Hello.
I'm new to the community but it looks like everyone is very helpful, nice, and intelligent.
I'd appreciate anyone helping me out, as my humidity problem is kind of time sensitive.
My humidor was actually pretty expensive and is of high quality.
Exterior is ebony wood, and the inside is cedar or Spanish Oak or w/e is the good kind.
I have a built in hygrometer and a, "built in humidification device," as it called it.
The humidor holds appx. 25-35 cigars. It has a bottom spot and a shelf insert.
-First of all, as I said, I have a problem with my humidity.
My problem is that the humidity is steady at 50%.
Now, even though I'm just a novice, I know that this is a problem. I've tried wiping the interior w/
a hot wash cloth and getting the entire surface wet. I've also kept a shallow dish of water inside.
To further assist in raising the humidity I bought one of those cups of gel that keeps it at 70%.
I've had no luck with any of this. Its still at 50%. Oh yea, its pretty well sealed. No problem there.
I'm lost. I have no clue what there is left to do. I don't have any clue whats wrong or how to fix it.
Any ideas, comments or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
-My second question is very simple. I've seen a few people mention/refer to "beads."
One person said it was for "extra security?" What are these beads of which everyone speaks?
-When I bought my humidor, years ago, I had not heard of seasoning. So I did not.
What is this/how do I do it? If it's a long and complicated process could someone recommend
a good website or something?
-Since I'm sort of a novice connoisseur, I was wondering what cigars are the best.
There is a factor of opinion there, but what cigars are the most famous, popular, expensive, best tasting etc.
I'm sure you get what I mean. I have the impression that Cohiba is among the tops cigars
from some peoples comments and the price.
I think thats all I wanted to ask...
Again, I greatly appreciate everyone that took the time to read my questions
and tried to help me out. I look forward to learning a lot from everyone and
maybe even helping someone else out one of these days. lol
Thanks again,
Klutch
I'm new to the community but it looks like everyone is very helpful, nice, and intelligent.
I'd appreciate anyone helping me out, as my humidity problem is kind of time sensitive.
My humidor was actually pretty expensive and is of high quality.
Exterior is ebony wood, and the inside is cedar or Spanish Oak or w/e is the good kind.
I have a built in hygrometer and a, "built in humidification device," as it called it.
The humidor holds appx. 25-35 cigars. It has a bottom spot and a shelf insert.
-First of all, as I said, I have a problem with my humidity.
My problem is that the humidity is steady at 50%.
Now, even though I'm just a novice, I know that this is a problem. I've tried wiping the interior w/
a hot wash cloth and getting the entire surface wet. I've also kept a shallow dish of water inside.
To further assist in raising the humidity I bought one of those cups of gel that keeps it at 70%.
I've had no luck with any of this. Its still at 50%. Oh yea, its pretty well sealed. No problem there.
I'm lost. I have no clue what there is left to do. I don't have any clue whats wrong or how to fix it.
Any ideas, comments or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
-My second question is very simple. I've seen a few people mention/refer to "beads."
One person said it was for "extra security?" What are these beads of which everyone speaks?
-When I bought my humidor, years ago, I had not heard of seasoning. So I did not.
What is this/how do I do it? If it's a long and complicated process could someone recommend
a good website or something?
-Since I'm sort of a novice connoisseur, I was wondering what cigars are the best.
There is a factor of opinion there, but what cigars are the most famous, popular, expensive, best tasting etc.
I'm sure you get what I mean. I have the impression that Cohiba is among the tops cigars
from some peoples comments and the price.
I think thats all I wanted to ask...
Again, I greatly appreciate everyone that took the time to read my questions
and tried to help me out. I look forward to learning a lot from everyone and
maybe even helping someone else out one of these days. lol
Thanks again,
Klutch
