67°F with 65% humidity here. Works great for me. Would worry about mold at 72 humidity.

[quote=cacman]67°F with 65% humidity here. Works great for me. Would worry about mold at 72 humidity.[/quote]

This thread in conjunction with an article in the new Famous Smokeshop mag I got in the mail the other day got me thinking. So I did some checking here in the house. I put one of my humidity gages in my office where my humidors are, and one in the bedroom where we're running a humidifier. The results were interesting.

In my office, it just read "LO". In the bedroom, with the humidifier running 24/7? 34%@70f.

No damned wonder my wooden humidors are struggling. So I went back to the cedar veneer lined sistema container this morning and it's already cruising back to 65% with the heartfelt beads, and a 60 gram boveda.

My winador in the basement is cruising along no problems. But it's sealed up very well around the door so that one isn't an issue.

Lesson learned. I guess I can get used to the plastic. Maybe. Eventually. Damned if I don't love my humidors. Wood and glass do have a panache, but it's not worth ruining good cigars over.

[quote=tonygraz]Do you mind if we call you Elvis ?[/quote]


This deserved a bigger laugh! =d>

Gunner I see the same thing between the 2 wooden humidors and the tupperdores I have . The cigars smoke different between the 2 .

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When I was new-ish to cigars, a cigar veteran guy.... actually a sales rep for a giant cigar company... told me to forget the pretty wood or wood-and-glass humidors and just get big-ass Sterilite or similar clear plastic tubs where the handles lock up over the lid, put Spanish cedar pieces in there, humidification element(s) and a calibrated digital hygrometer (Western/Oasis Caliber IV is best IMO) and never look back to wood.

He was 100% right, and he saved me a lot of hassle and money. I've been all-plastic ever since, and have had none of the problems that plague wood humidors. Thanks, buddy!

The thinking at the time was also that you did NOT want a perfect seal in your plastic containers, just ALMOST perfect, to allow a slight bit of air exchange (ammonia traces out, fresh air comes in). Gasketed seals were specifically out of favor. That thinking seems to have changed since, but my "almost perfect" non-gasketed big Sterilites work just fine, and hold humidity quite nicely.

Anyway, yeah, IMO forget about wood and wood-and-glass, except maybe to throw cigars in briefly to impress friends when they visit you. A really nice wood/glass humidor does win in the looks department, by far. However for storing thousands of cigars in ideal conditions with near-zero hassle and maintenance at $16 per 116 quarts of container volume, forget it, ain't gonna happen with wood humidors.
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you could use the wood humidors to dry box a few smokes...

[quote=frankj1]you could use the wood humidors to dry box a few smokes...[/quote]

Absolutely. Although with 65/65 I'm not sure dry boxing is going to be necessary. I'm not getting rid of them, but I have to sort this hit on my accepted paradigm out. 🤔

[quote=USNGunner]Absolutely. Although with 65/65 I'm not sure dry boxing is going to be necessary. I'm not getting rid of them, but I have to sort this hit on my accepted paradigm out. :-k[/quote]
I very rarely pull a cigar for a day or two prior to smoking, but some folks do.

[quote=frankj1]I very rarely pull a cigar for a day or two prior to smoking, but some folks do.[/quote]

Yah, I don’t have that kind of foresight other than smoking a Tat on Tuesdays and Fuentes on Fridays. But even then, it’s not 100% guaranteed that I follow that “formula”.

[quote=frankj1]you could use the wood humidors to dry box a few smokes...[/quote]

I have a dedicated wood humidor for dry boxing. Have one in there hopefully drying out now.

[quote=tonygraz]I have a dedicated wood humidor for dry boxing. Have one in there hopefully drying out now.
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and we just assumed that was a di(k in a box...
sorry Tony.

[quote=tonygraz]I have a dedicated wood humidor for dry boxing. Have one in there hopefully drying out now.
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Just remember to use lube.
Dry boxing is abrasive and will cause chafing...

Chafing is never a good thing.

Slivers are worse.

Yeah slivers would be bad really bad and then having to pull them out.

[quote=corey sellers]Yeah slivers would be bad really bad and then having to pull them out.[/quote]
Ya never know.

Within the wood humidor enthusiast community,
there’s probably a splinter fetish group...

They can get all the wood the want .

[quote=frankj1]you could use the wood humidors to dry box a few smokes...[/quote]
I use to use a good sealing cigar box filled with cedar cigar sleeves to drybox fresh Johnny-O's. Most wood humidors only have a cedar veneer on the inside. Currently I keep Spanish cedar wood chips and shavings in my cooledor - helps with humidity and smells fantastic.

[quote=cacman]I use to use a good sealing cigar box filled with cedar cigar sleeves to drybox fresh Johnny-O's. Most wood humidors only have a cedar veneer on the inside. Currently I keep Spanish cedar wood chips and shavings in my cooledor - helps with humidity and smells fantastic.[/quote]
And cause you’re a fucquin hamster...

The wood chips and shavings came from my buddy's wood shop when he made my cedar shelves - not the pet store.