New Idea for my Moisture Device! Please Help!

[timberham]

Hello all!

I do not mean to post to this forum with unwanted spam. I'm greatful to all that have helped me so far, but I need your help again. For those of you who have yet to find my thread I need your help too!

My name is Tim Hamerly and I am a senior working on a thesis project in which I have developed a moisture device that could be implemented into the humidors. Basically, it would release moisture into the humidor over a long long period of time and also tell you when it needed more water. I am currently in the process of doing market research, as you may have guessed.

I know devices like this already exist, but mine would both maintain a humidity level and it would tell you when it was about to run dry. I feel that this new idea is an improvement on my last one. Also, I would like to attach some form of a communications device that would notify the user via WiFi or RFID that the device was nearly out of water.

If you have just a few minutes to fill out this survey, it would be greatly appreciated. It has been modified slightly since the last time it was posted. If you took my earlier one, you do not need to retake this, but you still can as the new information would help a lot!

Again, I do not mean to post this as spam. I am truly trying to develop this product and could really use your help to determine if this product is worth while to the smoking community.

Any questions or concerns can be sent to my email address; thamerly@carthage.edu, and I will address them as soon as possible. Any advice can also be submitted to me through email or this forum thread and would be greatly appreciated as well.

Thank you for all your help!

Link to survey:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/embe...WVhqdUllQXc6MA

[PLUSH]

your questions need work.

How much do you spend on your cigars, per cigar or per box? These are two totally different variables, especially with your choices I can make. Per cigar, $7- $10, per box, $150 - $250.

Also, not sure what larvae you are talking about, maybe from cigar beetles? However, this not going to impact with the moisture (should be humidity) you refer too, as it really is the temperature.

[timberham]

Originally Posted by PLUSH

your questions need work.

How much do you spend on your cigars, per cigar or per box? These are two totally different variables, especially with your choices I can make. Per cigar, $7- $10, per box, $150 - $250.

Also, not sure what larvae you are talking about, maybe from cigar beetles? However, this not going to impact with the moisture (should be humidity) you refer too, as it really is the temperature.

Hey, sorry bout the confusion, the price per cigar is a bit of a throw away question. Basically I am just interested in if you are buying cheap humidor/cigars or if you really are into the expensive stuff. And from what I've read, and know from my own studies, both temp and humidity (moisture) affect the growth/hatching of the larvae and yes I mean cigar beetles. Hope this helps, and thanks for the response!

[Rob G]

Originally Posted by timberham

And from what I've read, and know from my own studies, both temp and humidity (moisture) affect the growth/hatching of the larvae and yes I mean cigar beetles.

Your research is flawed.

[macsauce13]

Originally Posted by Rob G

Your research is flawed.

Maybe I missed it Rob, but what is incorrect about the section you quoted? Humidity and temperature do both have an effect on the beetle hatchings.

[Rob G]

Originally Posted by macsauce13

Maybe I missed it Rob, but what is incorrect about the section you quoted? Humidity and temperature do both have an effect on the beetle hatchings.

In a laboratory, yes, there is a range in which the humidity level would prevent beetles from hatching. But in a humidor, the RH must be between 60% and 70%, or you can kiss your cigars good-bye. Therefore, the RH is a non-issue as far as beetles in a humidor are concerned. The only thing that matters is the temperature at those humidity levels.