Well, living in New Jeresy in the summer is kind of like living in one big overwetted hunidor. I have not added liquid to any of the units in my humidors. But the sticks just wont stay lit. Its a little cooler here this early AM , so I am going to open the humidors and hopefully dry them some. Any ideas on drying them some. Regards to all, Billy. (smokin a nice onyx vintage 97 as I write this)
Sounds like you're doing all you can already. Sometimes when you get cigars that are shipped from a distributor they're over-humidified. This is to ensure they will arrive to you with some humidification, and not dry. I don't believe that leaving the humidor open for a little while will hurt anything. Many think that the 70% humidity standard is too high anyway; going for a lower 62-65%. You may want to consider keeping your cigars at a lower humidity percentage once you get them "dried out".
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Posts: 3325 | Location: Columbia, S.C. USA | Registered: April 23, 2003
Have you tried those Climmax beads? They're supposed to suchk up extra moisture as well as add it when needed. I've been thinking about getting some myself, its been exceptionally humid all summer here.
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Good morning Living on Long Island I can relate. When the humi gets too high; I turn on the AC open the lid and check back in twenty minutes or so. Good luck!
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What kind of humdi system do you have. The best bet is leave it open for a few hours move around the sticks. Let us know if that helps. If you have an empty cigar box toss some sticks in there over night to dry out but not dry out.
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I had the same problem for a while. I tried the cedar strip thing but that didn't work. I would suggest PG or climaxx beads. I never tried the climaxx beads but PG did the trick for me. It brought my RH down to 70 even when my house was humid as hell.
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yeah I read about the 70 70 rates being too high. I've been keeping my humidor at 70% or so, and sometimes when I get half way through my cigar they start going out.
Its hard when your house doesn't have air conditioning, to be able to dehumidify your sticks.
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Posts: 248 | Location: Near Allentown Pennsylvania | Registered: March 17, 2004
quote:Originally posted by halo21: you can lower the humidity in the humidor by putting in more cigars (my favorite ) or by adding strips of cedar that you might have from other boxes.
Gotta agree with Halo21. When my humidor gets low the humidity gets a little too high. Then I can tell my wife that I need more cigars so I can lower it down to a reasonable level. DON'T ANYONE TELL HER ABOUT THE CEDAR STRIP TRICK!!!!!!!!!
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Posts: 62 | Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA | Registered: April 13, 2004
) or by adding strips of cedar that you might have from other boxes.
