Ok all you guys that live by the Gulf Coast.

When I visit Aransas Pass (Texas Coast) every year the prevailing winds from the South keep the humidity at least 90%. When I finish a cigar and leave it in an ashtray outdoors the next day the thing is soggy wet instead of dry.

This always makes me wonder how I would long term store cigars in this climate. What do you do to keep your humidity down to 70% in your humidors?

Climaxx beads (65% RH version) come to mind as a possible solution. And short smokes so they don't have long enough to get soggy once you take them outside!

Bring an Otterbox or such with you. Smoke the entire gar. I'ts been my experience with "leftover's" that they don't taste the same the next day anyway.

I assume you mean long term storage for folks who live in high humidity areas.

The answer is - it's not easy keeping your humidity down to 70% when you live in a high humidity area. Oasis foam with 50/50 solution will release moisture when the humidity is below 70% and draw moisture out of the air if the air is higher than 70% humidity. The air around your humidor and the quality of the seal have a good bit to due with how much the humidity will be affected. If it's extremely humid you may have to keep your humidor in a room that has a dehumidifier.

It's similar to keeping a humidor in a very dry climate or in your home during the winter when the heater dries the air to 30% humidity or less. The humidifier really has to work to keep a humidor or cabinet at a good level. I run humidifiers in my house to keep the house as close to 60% as I can get it. That way the humidor only has to make up the other 10%.

Penzt8 hit it on the money with the long term storage. I can see where a room dehumidifier would work.

...if the humidor is air tight, then how will the outside humidity effect the humidity which is in your humidor? i dont think it would effect anything...just my opinion.

Use DampRid moisture crystals. You'll have to experiment to see how many you'll need to maintain 65 to 70 RH. Put the dry crystals in an open container, place your cedar boxed cigars in a cooler, place the container of DampRid crystals in the cooler. Check the RH daily to see if you need more or less crystals.

You can find DampRid at Home depot.

Just as a sanity check, I feel a need to remind everyone that regardless of the high humidy outside, if you run air conditioning in your home, you do not have an ambient 90% RH around your "whateverdoor".

I apologize to those who already know that, and for being "Mr. Obvious".

redneck1

you can keep them at my house,

i will take good care of them,

each time you go thru Port Lavaca stop and get a few.

is this a weekend home?

does the a/c run ?

hdking

Mr Obvious, when I was there last it was the 1st of January. The high temp. of the day was around 60 degrees. Not many AC's were in use then but thanks for your input.

From the sincere replys I gather there is not much difference than my local climate. Go with a 50% propylene glycol solution like anywhere else and make sure the door seals well and the Central Heat and Air work. If that doesn't work store them at Hdking's house.

Thanks guys. Guess I thought it would be harder than that.

Mike

redneck,

That was actually a sincere post. You didn't mention the time of year and temperatures, only RH outside. I suppose that I associate the Gulf Coast with warm temps.

At any rate, if the highs were 60 degrees, you were probably running heat inside, and the indoor humidity was still lower than outside. Use that valuable digital meter to check indoor RH if in doubt.

If I had consistent high ambient RH, I'd try 100% PG (without the water) and see how it maintains. It's possible that it would absorb moisture to maintain the desired 70%. If not, the 50/50 should work, and when it stops holding it down, put the (de)humidifier in the fridge for a few days to dry it out.

- Mr. 0

redneck1,

If you use 50/50, don't saturate it. You need room to collect the moisture.

You could try hitting the foam with pure PG. If it starts to go too low, just add water to compensate.

What I would do is use PURE Climmax. Leave it dry and do the same as above. Then if the Climmax beads get soaked you can hit 'em with a hair dryer. You should have at least several months of worry free 65-70%.

Also, for long term storage, the outside air will have little effect as long as the humidor remains closed.

Good luck.

Thanks for the input. I don't live there now but hopefully will someday. Guess I was thinking it would be harder than keeping the lid on the coolerdor tightly closed.

Coda, sorry about the remark. Sometimes I'm an a$$.

redneck,

Me too. (But not that time.)