Humidity sky rocketing....

[logan37]

Thank logan! I'll give those a shot. You just put some in a container and put them in with your cigars? Is there a set amount to use?

There's a minimum amount you'll need for your humi's size. But you can use more(I do) then what is suggested. The amount needed is calculated by cubic inches so you may have to measure your humi to find the minimum or you can just order more then you think you'll need.

I have been having the same problem. I have two jars of those ice crystals and about 100 cigars. My humidity is constantly over 70% and closer to 80. Everyone talks about these beads. I am gonna break down and buy some and a digital hygromoter.

Ice crystals only release moisture as well.

I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, but maybe just open the humidor more often until the RH comes down and stabilizes?

As a guess as to why, it sounds typical of too much water/PG solution on sponge humidifiers or crystal/gel humidifiers. Lots of people soak those humidifiers, and then the humidifier can never absorb moisture, and can only release moisture.

Good luck!

This would definitely work in the short run, but I would think that the humidity would increase again after a while. Plus beads are low maintenance and pretty cheap so why not just upgrade.


On a side note, I use 70% beads in my cedar humidors and 65% beads in my Tupperdor. Just seems to work out better that way for me. All of my humis are sitting at 65-71%. Also, the best guide to proper Rh are the cigars themselves.

[Cigarbear]

Ditto on the above. I used the gel crystals and always had a higher Rh than I wanted the beads fixed the problem in a couple days. I purchased 4 humis of varying size before getting my cooler and every analog hygrometer that came with them was off by 8 percentage points or more. I definitely recommend a digital hyrometer. The two I got from ebay were only off by two points though the one from heartfelt was off by 9.

[prostartjr1738]

Im not sure what brand you have but the PG I have is pre mixed to keep the humi at 70. Maybe your adding distilled water moved the humidity level up. The beads are by far the easiest. I uses the standard rectangular humidifer case that comes with most humis, measured out the right about of beads and put them in a piece of one of my girlfriends stockings. Easy to add water without making a mess.