Placing container of Distilled Water in humi

[RUJohnny99]

What's the temperature inside the humidor? Maybe get it down to prevent the mold?

[JaKaAch]

The cooler and beads is the easiest fix. But I still have a few humidors and like you in the winter it is hard to keep the RH up in the 60s.
I add a container of distilled water in my to help the bead in the winter, but I use water jewels to keep it from spilling and I have never seen it mold.
You can get a little package of these at Michaels arts and crafts store for a dollar. This little package's bead will swell up enough to fill a gallon jug.
I use a old plastic prescription bottle with about 7 -8 beads in it.
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/d...515&channelid=

[OtterAKL4987]

If you don't want to invest in a cooler right now, take a cooler you already own grab the humi (if it's a desktop and will fit) and put the whole thing in the cooler. This will help seal everything up.

[kalvinchris]

Originally Posted by yazzie

My solution: Get a cooler and some Beads and you will no longer have to worry about RH swings caused by seasonality in the weather. Rock solid RH in a Cooler

I have a cooler and a 50 count desktop humidor. I seem to always have a problem with low humidity in the humidor. I have a shot glass of distilled water, some beads, all this crap in there and I seem to still have problems. I have 65 RH beads in the cooler and I am amazed that the RH is actually staying at 65 RH! It's so cool to see the humidity where I want it.

[redryno247]

Beads my friend. That way you can set it and forget it...assuming you use enough beads. I have a 150 ct desktop humi with a 4 oz tube of beads in the bottom and a small salsa dish with about .5 to 1 oz in the top tray...65-67% maintained no prob and the sticks look and smoke great.

[tfar]

Most important thing you need is a good seal on the humi. Without that it is just a maintenance hog unless you use a hydra. When temperatures are extreme and ambient humidity is very low this will add to the trouble.

I had the same problem as the OP and mine was clearly a humidor that didn't seal so well. I even heated the water a little bit so the evaporation would speed the humidifying process.

Biggest problem is that there is risk of spillage when you move it. I like the sponge and gel ideas. If you are cheap you can give kitty litter a try, too. Do a search and you should find some posts. The final verdict is still out but so far it works for me.

Till

[taltos]

Here is a solution that may help with humidors that have a problem with a proper seal: Get your hands on some bees wax in a block or better yet, some sailmakers wax. Rub the wax om the top and bottom surfaces of the humidor and lid that make contact with each other. The wax is somewhat tacky and fills the pores in the wood and the gaps between the bottom and the lid. I have used this procedure on several humidors and it does seem to work.

[partagaspete]

My Cigar Oasis went out this week. constanly running but not helping the humidity?? So I am doing this now to keep things straight...Until the pound of 65% beads I ordered from Hearrtfelt Ind. show up. They worked great int the past and they dont break.

T

[Navydoc]

To be honest I'm not really sure why you are sweating the 60%. I would be more worried about the rapidly changing level to 70% over a short period of time....you're gonna split your cigars that way. If you really must raise the RH go with the beads as suggested. FWIW my RH drops to 58% during the Winter and I don't do anything...just wait for Summer and things will go back up again, slowly and without any adverse effects.