I am going on vacation to Colorado later this week. I am taking about 15 cigars. I recently bought an Otter Box traveldor and was wondering if I should put some distilled water in the little humidification device in the lid or go without. My smokes are at 68% now in my humidor. I read the Otter box is water tight, I think they should retain their humidity without adding the water. Am I right in this assumption or will they lose too much humidity with opening the box a couple times a day? Thanks.

I would add the water.........
Better safe than sorry.........

I've got a similar travel humidor and I have added a small analog hygrometer in it to monitor humidity levels.

It needs very small amounts of water (a few drops - 2 or 3) to maintain humidity. But check your level often. Since it is submitted to travel temperature and pressure variations, it needs more monitoring than a regular humi.

Try to have it at a 65% humidity level before you put your cigars in it cause the foam is somewhat absorbant.

i dont add any water to my travel humis, which are pretty much the same as an otter box, and they always stay perfect.

I have found that those boxes are so air tight that the humidity of the cigars alone will keep the box where you want it. Of course, that's assuming you close it up tight each time after you open it!

I have an Otter Box 3, 5, 15, 24, and 34 cigar caddys. I use them when I deploy with my Guard unit mostly. My Cigar Caddy that holds 3 cigars went over a water falls once while I was white water canoeing. The cigars were dry and in great shape when I found it floating down stream.

One word of caution DO NOT over fill the humidifier in the Cigar Caddy. Since it is water tight and made of plastic and not spanish cedar it is very sensitive to over humidifacation. Unless I am headed to the desert I never add water to the humidifier. If you are headed an a week or two trip I would advise taking your cigars out of your humidor and placing them in a zip lock bag and then putting them in your Otter Box, they will stay fresh for a coupleof weeks this way and you will not run the risk of to much humidity.

When I used to visit my son in Colorado I brought my cigars in a Sherman, which like an Otterbox is airtight. I found that if I used distilled water in the hunidification unit I got white mold on the cigars.

I would leave it alone, perhaps you can throw in a Fuente Humidipac from a box of Fuente cigars. That should be OK

Use a humidipak as Doc suggests. Colorado is extremely dry and if you expose your smokes to the air, they'll turn to twigs.

I don't own one of those humidors, but if the humidifier is removable, you could add water to it then keep it in a zip lock bag placed inside of a second zip lock bag. That way you can return it to the humidor if the humidity gets too low.

Never used H2O in mine and never will!

It is pretty hot and dry hereright now, I would ad atleast a humidipack.

If you're going to keep them in there for over a week, I'd add a humipack or some humidity paper. I fing my 5 and 15 Cigars Caddy's hold the RH well enough that adding H2O creates more problems than good. Plus, dryboxing smokes a little makes for a better smoke IMO.

I have to agree on the humidipaks...here in lovely New Mexico cigars dry out in record time. My Armored Humidor keeps my cigars in perfect shape using the humidipaks. They last about 4 months here if the humidor is routinely opened, longer if not.

From visiting friends in CO I would ad the water. Most of colorado is Mt. desert and the air up there is usealy dry unless your on the west side of the Mt's or on top of them. just my thoughts.

Thanks for the replies guys. Opinions vary alot so I will start out with a dry box and take a humidpak with me just in case the humidity starts dropping. I'm taking a digital hygrometer in the box to keep check on my smokes. I leave with my family tommorrow and will be staying at 9600 foot elevation in a log cabin about 45 miles north of Gunnision (Taylor Park). It will be nice to escape the heat of the midwest for 10 days.