I seem to be having wrapper problems with my smokes.

They are fine in the humi, but they start to unwrap as I smoke them, even indoors. Seems to only happen to the natural wrappers. The maduros seem to hold up well and the Partagas blacks don't seem to be effected at all.

Is this common?

I guess a humidifier for the home will be the next thing on the list. 😞 more $$

I have also had this happen, in the past. I have wood heat, which really keeps a dry house. I compensate using a pot of water on the wood stove. Right now the whole house smelld like cinnimon, due to the cinnimon sticks in the water.

I believe you have the solution with the humidifier, for the house.

Happy Holidays

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

I just bought a humidifier for my office today. With wood heat, it really leaches the ambient humidity out of the air. I sparked a Partagas Serie S perfecto last nite that actually had plume crystals on it & the damn wrapper came unraveled on me! 😞

I struggle from season to season with humidity.....a couple months ago I could hardly keep it low enough & was putting bags of rice in my humidors. Now, I have to charge my humidifiers evry week or so.

Myself, I overbid on a jar of HUMI-CARE crystals and have #2 small round humidifiers in my #150 ct humidor. With these 3 items the humidity is running around 65-70%.

1) If you don't have a digital hygrometer, get one.

2) If you are using 50/50, you live up north, and your humidor is not holding 65-70%, switch to straight distilled water.

3) If you are travelling with your sticks outside during the winter, don't rely on one of those leather finger cases to keep them from drying out, even over a short period of time. The case will suck the moisture out of the wrapper faster than you can say "Damn!". Put them in a ziploc with a spritz of water.

i heat with wood, and solved my humidity probs with a add on whole house humidifier for my furnace.

if you have a forced air furnace, a $70 add on humidifier will do wonders. it has a hose that you tap into your water supply with, so you never need to fill it, it fills itself. it works kinda like a carburator float bowl.

about 4 hrs. of sheet metal cutting, measuring, some screws, and some patience is all thats required to install the thing, along with an electrical outlet.

i just run the furnace fan during the day, and the house stays plenty comfortable, along with the cigars.

hope that helps.

blackfoot

I have a small office in the back of the house, with 13 humidors going. I bought a small humidifier at Walmart yesterday & it seems to be doing the trick. I also picked up several little Holmes analog hygrometers for about $3 each & they actually seem to be pretty accurate. I now have the ambient rh up to about 63% in my office & have almost turned the damn room into a walkin humidor. Of course, my humidors are sealed as am using tap water in the humidifier.

how many was that hat ? you mean ta tell me you gave away lucky number 14...

When I notice a wrapper seam looking loose or one threatening to unravel I lick it. Some of the old timers can chime in here too they will remember. When wrappers were not so elegantly rolled they would tend to come loose too, you licked them and they stuck. Try it sometime when you're out and notice one coming loose. Besides I like the taste of that tobacco LOL! Same thing will slow a run or canoe burn.

Art

Nah pablo. I had to count again. I closed two & opened one. I am at 13....for now. BWAAAHAHAHAHA!