Hi i have a romeo y julieta humidor with about 50 cigars in it that have been there for about the last 4 years. At some point it was hard to keep the humidity up. By the way i have a credo epsilon and a credo rondo humidifier in there. So it has been under humidified for a couple years. The cigars are extremely dry, and they don't have any of their delicious odor anymore. Do credo's go bad? I read somewhere that you aren't suppose to submerse them in water, which is exactly what i've been doing, but I thought that would be an issue of too much humidity. I have submerssed both humidifiers twice now with distilled water for the last week and the humidity is only 55%. If i need to buy a new humidifier can you recommend one, and do you think i can salvage my cigars at all, there are some expensive smokes in there. Thanks in advance.

Spunds to me like you can probably kiss those cigars goodbye. Your humidifiers may not work anymore and may need to be replaced. There are many places on line that sell replacements, including JR's, CI, etc.

As for saving your cigars, do a search. I know Doc Barry has posted many times on how to revive a dry cigar. But, to be honest, after two years, I doubt there is much that can be done.

Rob G

If you use too much PG solution you can actually clog the humidifier.

If you have a 50 count humidor you only need a small Credo type humidifier. Use PG in a 50% solution only once every 6 months.

If the humidor is not sealing well try a Diamond Crown humidifier. They cost more but you never have to replace them.

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now that i think about it, i probably did clog the humidifier with pg, because once my humidor started dropping humidity i think i flooded the humidifier not knowing any better, then was dumbfounding why the humidity would never rise. So it sounds like i need to buy a new humidifier. Im wondering if I should throw out the old smokes. You are going to hate me for this, but i almost have an entire box of macanudo vintage 1993 in there. I think it will bother me too much that they aren't anywhere near there full potential. Thanks for the advice.

Don't throw the cigars out! revive them. It'll take time but well worth saving those precious guys.

I would think you might want to re-season the humidor as well. If it has been a couple of years since the conditions were right in your humi, I would make sure the inside is ready for cigars again, otherwise you may dry out more cigars if you put some in right away.

Also, if your cigars were bone dry when you really started to maintain it again, they were soaking up all the moisture from the humidifier. That it probably one reason why you are having difficulty getting a higher reading.....

I know how I maintain my stoggies and it works great but, being a noob at all this I hesitate to give advice.

Here's what I do know.

Depending on the time and conditions cigars can be revived. There are companies that take large bulk's of cigars and evaluate and save them for resale.

I've also read a number of times that they can be revived.

First though you need to get your humidifier in good order.

I would take it to a good Tabacco shop with a good humidor. It's their job to know their product and help you maintain it.

I would take all your stuff, including the stogies to them and have them take a look at the whole package.

I have in the past ordered bundels of cigars that were extremely dry. Some had dust in my mouth on the first raw. I just let them sit about 6 months and they were fine.

I would imagine that some flavor is lost due to oils drying out.

There is a guy in here named "ShortHair" who owns his own cigar shop. You might catch him online and ask him.

Another guy, "BinderSmokeDat" actually grows his own tobacco for cigar rolling and has been around here forever.

So, I know you need to fix the humidy problem and I know stoggies can be revived (Maybe not fully).

Good luck

In 1917 Lewis Burwell Puller, then a young Cadet, left the Virginia Military Institute at the end of his freshman year to enlist in the US Marines, saying simply, "I want to go where the guns are!"

Put your humi's in a dark room with a flashlight inside the box. If you see light their bad.

Also, Tampa Humidor has sold me some quality humi's and you might want to look in at their site.



In 1917 Lewis Burwell Puller, then a young Cadet, left the Virginia Military Institute at the end of his freshman year to enlist in the US Marines, saying simply, "I want to go where the guns are!"