Problems with a HumiJar

**here'sjohnny** · 11-30-2007, 04:58 PM

so to preface this, i am a college student so i am broke as a joke. that being said, i purchased a Cigar jar off of ebay (new condition, 32.99 pricetag on bottom) it boasts what looks like an oak lid and a spainish cedar disk at the bottom. i added a humidifier and hygrometer to it. the problem is regulating the humidity. if i seal it skyrockets, so i immeadiately got rid of the rubber gasket seal, and just close the lid. this works decent, but i need to check it every couple of hours. i thought i solved my problem by adding some cedar blocks. this regulates the humidity well, but apparently they are not the same a spainish cedar ( which is apparently a type of mahogony, lame). How detrimental is this action? i mean i love the smell of cedar, and it only seema to affect my cigars alittle. anybody with any experience with these things, or any suggestions?

**ashauler** · 11-30-2007, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by here'sjohnny

so to preface this, i am a college student so i am broke as a joke. that being said, i purchased a Cigar jar off of ebay (new condition, 32.99 pricetag on bottom) it boasts what looks like an oak lid and a spainish cedar disk at the bottom. i added a humidifier and hygrometer to it. the problem is regulating the humidity. if i seal it skyrockets, so i immeadiately got rid of the rubber gasket seal, and just close the lid. this works decent, but i need to check it every couple of hours. i thought i solved my problem by adding some cedar blocks. this regulates the humidity well, but apparently they are not the same a spainish cedar ( which is apparently a type of mahogony, lame). How detrimental is this action? i mean i love the smell of cedar, and it only seema to affect my cigars alittle. anybody with any experience with these things, or any suggestions?

Welcome to the forum johnny. I'm not experienced with the humi-jar, but removing the seal could cause your rh to fluctuate and be even more difficult to keep regulated. Have you calibrated your hygrometer? What type of humidifier are you using? PG 50/50 solution or just distilled water?

Perhaps you should consider a small desktop humi, or a coolidor, both of which can be had pretty inexpensively. Beads are an alternative for regulating rh.....a search for them on here will yield many results.

**597** · 11-30-2007, 06:21 PM

I would say you might just want to get a cheap humidor. I don't think those cigar jars work to well. Theres really nothing in it to hold humidty since its mainly glass and almost no spanish cedar.

**spiffykyle** · 11-30-2007, 10:29 PM

If you are stuck with the jar, put the seal back on and then get some beads. They help regulate humidity instead of just shooting moisture into the air. For a jar you could get a small tube of beads for cheap and then your problem is solved.

spiffy

**WOXOF** · 11-30-2007, 11:46 PM

Put the seal back on. Order one of these.

Fill the jar up with cigars they will help maintain the humidity. The more cigars you have in the jar the easier it will be to regulate the rh. If you need a good variety of cigars check out the newbie sampler II thread on this site.