Major Humidor Problems

[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.

[illilli]

It sounds like you are well on your way to having a seasoned humidor. However, if you don't have a digital hygrometer, then you can't trust what it says. Those analog hygrometers are EXTREMELY unpredictable and I wouldn't trust them for a second. In fact, I bought two digital hygrometers just to ensure I had them properly calibrated.

Now, not all digital hygrometers can be tested all that well. Mine work perfectly now, but they didn't show perfectly when I salt-tested them. I used beads to test them and they were both perfect at 65% with 65% beads....well, one was 64%, but close enough for my taste.

Just some things to think about....

[tommyb77]

Hey Guys;

Thanks for all the help. I followed these directions http://www.cigarsmokers.com/showthre...etting+humidor
to season my humidor. I only put in about 50 cigars in the humidor and I am using the 75% RH Puck. Everything seems to be working. The humidity is about 73%. I am very happy now.