I purchased this as my 1st humidor about 1 year ago:
A basic 20 capacity humidor that you see in the pages of the CI catalog. In this time I never had a hygrometer to measure the humidity inside. I just expected that it would be fine. Well, fast forward to this week when I purchased a digital thermometer/hygrometer for the apartment to see if it was worth buying a humidifier for our bedroom. It was small enough to fit in my humidor so I thought I would throw it in overnight out of curiosity. When I looked at the readings I was surprised to see that the min humidity was 50%, the max was 55% and it had a current reading of 54%. Last night I tried this again, but this time re-filled my gel humidifer with water and tried placing a heavy book on top of the humidor (thinking it may be a seal problem). I look again this morning and its is reading the same humidity.
Any ideas on what I can do . I want to keep my cigars in good condition and I hope that this isn't damaging the taste in anyways by not being at an optimal humidity. Here is a pic of the inside of my humidor to show my setup (airflow and such):
I am using DryMistat humidifier made by Cigar Savor. It is about 80 days old and states that it can keep 25-30 cigars humidified. When I 1st bought it I thought that perhaps it may overhumidify my cigars...guess I didn't have to worry about that :r. I appreciate any help
A basic 20 capacity humidor that you see in the pages of the CI catalog. In this time I never had a hygrometer to measure the humidity inside. I just expected that it would be fine. Well, fast forward to this week when I purchased a digital thermometer/hygrometer for the apartment to see if it was worth buying a humidifier for our bedroom. It was small enough to fit in my humidor so I thought I would throw it in overnight out of curiosity. When I looked at the readings I was surprised to see that the min humidity was 50%, the max was 55% and it had a current reading of 54%. Last night I tried this again, but this time re-filled my gel humidifer with water and tried placing a heavy book on top of the humidor (thinking it may be a seal problem). I look again this morning and its is reading the same humidity.
Any ideas on what I can do . I want to keep my cigars in good condition and I hope that this isn't damaging the taste in anyways by not being at an optimal humidity. Here is a pic of the inside of my humidor to show my setup (airflow and such):
I am using DryMistat humidifier made by Cigar Savor. It is about 80 days old and states that it can keep 25-30 cigars humidified. When I 1st bought it I thought that perhaps it may overhumidify my cigars...guess I didn't have to worry about that :r. I appreciate any help