I have just purchased The Registry from tampa humidor and wanted to know what most would use for humidty? I have only had one other huidor and this is my first larger humidor and i do not want to be upset due to an eror on my part. i plan on seasoning it and doing the basics. I am just wondering what everyone uses out there, and if possible links to where you buy it?
i just bought a 75 - 100 ct. humi and i bought 3 72% boveda packs with it. Also get a digital hydrometer. Just read the directions on how to set up your humi. Its pretty simple.
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My humi stays on 70. Had it a little higher initially to season it, but i didnt have cigars in there. Now that I have my cigars in there, it always stays on 70%. I just use standard 50-50 solution that i bought at my local b&m. They should have similar solution on almost any website that you go to.
Use the humidty beads. You can buy the Puck, go to heartfelt and buy either the tubes or trays or you can buy empty tubes and fill with your own beads from the pet store. Either way, silica beads are the easiest.
Posts: 195 | Location: Richmond, VA | Registered: January 19, 2007
I have digital hydrometer which shows 70% but the analog one shows 62-63% -is it normal? Or maybe the digital one shows the relative humidity which shoud be corrected while comparing with the analog hydrometer's results?
Posts: 5 | Location: Poland | Registered: September 11, 2007
Originally posted by Cigarro.pl: I have digital hydrometer which shows 70% but the analog one shows 62-63% -is it normal? Or maybe the digital one shows the relative humidity which shoud be corrected while comparing with the analog hydrometer's results?
The digital is probably more accurate. The analog one that came with your humidor could be +-10% off. They all measure relative humidity rather than actual. Do a search using the "find" feature on these forums for salt test and you find how to calibrate your hygrometer.
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Posts: 1426 | Location: Dublin | Registered: November 29, 2006
I have just purchased The Registry from tampa humidor and wanted to know what most would use for humidty? I have only had one other huidor and this is my first larger humidor and i do not want to be upset due to an eror on my part. i plan on seasoning it and doing the basics. I am just wondering what everyone uses out there, and if possible links to where you buy it?
Go back to Tampa humidor and order a Cigar Oasis. It is by far the easiest best way to control humidity in your humidor.
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the oasis is overkill for only a 150ct humidor. also it only supplies humidity. should you humidor be over your desired RH the oasis doesn't remove humidity. beads do, and are a cheaper option.
Posts: 195 | Location: Richmond, VA | Registered: January 19, 2007
Thank you for all the replys. I am going to go with the beads and puck for sure. the oasis does seem like over kill and it takes up a good bit of room. when i do get the next larger 300+ count than i will go with the oasis.
Originally posted by Adroc: Thank you for all the replys. I am going to go with the beads and puck for sure. the oasis does seem like over kill and it takes up a good bit of room. when i do get the next larger 300+ count than i will go with the oasis.
Thank you all for your suggestions
Well you dont need the puck and the beade the puck comes with RH beads in it. You can get them in 65% or 70%. Whatever humidity you get make sure you get the Puck 100, thats for larger humidors.
I have a 120ct humi with the puck 65% 100, put a little distilled water and it stays between 65 and 66 all the time. I love it, its easy and cheap.
I dont have a problem so much with humidity...but I am concerned with how I'm going to regulate the temp. around my humidor. My house is old and breezy, and there isn't be a safe place to keep it cool until fall and winter.
What do you folks do to keep your humidor at 70? How do you regulate it?
I alwasy laugh when people go and spend a couple of hundred on a humidor, and plan to fill it with a couple of hundred more (usually several hundred more)...and they don't want to go spend $50 on some beads and a good hygrometer...(speaking generally here, not about any one in specific, but i'm sure we have all met these people)
I've had great success with beads (heartfelt industries, you can google it) and I know people that have been happy with the oasis and the bodeva packs...and buy and adjustable digital hygrometer and the one-step calibration packs...
What good are 1000 cigars at 40% humidity? Disclaimer...i speak from expierence cause I tried to cut corners on this stuff myself when i was getting started and lost a bunch of sticks due to mold from green foam or because they became too dry to restore...
Adrock, there are some good suggestions posted, look into them each...I'm biased to beads, but some of these guys have been at a lot longer then I have...
My own little trick w/ hygrometers, while i'm pontificating, is to rotate them throughout my humidors about every month or two...when i rotate them, if there is an RH spike, I know I've got some problems...i first check batteries, then re-claibrate, then check the humis and the beads...just a little safety pratice...thought i'd share.
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Posts: 1387 | Location: Moving in December | Registered: September 15, 2006
Originally posted by Clownlove: I dont have a problem so much with humidity...but I am concerned with how I'm going to regulate the temp. around my humidor. My house is old and breezy, and there isn't be a safe place to keep it cool until fall and winter.
What do you folks do to keep your humidor at 70? How do you regulate it?
Do you have central A/C or window units?
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Originally posted by Clownlove: I dont have a problem so much with humidity...but I am concerned with how I'm going to regulate the temp. around my humidor. My house is old and breezy, and there isn't be a safe place to keep it cool until fall and winter.
What do you folks do to keep your humidor at 70? How do you regulate it?
I have similar problem. I have 160cm high humidor and now in Poland is autumn. The tempereature is about 21 inside the humi. I wonder how to decrease the temp when it goes higher eg. 24-25. The problem is I cannot put classic air-conditioning. Should I buy any device to put it in the room (some kind of mobile conditioner) or a small device to put it inside the humi - are there any?
ps. Thanks for replies about the hygrometers ;-)
Posts: 5 | Location: Poland | Registered: September 11, 2007
I have central air, but i keep it at about 76 in the summer. Keep in mind that this is an old farm house without insulation, so that means that the ac works hard and the ambient air is different from room to room, but not at 70 in any of them.....
Originally posted by Clownlove: I have central air, but i keep it at about 76 in the summer. Keep in mind that this is an old farm house without insulation, so that means that the ac works hard and the ambient air is different from room to room, but not at 70 in any of them.....
Best thing I can think of, this is what I have done. I have a smaller storage room" in my house that no sunlight xomes through, dark blinds and curtains. Well there is a shelf about 3 feet long that sits about a foot down from the ceiling and the central a/c unit.
I put my humi up on the shelf at the opposite end of the vent and point the vent toward the humi, but not direct. I keep my home at 78F and my humi stays at around 68 degrees.
Something you may want to think about.
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I've heard good things about the Cigar Oasis, but for the $ you can get the Humi-Beads from Cigars International. I have a 120 ct. and the 4oz. jar keeps me right at 70 (+ or - 1)
Remember to let your humi adjust and ballance out before you put your cigars in there. What I did was the classic--wipe down the inside w/distilled water, fill your element, and install hygrometer. Then let it sit for a couple days so that the wood will absorb all the humidity it needs--then put your cigars in. If you put them in before they might crack and dry out...put them in while it's all wet and you might get soggy sticks and uneven burns
