Ok.. I have my First Humidor "ready" or so I think. the temp in it is 72 (cant seem to chage it" and hum is at 67% is this ready ???? Will the Hum change once thre is Cigars in it? (it's a 150 count Humidor)

Also how do you all organise and deice witch stix to put in ? I am new so was thinking 2 or may 3 of each kind I have... Or how about bye size or the Cigars?? I know lots is personle prefernce what do you all do?

Christian

DaSaP

put one in at a time, repeat if nesessary...

My 150ct Hummi is always the least used. I can't ever decide what to put in it. it usually winds up half full of junk because I don't like rifling through it for a smoke. I keep all my boxes in my fridgador and all my top shelf stuff I keep in empty boxes in there to. I have three good size tupperdor's full of everyday smokes and all the singles I receive in trades. Sorry that I'm not much help.

remind me to trade with Sli sometime!

67%is good enough, although it's not that hard to get 'em to 70 when they're empty.

humidity should change when you fill 'er up, but don't expect it to change overnight.

climate and humi location are obvious factors in how much maintenance is required.

some cigars are "wet" when ya get 'em, fresh ones mostly. by wet, i mean very moist, not drippin', so i believe that has an effect, although not very big.

i usually don't seperate my cigars, usually put 'em all together. i don't think the flavors marry into each other, with the obvious exception of "flavored" cigars, and i put mine in naked,(no condoms on my stogies)

some of the vets may have different opinions on this, so take all advise, and do what seems logical to you.

just remember winter is comin', and if you don't live in a humid climate, you may need to add humidifiers. i use 2 round 1's in my 150, along with 2 drimistats, and in the dead of winter, sometimes i can't keep it above 63, because of the dry air. hope this helps some.

later daze, lance0

72 degrees is okay. 67% is beeeaauti-ful! Be nice if you could keep it right there!

DaSaP, expect your RH to take a brief nosedive. If they haven't been in a humi, they will have dried out a little, and will soak up some moisture as they become re-aclimated. Same-same for the cedar in the boxes themselves. You will see a dip in the RH each time you open the humi up. (or a rise, if you live in a warm coastal region) Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff, 70/70% is ideal, and if you are close, be happy! over 75 degrees you could get a beetle hatch, so temp has a definite ceiling, but some people LIKE to keep their gars at 60-65% RH, as long as you are in the 60-70% range, you're good! Don't panic over minor fluctuations, and rember, the more "airtight your tupperdor/sweaterdor/coolidor is, you ought to "burp" it once a week as aging cigars (especially "green" ones) tend to outgas chemicals (like ammonia) that you want to vent off. I cedar humi will allow these gasses to seep through the pores of the woodf, but plastic will not. I generally have no problem venting my sweaterdors once a week as I like going through looking for something to smoke! 🙂

dude listen to the bro's in this thread they are all correct.... just put them in as you see fit.. whether its by band color, cigar color, size, shape or alphabetically.. its totally up to you... its fun.. and have fun.

The only thing better than putting them in, in whatever order you choose, is takeing one out, at that right moment, setting fire to it, and watching your breath blend with the moonlight.

what pablo and primate said!

Then do a search and find out more on this topic. Im sure it's been covered before.

jeezy peezy!

Jeff

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Author: DaSaP Date: 09/18/2004 10:59 PM

... how do you all organise and decide witch stix to put in ? I am new so was thinking 2 or may 3 of each kind I have...

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I'd say it depends on how many boxes of cigars you've got ... if you've got a dozen different cigars, you can put about 10 or 11 of each into the 'dor ...

A much more important question though is this: if this is your first humidor, where are your cigars now? ... good idea to get them ALL in a humidor of SOME kind ... I'd urge you to go to WalMart or Target or whatever and get one of those plastic tubs with the snap on lids ... get a tupperware bowl and some wet florist foam and a gallong of distilled water too ... cut some foam to fit the tupperware dish, soak it with water, put ALL your boxes of cigars in the tub along with the tupperhumidifier and snap the lid on ...

I was starting to get wierded out because the humidity in the two cedar dors I have weren't coming up anywhere near 70%. Then, I learned about PG 50/50 and how to make a coolerdor, and things are well under control. I put both cedar dors inside the coolerdor with a home-made credo in both, and they came up to 70% in a week.

And I also noticed that any time I put a new shipment of cigars in any of the dors, the RH did drop for a few days, but I can't tell that it's affected any of my smokes. All the links and hints and suggestions that I read on the boards have helped me to avoid ruining a lot of sticks.

Russ

according to the Moistulator (Equilibrium Moisture Content Calculator) your right in the neck of the woods you should want to keep them at 12.5%

http://www.woodworkersweb.com/moistulator.htm 

as Homebrew, CW and others have pointed out... your humidity will drop a bit when you add your cigars.. this is only going to be temp/ or should only be 3-5 days and keeping a decent 50/50 solution will keep the humidty level balanced out... or get the climax beads ;0)

the temp will keep with what the room surroundings are... don't want to go to high for the sake of beetles and not john, paul, george and ringo!!!

Hog

A side note to this topic...

If you have cigar boxes where you keep the lids closed inside of a cooledor/tupperdor, do you also need humidifying media inside the cigar boxes if you you already have media inside the dor' ??

Thanks,

no

I ditched the traditional humidor and went with the Coolidor. A large Igloo cooler, lined with cedar. It keeps things right about 70/70 and is large enough to store about a dozen or so boxes. It's definitely not sexy, but man is it functional and really gives you enough room to age some sticks that need the time.