sorry if I offended anyone, the cracks in my cigars has nothing to do witht the humidification process or the tubidor, it has to do with maintaining a proper RH level. Your beads contain mold as well you just cant see it. I appreciated all the answers to my original question. rob

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sorry if I offended anyone, the cracks in my cigars has nothing to do witht the humidification process or the tubidor, it has to do with maintaining a proper RH level. Your beads contain mold as well you just cant see it. I appreciated all the answers to my original question. rob

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dstieger.........as you know there are many different ways to achieve the desired RH level, there are all kinds of devices that are quite costly, my point is the green foam flower blocks are dirt cheap and will safely achieve the same desired RH levels. Mold will develop on any moist surface in a dark area including beads and the other costly devices. I think they are all harmless as long as it is not touching the sticks. My block is suspended above all my sticks at the top of the tubidor and is completely safe. hope this clarifies. Rob

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dstieger wrote:

sorry if I offended anyone, the cracks in my cigars has nothing to do witht the humidification process or the tubidor, it has to do with maintaining a proper RH level. Your beads contain mold as well you just cant see it. I appreciated all the answers to my original question. rob

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Looking for opinions on what is the main cause of the outer wrapper to split as you smoke. My cigars are kept in a tub a dor with hunidity ranging from 69 to 72, I rarely smoke ROTT so they have pklenty of time to rest at the right humidity. But I do get one sometimes two out of 10 sticks to split. Appreciate your answers. Thanks Rob

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I may be a newbie, only been at this for a few years, but I see that many of you are spending money on boveda packs ,beads, and other humidification devices; its a waste of money and very costly and makes absolutely no sense to me. Id rather spend that money on better quality sticks. I use the green flower foam. You can but htis at any Michaels stores or on ebay. You just cut it to fit your container and soak in distilled water as needed. I can control the RH by how much I cut off the block and how often I re-charge it. Its dirt cheap and a box of 20 blocks will last for years. I use it in my tubidor and I use it in my humidor. For a humidor, buy a crystal light drink with the oval throat and cut the foam to fit in it and the unit fits in your humidor perfectly. For my tubidor I hang a plastic tray from a dowel stick located at the very top of the tubidor and place a block of foam in it and it works perfectly. Surely I have apparently had the RH to high resulting in the splitting problem but that is easily fixed by taping off more holes until the desired RH level is reached.
Just my two cents worth. Rob

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king of the cove.........no I really do not have to fiddle with the adjustments hardly at all, it maintains the RH day after day with out any adjustments. if it was that much of a pain in the ass I would not use it. My opionion is that most of you have been sold on these costly devices that the foam provides just as well. I have spoken to several cigar shop owner that use this same method. Do yopu all remeber Legacy? he use to chat here a lot and he has several tubidors in his house using this foam method. I wa simply trying to offer you all a way to save a ton of money. Trust me I spend a lot of money on my sticks and would not risk ruining them over something like this if it didnt work. After hearing everyones voice about the RH being to high, I adjusted ny vent holes and my tubidor is now holding steady at 65. Its as simple as that. Rob

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To king of the cove and Tonygraz..........Imagine a plastic tub with the lid on and a tray full of saturated green flower foam, the humidity is going rise dramatically. How high it rises will of course depend on how large the tub is,how large the foam block is and how many sticks you have stored. My tubidor is a 20 gallon roughneck tote. It holds approx. 400 sticks. and still allows room for the hanging basket of saturated grreen flower foam. The holes are drilled to allow you to regulate the RH. I have several 3/8" diameter holes drilled on the sides and on the top of the lid. If my RH is too high as everyone here has indicated, I simply remove tape off some of the holes until I reach the 65 desired RH. level. If all of my holes are untaped, then I could always drill more holes. Seasonal changes in the house temperature will affect the RH in the tub so here again you have the ability to lower or raise RH in the tub by either removing taped off holes or by adding more. Its quite simple and costs next to nothing to store/age your sticks without the heavy monthly costs of these humidification toys. Rob

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Tony graz, I have been using this tubidor for over a year now and not any signs of mold on my cigars and they are in their cellophane. Yes mold does develop on the green foam block so you just take it out and cut off the moldy portion and your back in business If you think no mold develolpes inside the standard humdifiers inside your humidors your wrong, they make them white in color and you cant see the mold, but its their.

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sorry if I offended anyone, the cracks in my cigars has nothing to do witht the humidification process or the tubidor, it has to do with maintaining a proper RH level. Your beads contain mold as well you just cant see it. I appreciated all the answers to my original question. rob

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dstieger.........as you know there are many different ways to achieve the desired RH level, there are all kinds of devices that are quite costly, my point is the green foam flower blocks are dirt cheap and will safely achieve the same desired RH levels. Mold will develop on any moist surface in a dark area including beads and the other costly devices. I think they are all harmless as long as it is not touching the sticks. My block is suspended above all my sticks at the top of the tubidor and is completely safe. hope this clarifies. Rob

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dnmdevries........yes you do have to alster the vent holes as the external enviornment changes, thats the wonderful flexibility of having the holes in the first place. External temps will affect the RH so I adjuct as needed.

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king of the cove.........no I really do not have to fiddle with the adjustments hardly at all, it maintains the RH day after day with out any adjustments. if it was that much of a pain in the ass I would not use it. My opionion is that most of you have been sold on these costly devices that the foam provides just as well. I have spoken to several cigar shop owner that use this same method. Do yopu all remeber Legacy? he use to chat here a lot and he has several tubidors in his house using this foam method. I wa simply trying to offer you all a way to save a ton of money. Trust me I spend a lot of money on my sticks and would not risk ruining them over something like this if it didnt work. After hearing everyones voice about the RH being to high, I adjusted ny vent holes and my tubidor is now holding steady at 65. Its as simple as that. Rob

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dstieger.........as you know there are many different ways to achieve the desired RH level, there are all kinds of devices that are quite costly, my point is the green foam flower blocks are dirt cheap and will safely achieve the same desired RH levels. Mold will develop on any moist surface in a dark area including beads and the other costly devices. I think they are all harmless as long as it is not touching the sticks. My block is suspended above all my sticks at the top of the tubidor and is completely safe. hope this clarifies. Rob

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