hey guys, thought i'd give you an update.
i've had my cigars in there for a while now and here's what's goin on. i have the madelaine executive humidor 100 that's supposed to be good for 100 cigars. it's the foam style. i have like 64 cigars in a 75 capacity humidor. in addition to the humidor i have a small saki glass with some distilled water in there. if i take it out, my humidity drops to about 67%. plus, after about 2 weeks i have to refill the humidor because it's practically dry! it doesn't make sense for it to be so dry. i don't get it. i wonder if i just have a bad humidor. this happened to me a long time ago with a credo humidor. i replaced it and it was fine afterwards. but now i don't know if i should replace this one with the same kind or with the madelaine bead style humidor.
also, i am still using madelaine's every time solution exclusively.
btw, here is the humidor i'm thinking of getting. any thoughts on this?
http://madelaine.com/products_detail...30&category=10
Last edited by primus67; 04-18-2009 at 11:49 AM.
Have you done the salt test on your hygrometer yet? If not you really need to. If you can't, then BUY A DIGITAL ONE.
If you're keeping your humidity at 70% it's too high anyway. The cigars will smoke much better at around 65%.
I keep the cigars I'm storing long term at around 70% and move them to a humi with the rh at between 60%-65% for at least a week before smoking. I used to keep everything at 70% but found a higher number of cigars would have burn issues at that rh.
Two things ......
Have you done the woosh test?
Opening and closing the humidor should create a woosh noise as it seals when closing and breaking the seal when you open it. If you don't hear it, you've got a poorly sealing humidor and it's bad.
Second, get the Humi-Care hydration unit along with their digital hydrometer. I use them in all three of my humidors and I'm 69% to 73% right now, and this holds pretty well.
Kris
yep i have a digi hygro and have it tested and calibrated. humidity is right on target.
as for the humidor, the seal is pretty tight. it has pull to it when i open it and i have to give it a little push to get it to close. and not because of bad manufacturing.
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