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MetsFan · 05-07-2002, 09:06 AM

Well, that's the only explanation I can come up with. The humidor is one of the Sam's Club IDC humis with the "millenium" logo on top. I've had good luck with but recently it doesn't want to seem to get up to the proper humidity (65% for my tastes).

I opened it last night and the digital hygro read 52%. I had had a small bowl of Cracked Ice in there so the humidity should have been higher. I figured my hygro was off so I pulled it out. As soon as I took it out of the humi, the reading on the hygro started going up! This is in my basement where it's relatively dry. I popped the hygro into my Vicksburg with calibrate pen hygro and this moring they read within 1 point of each other.

Very strange....

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Frohlich · 05-07-2002, 09:08 AM

Did you fart in there?? Told you not to listen to Ironbar

Frank Layden - "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?'
He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' "

love_this · 05-07-2002, 11:43 AM

It sounds like either the humidor needs to be reconditioned or your humidifying unit is not working correctly or you need to add whatever you add to the humidifying unit.

Did you just dump a bunch of new cigars in? If so, it can take a while to stabilize.

MetsFan · 05-07-2002, 11:52 AM

Nope. Haven't added/removed cigars from this humi in months.

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Purosdave · 05-07-2002, 12:13 PM

Two words: Climaxx beads!

I have these in ALL of my humidors and have not had a single fluctuation since. I even have them in my Habanos rubberdor that uses a cigar oasis. I only add water about once a month and humidity is always around 65%.

I'd rather be driving; either golf balls or my Dodge!

dwhale69 · 05-07-2002, 10:36 PM

I've got to try some of those Climmax Beads. How much do I need for my 48qt. cooler, and what is the best thing to put them in (tupperware container, oasis, ???). Should they be stored at the top/bottom of the cooler, etc...

Yea I know... but no cracks on my "girly" 48qt... it's nowhere near full yet.

But feel free to send me whatever it takes to move up to the 120qt!!! (Mooch of the Month Nominee)

Dallas Dave
GO MAV'S!!!

love_this · 05-08-2002, 09:50 AM

dwhale69,

Do a search in this room on Vern and the Climmax beads. He gave a formula for how many beads per cubic feet.

Even though I was having no trouble with oasis foam and 50/50, I switched to the beads because I wanted something that just used water. The guys are right. They hold humidity perfectly.

jefslat · 05-08-2002, 09:54 AM

Joe, is it a Russian humidor? Perhaps you have gremlins from the Kremlin...

"Well, there was me, that is, Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim, and we were sitting in the Korova Milk Bar trying to make up our razoodocks about what to do with the evening."

Ross · 05-08-2002, 10:54 AM

Metsfan, if you check the archives, I did an experiment last summer and found that putting ice in the 'dor will create just the situation you experienced. No, when you put cracked ice in the dor the humidity does NOT go up! It goes down - by a lot. That's because the cold surfaces are condensing the moisture from the air. What you saw was perfectly normal (from my experiences and from science).

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

MetsFan · 05-08-2002, 11:05 AM

Ummmm, Ross, Cracked Ice is a not frozen water. It's crystals you soak in water to act act as a humidifier.

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05-07-2002, 09:08 AM	#2
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05-08-2002, 09:54 AM	#8
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,917	Joe, is it a Russian humidor? Perhaps you have gremlins from the Kremlin... "Well, there was me, that is, Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim, and we were sitting in the Korova Milk Bar trying to make up our razoodocks about what to do with the evening." __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

05-08-2002, 10:54 AM	#9
Ross Club Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Cadillac, MI Posts: 1,087	Metsfan, if you check the archives, I did an experiment last summer and found that putting ice in the 'dor will create just the situation you experienced. No, when you put cracked ice in the dor the humidity does NOT go up! It goes down - by a lot. That's because the cold surfaces are condensing the moisture from the air. What you saw was perfectly normal (from my experiences and from science). Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. __________________ My current rotation: Most Perdomo, Oliva O, G and V, most CAO, Nub 464 maduro, Nub 464 Habano, a box or two of 5-Vegas, a couple boxes of ERdM Robusto Largo, Some AF Hemingway SS and some others I can't remember. It's a well-stocked Delta-T.

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05-07-2002, 09:06 AM	#1
MetsFan Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 12,223	Well, that's the only explanation I can come up with. The humidor is one of the Sam's Club IDC humis with the "millenium" logo on top. I've had good luck with but recently it doesn't want to seem to get up to the proper humidity (65% for my tastes). I opened it last night and the digital hygro read 52%. I had had a small bowl of Cracked Ice in there so the humidity should have been higher. I figured my hygro was off so I pulled it out. As soon as I took it out of the humi, the reading on the hygro started going up! This is in my basement where it's relatively dry. I popped the hygro into my Vicksburg with calibrate pen hygro and this moring they read within 1 point of each other. Very strange.... Official Cigar Weekly Coffee Whackjob

05-07-2002, 11:43 AM	#3
love_this Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,424	It sounds like either the humidor needs to be reconditioned or your humidifying unit is not working correctly or you need to add whatever you add to the humidifying unit. Did you just dump a bunch of new cigars in? If so, it can take a while to stabilize.

05-07-2002, 11:52 AM	#4
MetsFan Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 12,223	Nope. Haven't added/removed cigars from this humi in months. Official Cigar Weekly Coffee Whackjob

05-07-2002, 12:13 PM	#5
Purosdave Club Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,464	Two words: Climaxx beads! I have these in ALL of my humidors and have not had a single fluctuation since. I even have them in my Habanos rubberdor that uses a cigar oasis. I only add water about once a month and humidity is always around 65%. I'd rather be driving; either golf balls or my Dodge!

05-07-2002, 10:36 PM	#6
dwhale69 Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dallas (Little Elm), TX USA Posts: 585	I've got to try some of those Climmax Beads. How much do I need for my 48qt. cooler, and what is the best thing to put them in (tupperware container, oasis, ???). Should they be stored at the top/bottom of the cooler, etc... Yea I know... but no cracks on my "girly" 48qt... it's nowhere near full yet. But feel free to send me whatever it takes to move up to the 120qt!!! (Mooch of the Month Nominee) Dallas Dave GO MAV'S!!!

05-08-2002, 09:50 AM	#7
love_this Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,424	dwhale69, Do a search in this room on Vern and the Climmax beads. He gave a formula for how many beads per cubic feet. Even though I was having no trouble with oasis foam and 50/50, I switched to the beads because I wanted something that just used water. The guys are right. They hold humidity perfectly.

05-08-2002, 11:05 AM	#10
MetsFan Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 12,223	Ummmm, Ross, Cracked Ice is a not frozen water. It's crystals you soak in water to act act as a humidifier. Official Cigar Weekly Coffee Whackjob