How often?

[8-5-8]

Hey guys... got my Humidor back in February, so I'm fairly certain that the cedar has seasoned properly by now. My question is, how often should I refill the humidifier? It seems to stabilize around 65-66% and will sit there rock solid for a week or two and then will lose about 1 point a day until it gets down to around 54-55%. I think the 65-66% range is ideal and doesn't really go much higher as the humidor is over half-full But i don't want to take the chance of catching mold by refilling as soon as it drops to 64%. I guess in a nutshell, how low is too low?

[Hambo]

I keep mine above 60 but high 50's probably wont do any harm.

[Roham]

I keep my cigars above 70% so when it gets in the 60's I add water

[Roham]

I keep mine above 60 but high 50's probably wont do any harm.

I agree, any lower would do some damage for sure

[labmonkey]

I refill at about 60.

[jayrob33]

i had some cigars in my humidor that were in there for about a month or so when the humidity was only about 50% or so. i noticed when smoking one the other day that it was kind of hard when i cut it and fell apart some while smoking it. does this mean that it is dried out? if i just leave them in the humidor for a couple months will they go back to normal. i have now got my humidor to stablize at about 68% or so.

will they be okay??

[nhcigarfan]

i had some cigars in my humidor that were in there for about a month or so when the humidity was only about 50% or so. i noticed when smoking one the other day that it was kind of hard when i cut it and fell apart some while smoking it. does this mean that it is dried out? if i just leave them in the humidor for a couple months will they go back to normal. i have now got my humidor to stablize at about 68% or so.

will they be okay??

It could be dry, but it fell apart while you were smoking it? Sounds more like a bad cigar. Or a cigar that was stored very badly before you got your hands on it. Even keeping it at 50% for a month it shouldn't have done that. As for keeping it at 68%, it really shouldn't take a couple of months. Depending on the number of cigars and size of the humidor it could be anywhere from a couple of days to maybe two weeks. It all depends how full the humidor is. If you have a 50-cigar desk top with 10 or so cigars that are corona sized in it at 68% to 70% I would guess like about 5 days for them to reach the proper humidity. But again temperature does affect the ambient humidity and how willing your cigars would be to absorb moisture.

Crap - I'm dribbling on like that guy who is always leg-humping people.


also I keep mine at 70%

[jayrob33]

my humidor is pretty full now, i just bought a new stash the other day. will the humidor keep all of the cigars moistened the same ? do the cigars on top dry our quicker than the ones on the bottom of vice versa?

[Drake]

my humidor is pretty full now, i just bought a new stash the other day. will the humidor keep all of the cigars moistened the same ? do the cigars on top dry our quicker than the ones on the bottom of vice versa?

i've wondered that myself

[8-5-8]

my humidor is pretty full now, i just bought a new stash the other day. will the humidor keep all of the cigars moistened the same ? do the cigars on top dry our quicker than the ones on the bottom of vice versa?

Excellent question... I've got some sticks stacked 3 deep in the bottom section that have been there about 6 months. I'm not sure if I should rotate them occasionally or leave them be...

[nhcigarfan]

about every 15 or so days I rotate the cigars I am aging. That is probably excessive but I enjoy smelling them. My other humidor gets shuffled around more frequently as I decide what to have. I have been told to rotate once a month by the guy at the local cigar store.