Cliff Notes at the bottom for the TLDR folks.
I have been smoking and storing cigars for over 15 years and I have never had this problem. I can't keep the humidity low enough in my humidor. It holds 300 cigars and has 225+ in it plus my Cigar Oasis that has bee faithfully keeping it humid for years (replaced the cartridge a couple times).
All of the sudden over the summer the humidity shot up to almost 90% and I haven't been able to get it under control since. I have removed all the humidification devices and it still stayed around 80%.
The ambient humidity varies from 55% to 65% in the house depending on the weather. I leave the lid open sometimes and it will drop to 72%-74% which doesn't make sense to me. How can an open box have higher humidity than the room it's in?
I have salt testes three hygrometers and all checkout within acceptable range. The box has been open for three days now with no humidification device and it's at 71% which isn't the worst thing, but I prefer closer to 67%
I have tried oven baking my Heartfelt beads and putting them in the humidor completely dry to absorb the excess humidity but it didn't work at all. These beads are 10 years old and may not be working as I saturated them one time and some pieces crack off of them from time to time.
I have taken the cigars out of the humidor and left the humidor in a small room with a dehumidifier running to make sure the box wasn't soaked. Dried it out real good and after about three hours I was back to crazy high humidity.
What the hell can I do to get this back under control? Will new/more Heartfelt beads do the trick? Cat litter maybe?
Cliff Notes
I need to get humidity lowered and constant before I kill myself.
Humidity is crazy high +80% if I don't manage it every day.
Hygrometers work (salt tested).
Ambient humidity 55%-65%.
No humidification device in humidor at all.
Running a dehumidifier and leaving box open to keep humidity somewhat low.
Need something to help out. Beads, Kitty litter, Silica Gel????
All help will be appreciated!
I have been smoking and storing cigars for over 15 years and I have never had this problem. I can't keep the humidity low enough in my humidor. It holds 300 cigars and has 225+ in it plus my Cigar Oasis that has bee faithfully keeping it humid for years (replaced the cartridge a couple times).
All of the sudden over the summer the humidity shot up to almost 90% and I haven't been able to get it under control since. I have removed all the humidification devices and it still stayed around 80%.
The ambient humidity varies from 55% to 65% in the house depending on the weather. I leave the lid open sometimes and it will drop to 72%-74% which doesn't make sense to me. How can an open box have higher humidity than the room it's in?
I have salt testes three hygrometers and all checkout within acceptable range. The box has been open for three days now with no humidification device and it's at 71% which isn't the worst thing, but I prefer closer to 67%
I have tried oven baking my Heartfelt beads and putting them in the humidor completely dry to absorb the excess humidity but it didn't work at all. These beads are 10 years old and may not be working as I saturated them one time and some pieces crack off of them from time to time.
I have taken the cigars out of the humidor and left the humidor in a small room with a dehumidifier running to make sure the box wasn't soaked. Dried it out real good and after about three hours I was back to crazy high humidity.
What the hell can I do to get this back under control? Will new/more Heartfelt beads do the trick? Cat litter maybe?
Cliff Notes
I need to get humidity lowered and constant before I kill myself.
Humidity is crazy high +80% if I don't manage it every day.
Hygrometers work (salt tested).
Ambient humidity 55%-65%.
No humidification device in humidor at all.
Running a dehumidifier and leaving box open to keep humidity somewhat low.
Need something to help out. Beads, Kitty litter, Silica Gel????
All help will be appreciated!
