Cant get my humidity right?

[KingFrizzy]

Hey guys,

Its been about a week since i got my humidor and i got a hydrometer but i cannot for the life of me get the Humidor to get above like 63-65. I have refilled the humidifier and wiped it down with distilled water, and even put a sponge in there for 2 days. Oh and i also bought a Cigar Saver and put it in there with no luck. So im not sure what i need to do. The box has a tight seal so im not thinking thats the issue but im a bit confused and really dont want to ruin my cigars.

This leads me into my next question me and my buddy went out and smoked on the porch we got halfway through are second cigar and decided to cut em and put them back in the humidor so we cut the ember off and this is when i noticed my humidity was low so i took them all and put them in a cigar bag along with the two we had just smoked. Now i added more water in the humidor, and forgot about the cigars in the bag until the next morning, now when i opened the bag a very strong smell of smoke came out of the bag, and now all my cigars smell like cigar smoke. So im worried i might of ruined them, what can i do to get them back to there original glory. If i cant get the smell out, are they gonna taste different?

Thanks

 

[investandprosper]

You can't really cut the embers off and smoke them later. After about 20-30 minutes, its dead.

Get those two out of your humi ASAP. I'll leave it to the experts as to what to do with the rest of the cigars. I've never run into that issue. Good luck.

 

[KingFrizzy]

You can't really cut the embers off and smoke them later. After about 20-30 minutes, its dead.

Get those two out of your humi ASAP. I'll leave it to the experts as to what to do with the rest of the cigars. I've never run into that issue. Good luck.

I threw them out as soon as i figured out they smell like smoke they never really sat in the humidor just in the bag for about 10 hours. The humidor doesn't smell but the cigars all kind of smell like smoke. gahh i hope didn't ruin them i just picked up some new ones i was excited about trying.

 

[wkoti]

Keeping a previously lit cigar can destroy a stock of cigars, and most of us have nightmares about such an event.

I did a little experiment a couple months back with rose water. My experiment was taking a previously lit cigar and placing it in a tupperware container with a small bowl of rose water. The rose water has some special powers with removing smells and flavors of burnt food. I've seen and used rose water to save foods in the past after burning has occurred.

Back to the experiment, I checked on the cigar day after day replacing the rose water each day, because the rose water would go from pink to brown with all the nasty tar and yuckness from a once lit cigar. After several days on this schedule the cigar remained humidified, but lost most of the burnt smell. I quit the experiment after about 5 days and tried to smoke the stick after I was done. It didn't have the same flavor or smell, but it wasn't a lost cause. If you're cigars aren't past the point of no return and are worth saving I encourage you to try the Rose Water Trick.

Rose water is very cheap at about $2-4 a for a bottle of 16oz, that's the best advise I can lend from you. (From another noob)

Take this as a learning experience, if you are done smoking a cigar, you are DONE smoking the cigar.

WKOTI

 

[KingFrizzy]

Keeping a previously lit cigar can destroy a stock of cigars, and most of us have nightmares about such an event.

I did a little experiment a couple months back with rose water. My experiment was taking a previously lit cigar and placing it in a tupperware container with a small bowl of rose water. The rose water has some special powers with removing smells and flavors of burnt food. I've seen and used rose water to save foods in the past after burning has occurred.

Back to the experiment, I checked on the cigar day after day replacing the rose water each day, because the rose water would go from pink to brown with all the nasty tar and yuckness from a once lit cigar. After several days on this schedule the cigar remained humidified, but lost most of the burnt smell. I quit the experiment after about 5 days and tried to smoke the stick after I was done. It didn't have the same flavor or smell, but it wasn't a lost cause. If you're cigars aren't past the point of no return and are worth saving I encourage you to try the Rose Water Trick.

Rose water is very cheap at about $2-4 a for a bottle of 16oz, that's the best advise I can lend from you. (From another noob)

Take this as a learning experience, if you are done smoking a cigar, you are DONE smoking the cigar.

WKOTI

Gahh, so you think 10 hours with a half smoked cigar ruined my batch. Thats so frustrating man, i had just got a Arturo Fuente Rosada Gran Reserva, and a Perdoma 10th Anniversary Champagne. I smoke em anyways and see if there still good.

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

Hey guys,

Its been about a week since i got my humidor and i got a hydrometer but i cannot for the life of me get the Humidor to get above like 63-65. I have refilled the humidifier and wiped it down with distilled water, and even put a sponge in there for 2 days. Oh and i also bought a Cigar Saver and put it in there with no luck. So im not sure what i need to do. The box has a tight seal so im not thinking thats the issue but im a bit confused and really dont want to ruin my cigars.

Analog or digital hygrometer? Have you calibrated it? If so, what method did you use?

Assuming the hygrometer is correct, what is wrong with keeping your sticks at 63-65% ?

...so i took them all and put them in a cigar bag along with the two we had just smoked.

Yea...don't do that. :laugh:

 

[KingFrizzy]

Hey guys,

Its been about a week since i got my humidor and i got a hydrometer but i cannot for the life of me get the Humidor to get above like 63-65. I have refilled the humidifier and wiped it down with distilled water, and even put a sponge in there for 2 days. Oh and i also bought a Cigar Saver and put it in there with no luck. So im not sure what i need to do. The box has a tight seal so im not thinking thats the issue but im a bit confused and really dont want to ruin my cigars.

Analog or digital hygrometer? Have you calibrated it? If so, what method did you use?

Assuming the hygrometer is correct, what is wrong with keeping your sticks at 63-65% ?

...so i took them all and put them in a cigar bag along with the two we had just smoked.

Yea...don't do that. :laugh:

Salt test, and do you think the cigars are even worth smoking at this point? or is 50 bucks down the drain?

 

[MilesMingusMonk]

Salt test, and do you think the cigars are even worth smoking at this point? or is 50 bucks down the drain?

Digital hygrometer?
Analog hygrometer?
How long did you perform the salt test ?
What was the reading after the salt test?

No, those cigars will never be the same. Only you can decide if they are worth smoking at this point.

 

[Nickc]

I would definitely try a stick and see what the damages are. If you have a decent amount of cash tied up in the sticks then you might want to try the Rose Water trick. If not scrap them and use it as a valuable lesson learned. And just and my 2 cents, I don't usually even smoke a stick after it being out for more then like 10 minutes, the flavors and the stick have changed so much I would rather scrap it....

 

[DirtyDave]

Definitely don't see a problem with 63-65% I keep most all my cigars at 65%. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, so I guess I'll be the one to do it...

For what it's worth, this topic has been discussed A LOT. Actually both topics. I'd recommend doing a little searching and I'm sure you'll find some useful threads.

As for the smelly sticks, Some time away from the half smoked ones should help the smell go away. It may change the flavor and it may not. Depending on the sticks I'd either wait a while or scrap them. Good luck.

 

[DirtyDave]

Post whoring to add links that I got from searching.

Humidity Linky

Humidity Linky

My Favorite Humidity Linky

Smoked Cigar Linky

Smoked Cigar Linky

Smoked Cigar Linky

There's plenty more but here is some reading for you.