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moob · 04-12-2003, 07:08 PM

I live in an old farm house that has a double, field-stone wall basement. The humidity in the basement stays in the mid 60s for 8 months of the year and dips a bit lower in the winter months. I was thinking of storing a box or two of cigars down there but am hesitant thinking they'll get moldy.

Anyone have any experience/advice with this?

Mr.Mean · 04-12-2003, 08:55 PM

do you have any standing water problems. If your humidity in the basement is accuratley reading 65, a coolerdor may be the best inexpensive scenario for you.

grtrx · 04-12-2003, 10:27 PM

one way to minimize the chances of mold is to circulate the air regularly... aI had a friend who did what you suggest and he did have mold, but I am also certain his basement was much higher humidity than 65%. Perhaps an experiment on a handful of cigars before going hell bent...

scott1966 · 04-13-2003, 08:01 AM

Go with a coolador and keep it in the basement.

moob · 04-14-2003, 09:01 AM

no standing water. Maybe a coolerdor and a few experimental sticks in a cigar box is the prudent thing to do.

Leadfoot · 04-15-2003, 06:54 AM

Use a cooler, throw in a Humidifier charged w/50-50 PG (or beads if you want 65%) and don't sweat it. The Humidifier will take out wxtra water in the summer, and provide extra humidity in the winter.

It's really as simple as that.

04-12-2003, 07:08 PM	#1
moob Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fabius, NYS Posts: 6,163	Using the basement as a humidor? I live in an old farm house that has a double, field-stone wall basement. The humidity in the basement stays in the mid 60s for 8 months of the year and dips a bit lower in the winter months. I was thinking of storing a box or two of cigars down there but am hesitant thinking they'll get moldy. Anyone have any experience/advice with this?

04-12-2003, 08:55 PM	#2
Mr.Mean Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Basement Dweller Posts: 7,216	do you have any standing water problems. If your humidity in the basement is accuratley reading 65, a coolerdor may be the best inexpensive scenario for you. __________________ I can eat 50 eggs.

04-12-2003, 10:27 PM	#3
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	one way to minimize the chances of mold is to circulate the air regularly... aI had a friend who did what you suggest and he did have mold, but I am also certain his basement was much higher humidity than 65%. Perhaps an experiment on a handful of cigars before going hell bent... __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

04-15-2003, 06:54 AM	#6
Leadfoot Starting Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pearl River, NY USA Posts: 46	Basement Humidor Use a cooler, throw in a Humidifier charged w/50-50 PG (or beads if you want 65%) and don't sweat it. The Humidifier will take out wxtra water in the summer, and provide extra humidity in the winter. It's really as simple as that.

04-13-2003, 08:01 AM	#4
scott1966 Herf Meister Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: USA Posts: 6,377	Go with a coolador and keep it in the basement.

04-14-2003, 09:01 AM	#5
moob Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fabius, NYS Posts: 6,163	no standing water. Maybe a coolerdor and a few experimental sticks in a cigar box is the prudent thing to do.