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Cabinet Humidor Humidity

Hey guys, new to the post but I've been smoking cigars for 40 years.

I moved from Kentucky (High RH) to Northern Colorado (Low RH) a few years ago. I have a tall cabinet humidor (64” tall, 15” wide, 14” deep). I have a hydro XL placed on the center shelf. I have a Xikar remote hygrometer that is calibrated to within 1%+-RH.

I didn’t have a problem keeping the RH in the cabinet to 68% RH in KY but I do in Colorado. I just started to move my hygrometer around to different shelfs in my humidor and am finding that the top shelf of the humidor is 61% RH, the drawers directly below the Hydro XL are 56% - 60%. Seems odd that the top shelf RH is much lower than the middle shelf where the Hydro XL is because humidity is supposed to rise???

Approximately 10 years ago I bought 3 mesh bags of Heartfelt beads 70% RH. I don’t tend to the bags as often as I probably should. I also removed the foam in my Hydra XL and replaced it with SAP beads which I have to add water about monthly.

I’m currently taking the beads I have out of the mesh begs and putting a couple of tablespoons into ramekins and placing them on each shelf and into each drawer.

I’m currently looking into some fans that I can place in my humidor that will come on about every 15 minutes for just a minute or so to move some air around the cabinet.

What are your thoughts on replacing the SAP beads in my Hydro XL beads, how many ounces/pounds would you recommend.

Can anyone recommend a timer that would allow fans to come on every 20 minutes for a minute or two>

Any other suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

Northern Colorado

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    5 JeffTompkins

    (19 months ago)

    Following this for sure, I dont have a big humidor like that (newer to cigars) but am in Colorado as well and my stuff dries out way too quick.

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    3 ErikV12

    (21 months ago)

    4 or 5 320 gram Boveda packets would probably work a lot better for you. Put one on every level. Also, humidity is more dense than air so naturally it settles, not rises

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    6 Cotto

    (23 months ago)

    love the humidor, you should look into cabinet humidifiers. One site is yourelegantbar.com

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      66 Rob21

      (23 months ago)

      Yes, you are very right we have two homemade ones some what similar to yours and they are using the ones that have a water line hooked to them kind of like ice cube maker in a fridge! I will take some images...