Another n00b intro...

[Loudpipes78]

That is an awesome idea Dru

[JustinF]

Welcome from another newb.

[Dru Lee Parsec]

Cale:

Did your Cuban Crafter Humidor and cigar sampler show up yet? If so, how do you like that humidor? It looks amazing in the photos.

[Cale]

Dru, It came today and i'm stoked!

Finishing up with the salt test right now and it appears my Hygrometer is a little off (reading 70% right now and the instructions say it should read 75%). Not a biggie since I plan on ordering the beads and a digital hygrometer tonight before I head to bed.

Is it important that I get the cigars into the Humi ASAP or can I wait a couple of days until the beads come? The sampler I bought is still in the box and is sealed air tight but the other 3 cigars that I received are in individual packaging but not airtight. Any suggestion on how quick these need to hit the Humi would be very helpful to the newbie!

Also, once I put them in the Humi is it important to leave them in there for a certain amount of time before I smoke 'em?

Thanks again to everyone who welcomed me here, I'm glad to be a part of the family!

[Dru Lee Parsec]

Is it important that I get the cigars into the Humi ASAP or can I wait a couple of days until the beads come?

Go ahead and put them in the humidor now. You won't be hurting anything and the cigars will have a chance to start equalizing their internal humidity.

I found that it's taken over a week to get my humidor to stabilize. My hygrometer was dead on at 75% during the salt test but my humidor is sucking up water like a sponge. So right now I have a small pan of water in my humidor and it's staying stable at 70%. If I take it out it drops to 60%. I think what's happening is that the humidor is still taking in water to stabilize at teh proper humidity.

I noticed that instead of being lined with cedar the Cuban Crafters humidors are actually all cedar with a veneer of wood on the outside. So it make take a bit of time for all that cedar to absorb enough water to hold 65%.

Try the Don Kiki green label and when you're ready for something a bit stronger the Cuban Crafter Cameroons are amazing.