My first humidor

[Roryb]

Evening all I got my first humidor and have some questions to ask. First of when I tryed to fill my humidifier it won?t soak in the humidor solution.

2nd question is do I need to dampen the wood inside the case with distilled water and sponge or do I leave it. Any help would be greatful

[7kingsguy]

What type of humidifier is it? Pictures of your set up would be useful.

Evening all I got my first humidor and have some questions to ask. First of when I tryed to fill my humidifier it won?t soak in the humidor solution.

2nd question is do I need to dampen the wood inside the case with distilled water and sponge or do I leave it. Any help would be greatful

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[PeeJay]

Don't dampen the wood.

[Roryb]

55A3B14D-5B40-426D-BBF4-6DFD46B230C9.jpgIt’s one just like this. It’s an early Christmas present from my grandparents

[Roryb]

Thanks peejay. Nearly every video Iv seen about this they dampen the wood. Any idea as to why the humidifier is not soaking any of the solution

[moteyi]

I personally would dump the humidifier and get yourself a couple of 60gram Boveda pouches - for a wooden humidor I'd go for the 69% ones. These will be far more reliable and easy to manage than the sort of humidifier pictured. BTW, there is a thread for Newbies to introduce themselves - might be good to post there too.

[7kingsguy]

Those humidifiers are crap. Bovedas would be fine for this but you could do with some 84 percent seasoning packs or season with a bowl of water first.

Thanks peejay. Nearly every video Iv seen about this they dampen the wood. Any idea as to why the humidifier is not soaking any of the solution

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[grumpybaldy]

Agree with the guys - 84% seasoning packs and then 69% going forward.

[Roryb]

How do you mean Season with a bowl of water

[Roryb]

I personally would dump the humidifier and get yourself a couple of 60gram Boveda pouches - for a wooden humidor I'd go for the 69% ones. These will be far more reliable and easy to manage than the sort of humidifier pictured. BTW, there is a thread for Newbies to introduce themselves - might be good to post there too.

Where can I buy boveda pouches from

[moteyi]

You can get Bovedas from the forum sponsors, Cgars, or you can find them on ebay or amazon.

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[7kingsguy]

Amazon do them too.

You can put a dish of water in there and leave closed for a week or so. Should do the same job as a seasoning pack. Basically you are trying to saturate the wood with moisture slowly without wetting it

Then you put your 69 bovedas in and good to go.

Where can I buy boveda pouches from

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[TonyN]

Should you get the 84% boveda seasoning pouches leave them in for 14 days then replace with say 69% boveda pouch let the humidor stabalize so your hygrometer gives you a reading of 69 before starting to put your cigars in.

[ha_banos]

If you use the dish of water. Might as well use distilled water instead of tap water. Less gunk in it.

You know the guidelines? No more than 20?C 60-70% relative humidity. Will keep your cigars alive and well for many years!

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[7kingsguy]

If you use the dish of water. Might as well use distilled water instead of tap water. Less gunk in it.

You know the guidelines? No more than 20?C 60-70% relative humidity. Will keep your cigars alive and well for many years!

[emoji106]

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Thats an interesting one. Plenty of half truths and quackery in cigars and the distilled water thing is one of them in my opinion.

I can understand with active humidification as you are actually blowing particles of water around the space, but for passive like a dish of water it should make zero difference.

How do you make distilled water? You boil water and collect the condensate. Evaporation is the same process but slower, so the only particles you are getting in the air is distilled water anyway. Thats why when a liquid evaporates you get a bit of a deposit left behind on the dish, the minerals in the water are being left behind.

Again, if you are actively humidifying i can understand distilled water. Also ive read that normal tap water can reduce the effectiveness of a boveda if you recharge them in it... Who knows on that one. Unfortunately not a lot of science in this industry and a lot of people with money to spend...

If you watch bryan glynn of youtube fame he dunks his heartfelt beads in tap water once a month and has done for years.

My guess is that distilled water was a thing for cigars back when tap water was of poorer quality pre war. If the water is actually giving off an odour like you get from some local off grid properties it could be a problem, but not these days with the quality of suppliers like thames water. Best water in the world and thats including bottled!

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