I have been having problems bringing the humidity up to 67% which is where I want it. It has been hanging around 62%. After filling the humidifier twice with 50/50 solution and once with just distilled water with no change in humidity, I decided to put some small pieces of sponge in the humi. I dampened them with distilled water and put one piece of sponge on the top tray and two pieces on the bottome of the humi. After a day I noticed the humidity at 64%. So maybe this can get me back to 67%. Anyone else ever try this method ??? Thanks, Fred

How about a shot glass full of distilled, set on a plastic bag, and leave it alone for a couple days....be patient..it seems like your humidifier maybe saturated w/ PG, not allowing it to do its job...You may have to pull your humidifier out, let it dry out, and then reapply the distilled water...BTW how new is your humidor?

I only put 50/50 solution in the humidifier twice so I wouldn't think it would be saturated with PG from that. But I guess you never know. I tried the shot glass but it didn't seem to work to well. The small sponges I added seem to be doing the trick. I'll check tonight what the RH is. The humidor is about 3 months old. Thanks, Fred

what kind of humidor is it? I had the same trouble with a run of the mill 50 ct, so i bought a $4 rubbermaid tub, and put that humidor as well as my tupperdor in it. I left 1 humidifier in the rubbermaid, and it keeps it at perfect humidty.

It may be right and it may be wrong, but this is what I did to "season" my humidor.

I got a 6"Lx3"Wx1"H sponge, dampened it really good with distilled water and set it on a plastic bag in the bottom of my humi (150 capacity) for a couple days. The RH shot up to about 84% then I took it out. I waited a couple more days til it had dropped to 72% then stuck my sticks back in it.

There appears to be a problem here that doesn't meet the eye. If your humidor is three months old that should be plenty of time for the cedar lining to absorb moisture. You didn't mention if you had cigars in it or what percentage of interior room they were taking up. I've found that if cigars drop below about 75% capacity of the humidor, the humidity may begin to be difficult to maintain. If you're at 75% capacity or more, I would start looking at hygro or leaking seal problems. If you don't have a glasstop you can put a flashlight (turned on) in the humidor at night, turn out the lights, and see if you can see any light escaping from the box. Of course you can do the salt test on your hygro (you didn't say if it was analogue or digital) to be sure it is accurate. Just some things you might try...........but you shouldn't be needing to put in sponges saturated with distilled water after three months (whereas you might initially to "season" the humidor, as stated earlier) IMHO..........

The humidor is a little more than half full. I did the flashlight test and the seals looked OK. I am using a analog hygrometer which was calibrated using the salt test and I also have a digital hygrometer. As of about 30 minutes ago I was reading 66% on the digital and about 69% on the analog. I am going to leave the sponges in overnight, check the readings in the morning and if the readings look OK, 67% or above, I will take the sponges out and see if I can maintain this RH without the sponges.

put your box near the water heater.