Major Humidor Problems

[Dub's]

Thanks for all the quick responses. To season the humi all i did was put a warm bowl of distilled water in the box over night and then wiped down the inside with distilled water. The temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius which is about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. So maybe i need to reseason the box. But if the wood was dry wouldnt the RH Beads be losing moisture and turning white?

When all else fails...read the directions that came with your humidor !

[Shelby07]

If you put all 77 sticks in and they were a bit dry it's going to take a while for the sticks to absorb the moisture and the humi to equalize, especially with 77 sticks in a 75 stick humi (why does that remind me of an old joke?)

I would suggest that you take some of the sticks out and put them in a Tupperware container. Let the humi equalize at about 1/2 - 2/3 capacity, then add the sticks a few at a time. It's always good to leave some room in the humi to increase surface area. You might want to consider another humi or a cooledor.

Good luck.

[tommyb77]

What really has me confused it that the RH Beads are not drying out. I thought if the humi (and cigars) were really dry I would have to keep adding water to the beads, but the beads are not drying out at all and it has been over a week.

[Shelby07]

The beads are there to moisturize the humidor walls as well as humidify the space inside the humidor. With such a small amount of air space inside the humidor and the interior walls being shielded by all of the cigars, the humidor walls will not be able to absorb moisture, and once the moisture from the initial seasoning in the humidor is absorbed into the cigars it can't get replenished from the surrounding air. If the walls can't absorb the moisture it's going to stay in the beads, and the cigars are going to suck up moisture faster than the beads can release it. Remember, we're talking about passive evaporation here.

You really need air inside the humidor for it to work properly. You shouldn't be filling it more than 3/4 or so of capacity. I suspect that unless you have 77 cigarillos in there it's stuffed pretty good.

[cls515]

I think we should make a sticky, "If you have humidity problems, before asking a question, buy the beads. This will solve your question."

[mills]

I think we should make a sticky, "If you have humidity problems, before asking a question, buy the beads. This will solve your question."

Generally true, but he said he already has the beads.

[tommyb77]

Thanks for all the help guys. I have a back-up humidor(this is also not working 100%) so I think I am going to take my sticks out of the Siglo, put them in the back up and re-season the Siglo. Hopefully once it is working right I will re-season the back up and then only put in about 50 of my best sticks or so in the Siglo, leaving the rest in the back-up.

[Shelby07]

Thanks for all the help guys. I have a back-up humidor(this is also not working 100%) so I think I am going to take my sticks out of the Siglo, put them in the back up and re-season the Siglo. Hopefully once it is working right I will re-season the back up and then only put in about 50 of my best sticks or so in the Siglo, leaving the rest in the back-up.

I think you'll see major improvements. Let us know how it works.