Can anyone recommend an elecric humidifier for my full 300 ct. humidor?

[Ringo]

Colorado is very dry this year, and although I have three genuine Credos in my 300 ct. 'dor it's still hard getting them over about 63% or so, which actually is fine with me but the Credos go dry real fast. It's only 20% humidity outside and in my house; AND I have a whole house humidifier. We're just going through a very dry time here in CO. I have to fill my Credos at least once a week. Maybe a smaller electric device will help. Any recommendations?

[ak2000]

Cigar Oasis are the standard for small ones, I would probably use it in combination with 65% beads so you don't end up over humidifying. Credos suck, never had good luck with them. I've been using beads and bead holder humidifiers for probably 10 years after many a crap conventional humidifier. See here and here.

[Rob G]

Originally Posted by ak2000

Cigar Oasis are the standard for small ones.

Mine works perfectly in my Aristocrat mini.

[infiniterapture]

Originally Posted by Rob G

Mine works perfectly in my Aristocrat mini.

There's your definitive answer, get an Aristocrat. If I had known then what i know now i probably would have purchased one of aristocrat humidor's humidification systems instead of a cigar oasis. it's louder than the cigar oasis but i'm not filling it ever month and a half.

IR

[Rob G]

Originally Posted by infiniterapture

There's your definitive answer, get an Aristocrat. If I had known then what i know now i probably would have purchased one of aristocrat humidor's humidification systems instead of a cigar oasis. it's louder than the cigar oasis but i'm not filling it ever month and a half.

IR

I think it all depends on where you live and the size of the Aristocrat. I have the mini and the CO+ is more than adequate in my NY home. I refill the CO+ with distilled water a few times a year. If I lived in Arizona, and/or had a larger Aristocrat, I'd probably need something better, such as Aristocrat's own humidification device.

[infiniterapture]

Originally Posted by Rob G

I think it all depends on where you live and the size of the Aristocrat. I have the mini and the CO+ is more than adequate in my NY home. I refill the CO+ with distilled water a few times a year. If I lived in Arizona, and/or had a larger Aristocrat, I'd probably need something better, such as Aristocrat's own humidification device.

Living in WA i thought the humidity difference wouldn't be too big between my bookshelf humidor and the air outside but my CO+ was constantly needing refilling. I ended up buying my Aristocrat and haven't looked back. I might replace my computer fans inside tho for quieter ones.

[Rob G]

Originally Posted by infiniterapture

Living in WA i thought the humidity difference wouldn't be too big between my bookshelf humidor and the air outside but my CO+ was constantly needing refilling. I ended up buying my Aristocrat and haven't looked back. I might replace my computer fans inside tho for quieter ones.

Part of the problem is that with smaller humidors just opening and closing them can make them unstable. Each time you open one the air is disturbed. With a larger cabinet humidor it is easier to maintain an equilibrium no matter how often they are opened.

[infiniterapture]

Originally Posted by Rob G

Part of the problem is that with smaller humidors just opening and closing them can make them unstable. Each time you open one the air is disturbed. With a larger cabinet humidor it is easier to maintain an equilibrium no matter how often they are opened.

You are probably right on that one. My bookshelf humi was large...probably only a little bit smaller than a aristocrat mini but the door to it was huge. I had a lot of boxes in there tho to help keep it stabilized.

[Rob G]

Airflow is also important. Another plus for a cabinet.

[Ringo]

Thank you all for the replies. I have to do something because it is dry as heck in Colorado and half the state is on fire (I'm assuming that the fires are national news). My house is a steady 20 so getting the cigars up to 70 is very hard. So I lowered my target to 60, which seems fine to me, and I have to refill my Credos about every ten days to maintain even that. Right now I have three 70 ct. Credos on the humidor and more or less 210 cigars, so that's spot on.

I've found that 60 is just as good, if not better, than 70. When I lived in Miami I had trouble keeping my humidors under 75-80, and at that level the cigars got a sort of "watery" taste and sometimes they had to be re-lit several times because they were so moist.

From what I understand, Europeans keep their cigars at 50-60 and 60-70 is my target so I think I'm good. I just have to refill the Credos all the time. I will take a look at the devices you all mentioned here, the main point for me is if they will fit in the humidor and not overdo it to the cigars closest to it. I'd prefer something that blows the air up, not out towards the cigars.

Thanks again!