Hello all, I am new to the forums here and I have a question to start off with.

I recently got addicted to the wonderful world of cigars. And in doing so, I purchased myself a 150ct humidor. I thought i would take the cheap road out and purchase one off of ebay. I followed all the steps that are required to season a new humidor. And I bought the humidity beads from heartfelt, 2oz of 70% beads. I have been at this for about 3 months now and this thing will not stabilize. I have to re-fill the beads every 3-5 days. I have even taken a shot glass and filled it full of water and left it in there. The humidity never get's above 63%, usually in the high 50's. After I re-fill the beads it will stay in the low 60's for a day or two, then it starts to fall. I access my humidor maybe once a week, and have gone longer to see if it's me opening it that is causing this. It's a glass top humidor and i put a digital hygrometer on the top shelf so I can check it when i walk by.

My question being...did I just get a bad humidor? 3 months later and it's still not stabilized? Should I just accept this as a lesson learned, you get what you pay for, and purchase a humidor from a well known trader?

I would appreciate any and all comments or suggestions.