humidor question

[jhr917]

I just bought a humidor and in the process of seasoning it. I have a calibrated digital hydometer (calibrated by the salt test) in there. Basically all i did was put a shot glass filled with distilled water in it. It been about 12 hours and its seems like the shot glass has the same amount of water as it did when i put it in. The RH is at 68. Am i missing something? I know its only been 12 hours, but I would think after 12 hours, at least a little of the water should be absorbed from the shotglass.

[badwhale]

I just bought a humidor and in the process of seasoning it. I have a calibrated digital hydometer (calibrated by the salt test) in there. Basically all i did was put a shot glass filled with distilled water in it. It been about 12 hours and its seems like the shot glass has the same amount of water as it did when i put it in. The RH is at 68. Am i missing something? I know its only been 12 hours, but I would think after 12 hours, at least a little of the water should be absorbed from the shotglass.

I won't go into the science of a liquid converting to vapor, and the volumes associated with each, but I suspect anyone would be hard pressed to notice the difference in the level after 12 hours in a closed humidor.

Search for herfer's guide to seasoning a humidor, or simply don't worry too much about it, buy cigars, put them in there while smoking some.

Will

[VancouverMark]

I'm not the resident expert on humidor seasoning, but in my opinion way too much effort and emphasis is put on this. All I did was order the 65% beads, spray them with distilled water and put them in my humidor with a bunch of cigars. I diligently checked my beads every couple of days to make sure they weren't dried out and re-sprayed as required. I new I had to keep an eye on them a bit more than usual as the box would likely be thirsty and I had no idea how dry my cigars were. My humidor has been between 64% and 73% for the last 9 months with upward swings in the humidity only after I re-spray my beads.

Hope this helps.

Mark

[kevin7]

Wipe the godamn thing down inside with a little distilled water. Let if dry the fuck out so your cigars dont get soggy fucking wet. Put your choice of humidification device in it ,stuff it the fuck fuck of cigars and leave the fucking lid closed unless you are gertting a cigar out to smoke. Opening the lid every hour just to eye fuck your cigars just leads to cronic eye fucking low humidity syndrome

[badwhale]

Wipe the godamn thing down inside with a little distilled water. Let if dry the fuck out so your cigars dont get soggy fucking wet. Put your choice of humidification device in it ,stuff it the fuck fuck of cigars and leave the fucking lid closed unless you are gertting a cigar out to smoke. Opening the lid every hour just to eye fuck your cigars just leads to cronic eye fucking low humidity syndrome

LOL. Or this.

[jhr917]

haha thanks, def will take kevin7's advice

[kingbeefy]

Wipe the godamn thing down inside with a little distilled water. Let if dry the fuck out so your cigars dont get soggy fucking wet. Put your choice of humidification device in it ,stuff it the fuck fuck of cigars and leave the fucking lid closed unless you are gertting a cigar out to smoke. Opening the lid every hour just to eye fuck your cigars just leads to cronic eye fucking low humidity syndrome

Wow. I think this should be the official guide to seasoning a humidor.

[kevin7]

couple of typos and grammar fuck ups but if that offends the sensitive types too godamn bad. I'll cut your dick off and feed it to your (insert family member here)

[VancouverMark]

Wipe the godamn thing down inside with a little distilled water. Let if dry the fuck out so your cigars dont get soggy fucking wet. Put your choice of humidification device in it ,stuff it the fuck fuck of cigars and leave the fucking lid closed unless you are gertting a cigar out to smoke. Opening the lid every hour just to eye fuck your cigars just leads to cronic eye fucking low humidity syndrome

You really shouldn't sugar coat your answers to these types of questions....



Mark

[CptnBlues63]

Wipe the godamn thing down inside with a little distilled water. Let if dry the fuck out so your cigars dont get soggy fucking wet. Put your choice of humidification device in it ,stuff it the fuck fuck of cigars and leave the fucking lid closed unless you are gertting a cigar out to smoke. Opening the lid every hour just to eye fuck your cigars just leads to cronic eye fucking low humidity syndrome

You really shouldn't sugar coat your answers to these types of questions....



Mark

LOL

As a friend of mine would say to me when I go off......"No, tell me how you REALLY feel"

It's been my experience, and I'm only on my second humidor, that it takes several days for a humi to "season" and stablize.