RH too High

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mcannon-gso

Joined May 2005

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Greensboro, NC

Discussion Starter
• May 31, 2005

• #1

I have a humidor that I bought new elements and glycol mixture..
I have setup the box and it does good most of the time.. Except I have noticed spikes in the RH up to 77%...

How can I regulate and adjust this so it does not ruin my stogies ??
When I set it up I left the smokes out for 2 days and it was at 75% RH.. After I put them back in the box it seems to rise slowly...


Any help will be greatly appreciated on this topic....

 

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Macallan

Joined Jan 2005

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Chicago

• May 31, 2005

• #2

that is typical if you just seasoned it. Move it to a dryer part of the house or office. Open the lid a few times a day. Give it a week and it should equalize.

 

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Eclipse_man

Joined Apr 2005

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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA!!!!

• May 31, 2005

• #3

I have also found that if the sticks you are adding to a humidor are on the "Wet" side, they too will add moisture to the humidor. So if your Humi is stable at 75% in your case, but after adding the sticks you want to it goes to 77%, I would do what Macallen suggested and keep the lid open for awhile in a dryer spot in the house, or maybe leave those sticks out of the humidor for a couple of days and the re-introduce them into the humidor. A 50-50 mixture of propylne glycol and distlilled water is a good bet as well to break in a new humidor.

A Fantastic write up and primer for this is on cigarnexus.com, here's the link, read and see if it helps at all.

Regards,
Paul

http://www.cigarnexus.com/counsel/cigar ... index.html

 

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bildo792

Joined Mar 2005

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Hilton Head, SC

• May 31, 2005

• #4

i swear by bovida packs and climax beads my humidors always stablize themselves. maybe i just live in a good climate for stogie smoking.

 

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mcannon-gso

Joined May 2005

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Greensboro, NC

Discussion Starter
• May 31, 2005

• #5

Thank you

Thank you all for your advise !

I will give it a try and see if I can't lower down the RH....

What are climax beads ? ?

I am a newbie and trying to learn how to keep my cigars correctly !

 

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bildo792

Joined Mar 2005

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Hilton Head, SC

• May 31, 2005

• #6

http://www.heartfeltindustries.com/beads_1.html

http://www.climmax.com/

 

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Macallan

Joined Jan 2005

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Chicago

• May 31, 2005

• #7

I remember the first time someone was talking about climax beads on the forum when I did not know what they were. For a second there I thought I had stumbled onto some sex fetish forum :lol:

 

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axegod75

Joined Jan 2005

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So Cal

• May 31, 2005

• #8

:lol: I always get heads to turn when I mention them.

 

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montnoir

Joined May 2005

186 Posts | 0+

Toronto, Canada

• May 31, 2005

• #9

:lol: .. alright, gentlemen, let's all turn to our wives/girlfriends and say to them "Honey, I just got some climax beads, you wanna try them out tonight?" and see how they react.

 

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Nails

Joined Jan 2005

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South Central PA

• May 31, 2005

• #10

Started using Boveda one month ago.I ordered the 65% packs.
They last three months and are about $4 each. They take all the worry away.
Malone

 

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mcannon-gso

Joined May 2005

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Greensboro, NC

Discussion Starter
• Jun 1, 2005

• #11

Where do you purchase the Bovida ???
Also I wanted to know, if I use the climmax beads. What do you put them in to hold them ????

I went to the climaxx site and it looks like just the thing for me to use ! !

I appreciate everyones help :lol:

Thank you ! !

 

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bildo792

Joined Mar 2005

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Hilton Head, SC

• Jun 1, 2005

• #12

depending on how much you need you can use any size tupperware or just something plastic to hold them.

Boveda pack can be found here but you can also do a search and get results
http://www.seriouscigars.com/types/Buil ... dification