, but the seasoning packet dies on about the 11th day. You'd need to put cigars in there too, and you'd have to replace the seasoning packet, and probably use more than one. It's really idiot proof, it just take a long damn time.
It hasn't in any of the desktops I've done it with. It doesn't seem to be a problem people have either. Part of the issue here could be a misunderstanding of how the packs work. It takes at least 2 packs (more depending on the size of the space) and a full humidor to even come close to the number listed on the pack. In seasoning you've only got one, and a big empty space. It just doesn't get that high with one pack and an empty humidor.
kuzi16:
it should never take 11 days to season a desk top humidor. I could season a 1,200 count in 36 hours if i wanted to
Yes, you could, but I couldn't. At least I wouldn't be sure I did it right. Someone with little to no experience might have an even harder time. This removes the chance of error, and the need for experience at the cost of time. Lots of time.
the "count" on humidors are based off of the old Cuban sizes. specifically the corona. 46 toros, robustos torpedos and churchills is actually fairly good.
Hey Rad , now that's what I'm talkin about !! Nice.. By the way, if that's a Natural by Drew Estates, the maduro with the gold band on foot in the Humidor, It gives off a Vanilla aroma /and taste. You may want to get him away from the non-infused sticks.
Hey Rad , now that's what I'm talkin about !! Nice.. By the way, if that's a Natural by Drew Estates, the maduro with the gold band on foot in the Humidor, It gives off a Vanilla aroma /and taste. You may want to get him away from the non-infused sticks.
Don't listen, he's just trying to get you to send him it!!!!
I just happen to be 'testing' the Chateau Real right now.. don't really notice the vanilla notes... gonna keep on puffin', but compared to the NUB Cameroon, its slightly better to me in my newbie opinion.
RAD
Whatever method you use to season a humidor should be just fine. It is not, so much, the humidifier that keeps the correct RH - more so, it's the spanish cedar. Spanish Cedar's properties are pretty much responsible for maintaining the RH.... if you lined your humidor with , say....oak... it would never work.
Of course, they can become saturated with too much and dry with not enough.... but, it's the wood that does the work. Naturally
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