It helps in the sense that it allows one to accurately monitor the humidor and make whatever adjustments are needed to maintain an even and proper humidity.

Most of us view glycol as unsafe/no good.

Anyway, I was so obsessed with the accuracy of my hygrometers when I first started out that it was crazy. Kept salt testing them - more often than what was "normal" but one day read a comment and basically the person said "Put a bunch of Heartfelt beads in and be done with it." So I added more beads and haven't looked back. My cigars smoke fine, the wrappers look and feel right (...i.e., no cracking or mold...) and couldn't be happier not obsessing with how accurate my hygrometers are.

If one in my small 7 drawer humidor reads 67°/67rh I'll swap it with one in my cooler that reads 65°/70rh then check them again the next day.

They usually read exactly what the other was reading, that's accurate enough for me.

Glycol belongs in antifreeze and fireball whiskey not in my cigars.

YMMV, but the last time I did an ammodor I bought the cedar from Woodcraft. 3/8 x 4 x 36 was under 15 bucks. Pretty straightforward to cut to size on a table saw and install into the ammo can (mine's a 30 cal, I think).

Family likes to get me special samplers that come in humidors. Cigars are good, but I wind up with a humi overflow, Its so I can still get use out of the wood.

Distilled water is cheap, I've read that some say they can taste when a cigar has been stored long term with glycol.

Distilled water and boveda packs are all I use.

+1

Boveda packs are my go to as well.

stop thinking about it and start smoking them.

So many cigars so little time to enjoy them.

Winter sucks.

30° with wind gusting to 40 mph. To me that's pretty rough cigar smoking conditions.

Once I found out that bovedas can be recharged then they became a no brainer especially when they can be had here for $2 each.

The colder the smaller