Can't seem to get my humidor to go down to 65 or even 70.. kinda hangs between 73-75 on a daily basis. Is this going to harm my cigars or have any effect on them?

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Originally posted by Benjamin Alexander:
Can't seem to get my humidor to go down to 65 or even 70.. kinda hangs between 73-75 on a daily basis. Is this going to harm my cigars or have any effect on them?

If you have CC's, you need to fix it pretty quickly, you don't want eggs to hatch. Even with NC's, it's probably not the best thing is the world.

How do I fix it then? I've got my humidor in the coolest room in my house..

If your humi is a 150 count or less, a few ice cubes in two double ziplock bags. There are also the gel containers that you freeze to put inside coolers and keep things cold. Whichever you use, your going to have to babysit your humi by putting the cooling device in, letting the temp drop to 60 or 65, take it out and repeat the process if the temp rises too high again. Air conditioning is the other option and possibly mandatory if the problem continues.

Just remember, the temp gauge you have could be reading on the low side and the temps you see may actually be a little higher. You've got to get the temp down to at-least 71 to be comfortable and not have to worry.

Benjamin,
Part of it may be living there in Corpus. High humidity anyway. What if ya propped a door or lid slightly open so more air could circulate thru? Just a thought. BTW, I'm up here in Ft. Worth.

Alan

I used to keep it in the A/C closet where the A/C unit is.. that kept it cold but there was alot of moisture in there.. I had great temps but too much humidity

I'm down in Houston, so it gets really hot, and really humid.

What I do during the summer months, or some hot days when my place refuses to be cool and the humi reads over 71 degrees, I just pop it into the fridge. It's only a 120 ct roughly.

The worry with this is that it'll drop the humidity level in your humidor as well...unless you use a tuppaware container. So, just monitor, be careful. You could also just get some Boveda Humidipacks or Beads and stick it into a sealed tuppaware and have it maintain exactly 65% or whatever your preferred humidity is, and leave it in the fridge. If it gets too cold, just pull it out.

How cold is too cold? I live in an old drafty house in the northeast, and I Heat with a woodstove. That room is 72-76deg. and it gets cooler the further you get from it. what is the minimum temp recommended?

55 F is the minimum. Any lower that that and you wont't be able to keep your RH above 60% (which is also OK).