Help with bigger humi

[CoventryCat86]

I'm gonna have to come over and have a look!

I have some experience with RH. Perhaps I can help.

I have some experience with relative humidity too. In the summer when the RH is high, I get sweaty.

[NullSmurf]

I have some experience with relative humidity too. In the summer when the RH is high, I get sweaty.

We sweat here too. It simply evaporates before you feel it.

[Coach]

I to bought a cabinet from Cheaphumidors.com. What I found was that the cigar oasis did a good job of seasoning the cabinet, but they claim that the reservoir will last months, it lasted only days early on. Also, once I started to fill the cabinet up, the fan in the oasis, just didn't circulate the air well enough. The humidity levels at the top were 10% off from the bottom. (I had the oasis at the bottom.) The oasis would read the RH and shut off, before the air had circulated to the top shelf.

I bought some wet floral foam and those tupperware dishes made for sticks of butter, drilled holes in the lids and placed one on each shelf. Then I went to radio shack and bought a CPU cooling fan (3") and placed it on the top shelf facing toward the front. Now, I have the exact RH throughout the cabinet, the oasis does last a month or so now, and I only have to check the foam about every other week.

My problem is that when I open the door, all the dry air rushes in and the humidity drops RAPIDLY and the oasis kicks on for about 20 minutes to "right the ship". Some time sit will take an hour to get back to 68%.

I hope something here helps.

[Shelby07]

Thanks Coach. I kind of figured as much. I've got 2 lbs of beads waiting to go in and will probably stick another fan in there. Did you get the same model or was it something different. Mine's supposed to show up Thursday. Also, how full is your cabinet?

[Shelby07]

Well, the humi came today. It appears to be no worse for the shipping. The driver rang the door, dropped off the Oasis XL Plus and started driving away. Had to chase him down the street. When I told him there was another box he said "Yeah, I couldn't find it." It was in the back of the truck. He was just too damn lazy to look for it.

The door was not secured and it took some finagling to get it on so it sealed tightly. I don't like the fact that the top drawer does not secure or lock and can easily be slid open. Gotta figure out what to do about that. But more importantly, it stinks. Smells like a newly finished piece of furniture when I stick my head inside of it - more so than outside. Is this normal for a new humi? Will a couple of boxes of Arm & Hammer take care of this?

It is a fairly nice looking box, but it is what it is, a $375 1200 count humidor. Guess I didn't expect much more.

[Shelby07]

Well, after finding the right search words (who would hace thought of "smelly humidor") I found some information.

http://www.cigarsmokers.com/showthre...t=odor+humidor

I'm not going to put bailey's in it, but I do have 3 boxes of Baking Soda inside. We'll see what happens. I need to season the box anyway, so hopefully the smell will be gone by then.

BPP - I also found a post about beetles not thriving until the temp hits 85+ for extenede periods. It appears that I'll be ok, but I usually get the house down to about 76-77 degrees. Does the humi stay about the same temperature as the ambient? (Sounds like an obvious "yes" but ya never know.)

[Shelby07]

I've got it put together and set up. The odor is just about gone thanks to 3 boxes of baking soda and multiple wipings with lots of sterile sponges. I just kept wiping with sterile sponges and distilled water until there was no more residue on the sponge. I put the Oasis XL Plus and 2 pounds of beads in last night. I put the beads in 2 long narrow plastic utensil trays that I got at target. The Oasis is on the bottom shelf in the back, and the two trays are on the middle and top shelf on either side if the unit. I woke up to a perfect 65% humidity level.

After getting over the disappointment of having to adjust the doors and DVM's damaged shipment (yeah, I WAS disappointed about that) I think this will turn out to be a pretty good little box for the price. It looks good, the seals around the door seem to have expanded a bit. Looking through the hole in the back for the power receptacle I cant see any light coming through the door and the seals aound the door seems to be pretty tight. I think for a little over 400 bucks it's well worth it.

[Coach]

Well Shelby, I am glad it is working out for you. I was on vacation and did not respond to your last question. The box I got was the "Cigar Tower". I didn't have any odor problems, but seasoning the thing seemed to take forever. That is why I ended up with the home made humidifiers. (I am difinetly going to try the beads).

I did have some problems too though with delivery. The guy would not unload the thing until I signed and the website specifically said "Dont sign until you have inspected the box". Fortunetly, there was no real damage like some mentioned earlier. I small scratch across the front was about all. The thing that got me was the hygrometer (which is very large and impossible to find a replacement for) was the cheapest piece of plastic cr@p after the website advertised a "large glass hygrometer". I called and they did offer to refund my money, but it wasn't a big enough deal to send it back over, it just bothered me.

Any way, I'm glad yours is working out.

[SmokinDVM]

I just ordered a replacement for the damaged humi.

It was the Craftsman, 3rd one down the page.

It's very similar to the damaged one, but the description never tries to mislead you into believing it's solid wood. I really hope this one makes it in one piece, as I'm out of coolerdoor space, and my 4 other humis are full.

[Shelby07]

I just ordered a replacement for the damaged humi.

It was the Craftsman, 3rd one down the page.

It's very similar to the damaged one, but the description never tries to mislead you into believing it's solid wood. I really hope this one makes it in one piece, as I'm out of coolerdoor space, and my 4 other humis are full.

Nice unit. Actually the interior looks identical to the one I got. I did see it but the other fits in better with the existing furniture. Just be ready to go through a couple of gallons of distilled water and lots of sterile sponges. There was quite a bit of residue inside.

Did they offer the oasis? I got two of the longest skinniest utensil trays that I could find and put a pound of 65% beads in each. Seems to be doing a perfect job. The only time I hear the oasis go on is when I open the cabinet and it shuts off almost immediately. The long skinny trays don't take up much room at all.