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I have three drawer humidor. Which drawer should I put my humidification device in top middle bottom. I guess I am wondering if water vapor rises or falls
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a few other people i know say that the bottem level (using 65% beads) has an RH of 65-68 and the top an rh of 63- 65 if they keep the beads in the middle of the humidor
If you have enough humidification in your humidor it should be good no matter where you put your device. play around with it. there will not be enough variance to "ruin" any cigars. keep the humidification on the top one week and the hygrometer on the bottom. move the hygrometer around and see where its higher or lower RH.
try the humidification on each drawer and move the hygrometer around also.
get to a point where you are happy with the results. Just know that a one to three point difference from top to bottem shouldnt be a big deal.
if you find that some do better in 63% RH keep em where it is dry. If you have cigars that do better at 68% RH keep them where the RH is higher.
in the winter using the foam i was refilling every other day or so. now i refill ever 10-12 days or so. when the heater isnt on i refill every 30 or so days.
5 oz in a 50 ct.? And what do you use to hold them? It seems like that your humidor would have a good bit of space taken up by just beads, especially the 150 with a pound in it.
I am thinking of getting rid of the tubes, and seeing if I cannot find a shallow glass pan to put some in on one side of my top tray. I really think that part of my problem is that the beads in the middle of the tube cannot release their moisture fast enough.
If you can Kuzi, pm me a pic of your setup, I'd really be interested in seeing what other folks use for their humi's
the 50 ct even has room above the beads. on the first 2 layers of cigars i can only fit a toro or shorter (6 in) but above that i can fit up to a 7.5 in cigar. in the 150cts i can fit a toro where the humi boxes are and up to an 8in cigar where it is not. on the top level of the 150 cts i have the boxes going in the other direction and it devides the humi in half so it doesnt really matter.
it really doesnt take up much room at all and the surface area of the beads is very large (making them more efficiant.) In the 150cts i can also place cigars over the boxes because the top has one inch open and one inch closed. (4 openings 3 "closed areas") I think its all about how its arranged. I dont just toss em in there. I organize. I think though that one of my boxes is too big and i may have to make a bit more efficiantly sized one soon.
I also only use my larger humidors to age cigars so they get opened less often. the 50ct is what i smoke out of.
But please, post a pic of your set up! I'd really like to take a peek at your 150, since that is what I have.
Hmmm, I sense a new thread that needs to be opened :P "Show Us Your Humi"
And a guy I work with has a full on woodshop, he makes and sells Adirondac chairs, so I hope to get mine done soon. When I do I'll post a pic as well...if I can find a digital camera too :P
I think we are the last ones without, Kuzi lol
Do any of you use the cigaroasis products in your humidors.
Joe
I've noticed it being one or two points off also. And the overflow problem with the cigars, same issue here. I only smoke on my days off and with all of the kids extra activities I usually only have time to smoke one at night. Seems like I collect more than smoke. Although I do have some room for box's still lol.