1) What is the optimal temperature of the room that you can store a humidor at.. I check my room and its a constant 80 degrees (probably too hott) I check the Living room and it fluctuates between 77 and 80 (probably too hot as well) Now my Basement is pretty much a steady 65 degree and I'm thinking this is the best place to store it...
----Try to keep it between 60-70 degrees. Basement would be a great idea!
2) I understand how to stage a humidor and how to calibrate the hygrometer.. But in some of the How to Sites that i have read they say nothing about rotating the cigars.. is it true that you have to rotate them ? If so how often ?
----You don't really have to rotate cigars, if the humidity and temperature is consistent, PLUS you have a little fan circulating the air (coolidor).
3) What is the optimal humidity for the humidor ? I read between 71 and 79% i understand that this is preference and you set it the way you like your cigars but i was thinking that 73 was a good starting point and then i could work from there
----I prefer 65% (get beads to regulate your humidor). To each his own. Anything above 70% seems a bit too much. Smoke a cigar once it's been sitting in your humi for a week or two with that much humidity and then decifer if you want to lower it.
4) I was looking at some pictures of humidors on this site and i see that the majority of them have gel tubes or tubs in them.. So i did a little research and there additional humidification devices right ? I'm getting myself a 300count humidor would i need a few of these as well ?
----Get humidity beads. They work better than anything out there.
Welcome to the boards. Hope this helps.
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