Welcome to the forum. The first thing you will be asked is if you are using the green foam crap. Ditch it and switch to kitty litter or 100% silica. Heartfelt beads are same stuff. Catfishbluzz wrote it and its in cigar 101.
50 count humidors by their very nature are not made well....most aren't but that doesn't mean that there aren't good ones. The difference between the good and bad is the pricing and how it's made by...that's how you know. For your issues I think the rest of the guys have given you great advice and having a small humidor can often be difficult to maintain your RH...it will be the media type that will give you your best plan and I also advocate KL or beads. I also advocate buying a bigger humidor...at least a 200 count one because this hobby gets you right by the short hairs and tugs at you every day.
Yeah i re seasoned it because i currently have NO cigars in it. I am about to get a box (by tomorrow) . So i just wanted to make sure it was working properly before i put cigars in there.
You have a seasoning issue. Read my thread, buy some beads, and all will be well with the world. The the meantime, put the cigars in a tupperware with the crystals and they will be fine.
Welcome to the forums. Everybody has given you good advice already, but I'll add my 2 cents. The easiest approach for a small humidor/tupperdor would be to buy a Boveda pack or two from your B&M. They usually run around $3-4 per pack and last approx a month. No muss, no fuss, just smoke & enjoy
74%RH is too high in my opinion. But since you have no cigars in there it's not too big of a deal unless you over humidify the wood over a longer period of time. Take your crystal humidifier out for a day and see what happens. And, are you using a xikar digital hygrometer yet? Digital hygrometers are more acurate than analogs.
Roberto brought up something that You should check on. Your seal could be letting humidity in and out. Try the dollar bill test. (google it) I've heard you can beef up a drafty seal with masking tape. Just make sure it doesn't give off a strong glue odor.
Roberto brought up something that You should check on. Your seal could be letting humidity in and out. Try the dollar bill test. (google it) I've heard you can beef up a drafty seal with masking tape. Just make sure it doesn't give off a strong glue odor.
Definately do the dollar bill test and maybe even the flashlight test to make sure you got no gaps. Also those foam pucks eventually get hard and won't absorb as much water as they did in the beginning.
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