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Blitzburgh79
Enthusiast Topic Starter

10 years ago

I have out grown my humidor and started a Tupperdor. With just a small damp sponge with some distilled water the humidity is staying at 80 % even if I leave the top ajar. I don't want to remove the sponge and have it drop significantly either.

I will try to move it upstairs that has a more steady 70 degree heat. I live way up north and when winter sets in the air is ridiculously dry.

Any tips, hints, thoughts what makes a good tupperdor. Any ideas would help until I get a second humidor on line.

Thanks

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SRH1
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

Skip the tupperdor and go straight to a coolidor. As for RH....Beads.

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Blitzburgh79
Enthusiast Topic Starter

10 years ago

I will have get some more Heartfelt Humidity beads then pronto.

Thanks

SRH1
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

I will have get some more Heartfelt Humidity beads then pronto.

Thanks

Blitzburgh79 wrote:

Alway glad to help out a fellow Stiller fan!
I live in Blitzburgh territory where the winters are cold and the summers are hot and humid. Heartfelt beads keep my stash perfect year round.

Blitzburgh79
Enthusiast Topic Starter

10 years ago

I have been eyeballing a wine fridge for conversion and may just go buy one at Sams Club and end the pain. This way the wife will have even more difficulty keeping track how many I have.
Steeler Nation is everywhere. I am less than an hour from Montreal near the Canadian Border and we have a good showing of support in these parts. Bad weather but Cuban cigars are a short drive away.

jespear
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

I will have get some more Heartfelt Humidity beads then pronto.

Thanks

Blitzburgh79 wrote:

I understand all about dry air.
The humidifier on my furnace has not worked for the last few years and I get pure hot dry air circulating thru the house.
The 65% HF beads hold my humis steady at 64%-65% .
On the other side of the coin . . .
Living in the Philly area, the humidity in the summer is unbearable at times (70%-90%) and the HF beads keep my humis at a consistent 65%-67%.

Good choice !

jes

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SRH1
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

Blitzburgh79 wrote:

Wineador is a great option. Too bad Canadian cigar taxes are so high!

Steelers nation IS EVERYWHERE! Let's hope we can get back on track Sunday nite!

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cacman
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

Blitzburgh79 wrote:

Skip the Tupperdor, forget about the wineador, and just get yourself a big ass cooler. IMHO the wineador is an expensive overkill, paying for a cooling feature that's hardly used, if at all. If you keep your house (or cigar room) at around 65-68° then you're all set. If you really are that close to the Canadian border, cool temperatures should be easy to maintain.

80% humidity is way too high. Drop it down to around 62% and you'll be much happier with how your cigars smoke.

And from a former Pittsburgher… Go Steelers LOL!. I said during the 3rd pre-season game when we couldn't field a kicker there was no way we where making the Play-Offs. I think the folks in the front offices are smoking something from Colorado. It's the only explanation for signing Michael Vick. And hopefully this will be Ben's last year - duct tape and staples are all that's holding him together.

tamapatom
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

Cooler takes up too much room and is hard to dig through IMO. I have about 10 stackable Tupperdors that sit on a shelf up high easy to access. I either line with cedar scraps for singles or drop whole boxes in them to group them. Each one gets a small boveda and they keep humidity very well. I keep them in a closet with 72 degree constant temp. My real humidor holds all my non cello sticks. I need to convince my wife that the extra wine cooler she found is not a good receptacle for soft drinks.

themunmypaw
Aficionado

10 years ago

#10

Can't go wrong with some boveda packs either. At least for the short term.

cacman
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

#11

Cooler takes up too much room and is hard to dig through IMO.

tamapatom wrote:

Stood my cooler on end like a cabinet, complete with old pool cue bumpers as feet. Not hard to dig through at all.
Would rather control the temp & humidity for a single large cooler, than trying to maintain the same environment in numerous containers.

gummy jones
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

#12

If using the right tupperware then a single boveda will last at least 6-8 months for most sizes of containers

Brainless and can be recharged

tamapatom
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

#13

cacman wrote:

I like the vertical cooler idea!! I might try that. One advantage of separate containers is if you are paranoid about beetles....though I have never had that problem.

I have had luck with endless rotation of bovedas. Moving packs into high humidity garage till they plump back up again. Dont know how many times I can do that.

Blitzburgh79
Enthusiast Topic Starter

10 years ago

#14

This is an awesome forum. I appreciate all the help and all the great ideas. Good Stuff 🙂

bsadler
Aficionado

10 years ago

#15

I think the folks in the front offices are smoking something from Colorado.

cacman wrote:

¿¿¿ we do grow alot of hay and corn but I would not
Suggest smoking either???

To what other export of our proud state could you possibly be referring?

Hank_The_Tank
Herf-A-Holic

9 years ago

#16

Figured I would bring this back from the grave rather than start a new thread.

Mostly due to price, I think I am going to switch from my two 150ct humidors to a tupperdor. I have read enough good reviews of them to be comfortable with their humidity control if you buy the right ones.

What are the right ones? I was searching through the Home Depot site and there are like 300 different ones. What are some of the best ones that are still economical?

What is a good size? I would say I want something that holds 20-30 boxes of cigars...I think.

Thanks!

SteveS
Herf-A-Holic

9 years ago

#17

I think I am going to switch from my two 150ct humidors to a tupperdor.

Hank_The_Tank wrote:

Don't do that ... keep on using the humidors for short term and current storage and ADD the tupperdor for long term storage ...

Pudding Mittens
Herf-A-Holic

9 years ago

#18

Gel and boveda(s) in the same large container. Refill jar with distilled when needed. You never touch the bovedas, they're continually refilled by vapor from the jar, and they "buffer" the jar's output, boosting or trimming it as necessary. Rock-solid RH is the result, with easy refillability, and you never have to recharge, rotate or even touch the bovedas.

I use 116-quart Sterilite containers ($17) with 1 gel jar and 4 Bovedas, mostly full of cigars. Works perfectly.

If I got a 116-quart cooler, it'd be frightfully-expensive, and would have very thick walls making its exterior size much bigger than the Sterilite. Oh, and it wouldn't be CLEAR like the Sterilite, so I can read the hygro without ever having to open it! Also the Sterilites are stackable, for when your sickness gets worse! 🍺

Everyone talks about coolers, but if the room doesn't have big temperature swings, they're unnecessary. Save space and tons of money and go with Sterilite or similar clear plastic containers.

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Hank_The_Tank
Herf-A-Holic

9 years ago

#19

Don't do that ... keep on using the humidors for short term and current storage and ADD the tupperdor for long term storage ...

SteveS wrote:

My problem is that my humidors are packed to the brim so I can't buy more cigars right now. I might be able to fit a few more, but not many. Don't want to spend the money on another humidor if I can upgrade to the tupperdor.

SRH1
Herf-A-Holic

9 years ago

#20

Hank_The_Tank wrote:

Go for the gusto....

COOLIDOR. 75 quart min.

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