Hope you guys can provide some humidor answers--my purchases here have finally gotten me to the "buy them faster than I can smoke them" stage.

1. Assume a 250 capacity humidor, decently but perhaps not fully seasoned. It seems to be at about 60-65% RH. Will that go up over time, assuming enough humidifier sources inside? (i.e. will it keep seasoning even when in use?)

2. What do you think of humidistat tubes and jars, vs. the blocks?

3. If the humidor is pretty well filled with cigars, does that affect the level of RH inside?

4. How filled to capacity is a good idea? It would seem to me that there would be less circulation with more cigars inside. Is that a bad thing?

5. Stupid question: opening the humidor drops the RH quickly, at least according to the digital hydrometer. How long should it take to get back to 70% or so? Minutes, hours?

Thanks, Bill

Do a search for Humidor, Climmax beads, Hygrometer.

I say continue seasoning until a stable RH is achieved.

It's better to keep your smokes around 65%- 69% for better draw and burn. But some people prefer wet smokes, it's all up to preference. With a 250 ct humi, I generally fill it to about 235-240, I really don't like it to fill to capacity, but then again, that's preference. The more cigars you have in the humi, the more stable the RH will be. Play around a little test and see what you like and don't like. I know this sounds bad, but I just leave my cigars in my tupperdor and forget about them until it's time to recharge my credo. There's no need to baby them. If you start out with the right conditions, then they will most likely stay that way. And last but not least, start looking for a cooler or attend a tupperware party. Do a search for tupperdor, coolerdor. Oh yeah, and send SteveS a cigar.LOL

Welcome to the cbid forums Bill.

I will try and answer some of your questions.

Question 1. Assume a 250 capacity humidor, decently but perhaps not fully seasoned. It seems to be at about 60-65% RH. Will that go up over time, assuming enough humidifier sources inside? (i.e. will it keep seasoning even when in use?)

YES, it will go up, overtime, if your PG mix, is right, for 70%. Many of us, prefer our smokes, in the 60%-65% range, and maintain our humis at that level.

2. What do you think of humidistat tubes and jars, vs. the blocks?

I have not used the jars, but I find the tubes are great for my travel humi. I prefer Climaxx beads, over the various gels, because of the ability to remove excess humidity, and the fact that they come in a 65% variety, that I prefer.

3. If the humidor is pretty well filled with cigars, does that affect the level of RH inside?

Yes. I like to keep my desktop about 3/4 full. The cigars, help keep it more stable, because they hold humidity as well. But much more than 3/4 full I begin to worry about the airflow being constricted. If you are more than 3/4 full, you may want to rotate your cigars once a week.

4. How filled to capacity is a good idea? It would seem to me that there would be less circulation with more cigars inside. Is that a bad thing? 3/4 IMHO And Yes. Re-read answer to 3.

5. Stupid question: opening the humidor drops the RH quickly, at least according to the digital hydrometer. How long should it take to get back to 70% or so? Minutes, hours?

Not a stupid question, but there are way too many variables here. Size of humi, or cooler. Begining humidity, humidity of the room, outside the humidor, how filled the humi or cooler is. and many more variables, too many to list. My desktop recovers fairly quickly, but my coolers take up to an hour to stablize.

Hope this helps.

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

P.S. Welcome Again to the cibid forums.

hey guys.. I am a somewhat of a newbiee myself to cigars. I have two humidors. One is a table humidor that seems to want to stay right at 70 or sneaking slightly above. The other humidor is a 6 tray humidor with a glass front. It stays right at 65. Contrarry to what everything says to keep your smokes at 68-70, i find i enjoy sticks from my tray humidor better. I moved my sticks around to put my top shelf (tighter rolled, better construstion) smokes in the 65% humidor, and the cheaper, less quality smokes at 70%. Like i said.. im just a newbie hooked on cbid, over 450 sticks and still going strong haa haaa.

ps. i should start construction on linning my ... are you ready... "Antiquador" (is that a new one?? is the newbie going to be a trend setter ha haaa) some time next week.

these guys are good.. pay close attention to what they tell you.

It's really all a matter of preference. Sometimes I like a "wetter" smoke (70-75%), sometimes I like a "dryer" smoke (60-65%).

Wetter smokes seem to smoke longer, but can be a bit harder on the draw.

I actually have an "Antiquador" at the house. It’s an Antique Armor I simply lined with Spanish cedar. It works out pretty good, lots of space 😉.

Thanks to all of you for the information--think I will light up and think about it all. 🙂 Bill

Thanks to all of you for the information--think I will light up and think about it all. 🙂 Bill

lost a cool sight that had igloodors/homemade humis and nice antiquador. had alot of not pretty but workig hummis . now if i could just find it again