My humidor apparently decided to sht the bed. It no longer seals properly and the humidity is now around 60. If anyone has an extra humidor they want to sell on the cheap let me know. Also any suggestions on how to nurse these cigars I have back to health would be appreciated. Im afraid i have already lost them but again I am not a pro at this. At one point it was at 52 for humidity and I cant get it above a 60. If worse comes to worse ill buy a new humidor and cigars. I only get 1 a week since my son was born.Thanks all.

Its been a rough winter man but 60 isnt the worst thing in the world. What are you using to humidify DW, Bovidas, beads, kittylitter?

Ii wouldn't sweat it. Unless they were at 52 for a long time. I keep mi wineador right around 62 and it dips once in awhile below 60 and have had no problems with my smokes.

What he said. I prefer 60 to 70. You're panicking for nothing.

Yep the guys above are right on. I keep mine at 63-65 and never have issues. Dropping to 52 is no big deal, especially if it came back to 60.

Smoke on . . .

To the salt trick to your hygrometer

Igloo coolers for under $20 at Sam Walton's place. They make the best humidors around.

Tons of things you can do. Tighten the hinges. Take a fine grit sand paper and sand the seal, do so gently. Then clean it with the purified water, moist not wet. Then check the seal using the paper method. +1 on doing a salt calibration test on your hygrometer.

I use boveda and it must have been around 52 for a while because a bunch have splits. Other than cleaning the cooler smell out is there anything else I have to do to it?

Put your cigars in it

I like it.
What's the paper method

I had to take drastic measures to get my brother in law's cheap Chinese humidor to work.

Pull front mount hygrometer - doesn't read true outside of a 5% range. Gasket wasn't a gasket, just a piece of rubber to hold it in place. Huge air gaps all around. Plugged hole.

Pulled lid off. The "ears" of cedar in the lid that overlap to make the "seal" were loose and had gaps at all corners. The glass top had 1/8" air gaps all around. Siliconed gaps, replaced ears and pin nailed/siliconed in place.

Base of the box is nothing more than 1/8" veneer held in place with some felt across the bottom. Pulled that out, sandwiched the wood in some lexan, recut base groove and siliconed in place.

Now it finally runs well. Lid actually needs a gentle press to close all the way, dollar bill tested and cannot remove bill from gap.

Or, instead of doing all that, or spending $$$ on a quality humi, you can get some tupperware and bovedas/HF beads and be problem free off the bat.

"dollar bill test"

Close lid with a dollar bill in the gap. Pull bill out. Should be tight enough that you have significant resistance or are unable to remove the dollar bill.

A poorly sealed gap will allow the bill to slip right out.