[littlemissGTO]

Davidoff's are my absolute favorite. A bit of a pain to even find the label here. Dunhills are good too.
I prefer a Churchill. Long smoke after a great meal is just short of heaven for me.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Originally Posted by RussECU

My humidor is very low. But I need to get it consistent with the humidity. Any suggestions on how or what to do with it. My humidity stays around 60 but it needs to be around 70 correct? I just got it at Christmas and did an distilled water wipedown like the guy to my fiance to tell me. I put distilled water in the sponge like things. But it doesn't seem to be consistent.

So you get it to your desired % and it doesn't hold it??

Maybe the seal is shot.. put a flash light in your humi and then turn it on, go into a dark closet and see if any lights shines thru you know your seals are bad.. (obviously this wont work for humi's with glass tops)..

Once you get the humi at the right % it should hold unless you have a seal leak...

70% is the lowest I would go.. I keep my humi at 70f and 70% I just opened it a second before I took this pic so it dropped a few %'s

You can put a small dish with distilled in your humi until you reach 70% and then remove the dish and put your foam soaked in distilled in the box

[1f1fan]

Originally Posted by RussECU

My humidor is very low. But I need to get it consistent with the humidity. Any suggestions on how or what to do with it. My humidity stays around 60 but it needs to be around 70 correct? I just got it at Christmas and did an distilled water wipedown like the guy to my fiance to tell me. I put distilled water in the sponge like things. But it doesn't seem to be consistent.

60 is a bit low. I keep mine around 65%, but this is normal for a new humidor. It takes a while to get "seasoned".

65-70 is the normal range, it just depends on how you like your cigars. A cigar stored at 70% will taste different than one stored at 60%.

A few questions:
Did you calibrate your hygrometer? If not a simple salt test will tell you how accurate it is. There are lots of descriptions on how to do this, here is one Stogie Tip: The Salt Calibration Test

or

Calibrating Hygrometers

Another thing that helps keep the humidity stable is a full humidor. More cigars = less air so it's easier to get the humidity up and keep it stable. It took me a while to get my desktop humidor stable after I got it. I would consider getting rid of the sponge and get better humidification media. Check out The Puck-ifier™ & RH Beads™ by Cigarmony LLC and Cigarmony.com for more info and pricing.

The RH beads are great. I use them in my overflow storage (a marine cooler with about 1.5 lbs of these beads)

Hope this helps.

Paul

[RussECU]

Thanks Motor! I will try the flashlight idea. I have a travel tube humidor and it works fine. Thanks for the info I will try those suggestions.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

I've never tried the beads you posted but have tried alternate methods and didn't like the VERY faint taste that came with them... Do these beads have any faint smell taste?

I use distilled and have been very lucky with stable #'s

[1f1fan]

MC

No smell with the beads.

I have them in my cabinet humidor as well as the marine cooler. I didn't like the foam, used too much water and it would end up leaking on my cigars. You need very little water to recharge the beads.

If what you are using works go with it....I was looking for something that worked for me.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Originally Posted by 1f1fan

MC

No smell with the beads.

I have them in my cabinet humidor as well as the marine cooler. I didn't like the foam, used too much water and it would end up leaking on my cigars. You need very little water to recharge the beads.

If what you are using works go with it....I was looking for something that worked for me.

What have you found the advantages of the beads to be?

Just asking because like detailing new cigar items are fun to try, just picking your brain...

[1f1fan]

Glad you asked...it's been a while since I got them and forgot the most important thing.

The beads are an active media. They release and absorb water based on the RH in the humidor. So if you put too much water on the sponge inside "The Puck" they absorb water*, and as the humidity drops they release it.

*You can't go dousing the beads in water or they will crack...just add a little

Also, they are not prone to mold like the foam. Even with distilled water I still get a bit of mold on the foam after a while.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Originally Posted by 1f1fan

Glad you asked...it's been a while since I got them and forgot the most important thing.

The beads are an active media. They release and absorb water based on the RH in the humidor. So if you put too much water on the sponge inside "The Puck" they absorb water*, and as the humidity drops they release it.

*You can't go dousing the beads in water or they will crack...just add a little

Also, they are not prone to mold like the foam. Even with distilled water I still get a bit of mold on the foam after a while.

Thanks for the info

[RussECU]

Originally Posted by 1f1fan

60 is a bit low. I keep mine around 65%, but this is normal for a new humidor. It takes a while to get "seasoned".

65-70 is the normal range, it just depends on how you like your cigars. A cigar stored at 70% will taste different than one stored at 60%.

A few questions:
Did you calibrate your hygrometer? If not a simple salt test will tell you how accurate it is. There are lots of descriptions on how to do this, here is one Stogie Tip: The Salt Calibration Test

or

Calibrating Hygrometers

Another thing that helps keep the humidity stable is a full humidor. More cigars = less air so it's easier to get the humidity up and keep it stable. It took me a while to get my desktop humidor stable after I got it. I would consider getting rid of the sponge and get better humidification media. Check out The Puck-ifier™ & RH Beads™ by Cigarmony LLC and Cigarmony.com for more info and pricing.

The RH beads are great. I use them in my overflow storage (a marine cooler with about 1.5 lbs of these beads)

Hope this helps.

Paul

Thanks i will look at this when I get home. linky no work at work