Buying my first Humidor
After reading many of your post and vast understanding of Cigars and Humidors, I want to buy my first Humidor.
Right now I have only a traveling 10 sticks holding capacity looking to get 25 to 50.
what would you all here recommend to get for a Beginner cigar smoker. more of my friends and family are taking a liking to smoking cigars and I would like to have one now.
all suggestion are welcome .
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Wintertime can dry out desktop humidors. I have two that are champs and two that are losers. There's no shame in using tupperware or rubbermaid containers. In fact it would be easier for a novice to start with plastic containers for storage than to start a humidor. Either method you choose, we'll help you figure it out. Just ask us.
Read the thread on seasoning a humi here in the 101 forum. You'll want to buy a digital hygrometer as well... about $20. Then you need to figure out how you want to humidify... lots of options to choose from... I use a combination of humi-care beads & Boveda packs in my 400 count humi.
Good luck!
If I may repeat what others have said you are better going larger. It won't hurt if it isn't full right away, however, you will be amazed how quickly you can fill it. For humidification the black ice cigar.com sells is pretty neat in that the containers can fit in the corners of the humi i.e more space for cigars. They are filled with super absorbent polymers which is the same as the humi beads in a different shape. Unfortunately they do not come with instructions, however work great and keep the RH around 67. You can buy the SAP beads at Michaels or other craft stores very inexpensively. I buy the dry ones and hydrate them myself with distilled water and occasionaly rehydrate with 50/50. they are also sold prehydrated, however, there is no way of telling what type of water was used. Besides it is a hoot to watch them grow. They are so inexpensive you could just replace them each time. For $2.99 and .89 for a gallon of distilled water you get several years of humidification. I replaced the foam (wet florists foam) in my humiidifiers with the beads. If you get a digital hygrometer check it with a boveda humi-pak. Put both in a zip lock bag for 24 hours. If you have a Total Wine nearby you can buy a tin of Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Minutos Petites they come packaged with a small Boveday 72% humi pack. You get some tasty quick smokes and save $3-4 on buying a humi pack. The Bovedas work well however for larger humis and the long term it is much more expensive.