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I can't figure out the problem here.
It's the middle of December here in New England where I live and know seasons can have an effect on the humidity of your humidor and my problem is I can't get my humidor to go above 57%. It's stuck there. I know the hygrometer works it when I take it out and read the RH in the room. I don't if it's because there are too many cigars in my humidor or it's something else, because I also put in a Humicare pillow in there totry and raise the humidity but it still won't rise above 57%. Maybe it is my hygrometer.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Bouavone on -
My humidor and hygrometer are not older than two or three months. the gell is not shriveled up either the thing is plump and wet, as dirty as that sounds. what's the squeeze-n-roll? I find myself doing that occasionally but I actually don't even know a thing about it.
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Permalink Reply by Doctor Cigaro on -
I'll agree with Gunns and JB on this. Same thing happend to me in rushing a humidor right around the change of seasons. Took awhile to get it right.
And, Gunns... who knew you were such a scholar! ; )
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Permalink Reply by Derek the Cigar Addict on -
Gunns is 100% dead on.
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Permalink Reply by Doctor Cigaro on
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Good point on the last, Micah.
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Permalink Reply by Deadwood Diva aka Vaughn Boyd on -
most manufactureres prefer 65%. i think 70-70 is just easier to remember. burn is much better at 65%. and yes winter sucks for humidity.cold dry air and furnaces make it tough.
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Permalink Reply by Matt ~RI's CRA Ambassador~ on
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Steve, I'm with you man, Fellow New Englander myself. When I was using desktop and 100 count humidors I had issues, and it was mostly due to the poor construction of the humidors, the bottoms are just way too thin. Once the wraps went up and the heat came on, the humidity dropped and I fought all winter to keep it around 60-65%. I had a small fridge that I converted and it held rock solid all winter with no need for extra care, now that I have my large 3000+ count chest that's solid cedar, it's been stable.
I'm currently using 6 digital hygrometers and an active humidification system in the chest and it still gets it's moistured wicked away by the heating system, but it's not a battle like those little cheaper ones were. As suggested, if you can move over to a sealed plastic container of some sort.
Pinch and roll, that's checking the cigars themselves for signs of drying out/cracking or over "soggy". You should be able to feel if your cigar is right on or not. If your hygrometer is analog, just understand that they are notoriously horrible at accurate humidification readings.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Bouavone on
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Ok, so I can move my cigars to a plastic container. That's not gonna mess with thte cigar? Most tuppa ware do have some kind of odor to them. I love posting here there some stuff I can find out. Let me get this part straight, when should I start seasoning my humidor? Is that should be started early or Springish and I just need to keep it humidifed without any cigars, for how long?
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Steve, I would advise going out and getting some new plastic containers if the ones you have, have an odor, you might want to either A) get them cleaned out so they don't have an odor, or buy new ones. You don't want to risk having your cigars leach any of whatever is causing the smell.
You season a humidor when you get it, but it can takes weeks to months before the humidor is ready for cigars, the seasoning process is to allow the wood to fully accept the moisture levels you need, this takes time and cannot be rushed, you can't force moisture into wood.
You can search this site, google or Click Here for some information on proper seasoning. I would suggest getting digital hygrometers as well as they are MUCH MUCH more accurate and do not require calibration.
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