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I never thought that keeping the humidity DOWN would be a problem in the cooler. The RH is between 70-80% these days. I've long since sealed the humidifier in a plastic ziplock bag and open the sucker twice a day. It still hits 80% between openings. Nothing to freak out about I guess.
The more wood you have in a cooler such as boxes the more stable thre rh will stay. In all seriousness 80 % makes most cigars unsmokeable. Try to achieve 65%
Yeah 80% is two high. Lke K& said, get some wood boxes or cedar inserts. You can probably get some for free or next to nothing at your local.
A slightly more expensive but sure fire way is get enough 65% beads for your cooler, probably a pound and put then in without adding water. They should soak up a lot of excess humidity.
I almost wish I had that problem. The RH in my house (I have the humi in the basement on a bookshelf) is 38% (measured with my hygrometer that read 73% on the salt test). I can't feed that thing enough water.
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Originally Posted by nhcigarfan
I believe some self regulating beads are the best answer here. I'll try and look some up on the internet. I take it those are best used in conjunction with another humidifying device?
The beads alone will be all the humidifying device you need, and in this case, they'll act more as a de-humidifier. I'd follow nhcigarfan's suggestion to get 65% beads and put 'em in dry. They should begin to absorb humidity and will pull the humidor's environment down to around 65% rh. If high humidity is a constant where you live, then you may have to dry the beads periodically - easily done with a blow dryer.
The beads can found here
Incidentally, 60% beads are now available.
After a couple days, the humidor is staying at about 66% with absolutely no humidification needed. Perfect! :smiley4: The ambient humidity is slightly lower than that. I have plenty of wood in there. I'm going to get some of those beads.