Humidor questions?

magicseven
magicseven Posts: 33
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So I ordered the 10 sampler and free humidor form here.

I took distilled water, wiped out the inside with a damp cloth, left the distilled water in a shot glass for a week. With the humidor I also got one of those cheap humidifiers.  I soaked that with distilled water like 3 or 4 times.  I bought the cheap wal-mart hygrometer, did the salt test and it was within 1, so the cheap hygo is working fine.  My humidty is staying around 83 to 84%

How do i reduce the Humidity?

Should I not have soaked the humidifier so many times?

Any insight or help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance gentleman.

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  • kuzi16
    kuzi16 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭
    the cheap humidifier is just that... cheap.
    ...heck it may even be worthless. the thing i learned early in this hobby is if you are gunna do it, do it right.

    Do yourself a favor and get of of the humidity systems off this list:
    Heartfelt humidity beads
    Cigar.com Humi-Care Jar
    Xikar humidity jar
    drymistat humidity tube



    any of the above will keep your cigars in the range you want them will way less hassle
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  • Hays
    Hays Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭
    Hey Magic - I did the exact same deal as you. I had a good long time trying to get my humidity stable with just the included humidor, but eventually I got it and now it's fine. Took me about a week as well, so I'm not sure where you're problem is, but even though the stock one was working fine I ordered some heartfelt beads too..
    ¨The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea¨ - Isak Dinesen

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