My Desktop Humi is running at 75 Deg 70 rH

[pistol]

do you have a friend (preferably a girl, guys will steal them) at school that lives in a house or apt with AC that can hold onto your humi for you until the weather turns? That'd be my recommendation, I wouldn't risk leaving them ANYWHERE in a frat house outside of your room, to hell with the beetles, your drunk ass friends will find them and smoke them all! Just keep a few smokes in your room in a traveldor, that way, if it does overheat and you have a beetle outbreak, you only lose a handful, and no harm (relative to losing a full humi) is done. It might be a pain in the ass to access the rest of your smokes, but like you said, it's only a few months...

[Golfman]

yea my girlfriend will be living in an appartment that is air conditioned, i suppose she wouldnt mind holding onto them for a little while...she better not take any without my permission tho .... otherwise i may have to punish her...sexually

[Guitarman-S.T-]

a huge problem i have is upstairs the temp is about 75 and the humidity is about 67+...so godo humidity but high temp. Down stairs the temp is about mid 60's PERFECT...but higher then hell humidity at about 74 thsi morning. Any tips?

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by Guitarman-S.T-

Any tips?

Beads!!!!


NCRM

[Guitarman-S.T-]

alright well thats easy haha my beads that with the help of a friendly gorilla i shoudl be getting late this week or early the next. I hope i can manage untill then.

[Mindflux]

my cigars have been in the mid to upper 70's the last two months. humidity is rock stable thanks to beads.

nary a tobacco beetle in sight.

*knocks on wood*.

[Golfman]

hmmm, these beads seem to be the shiz around here in terms of humidor care....perhaps i should invest in some, however my humidity is pretty stable at 70, has never moved more than a degree in each direction....i dont know if its necesary

[Bobb]

I know the old phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." But beads would be a great insurance plan. They last forever and and very easy to use. (This is just my understanding of them...mine have not arrived in the mail yet, hopfully this week)

[smokepiper]

I've been getting freaked out lately too regarding beetles. My humis been at 80 degrees and 65% for weeks now. I check every day and have yet to find one of those crawley little bastards.

It'll be winter soon. You'll survive. Freeze if you're worried.

D

[ColdCuts]

Originally Posted by punch

Every summer I go through this. During the peak summer months, even my basement stays at 75+ DegF. During the summer, I let the RH in my humidors drift down to 62 - 65% and I have never had a problem. I really believe that people make entirely too much of a few degrees and %RH.

I sure do hope you're right Punch. I'm in a similar situation. With my little window AC unit crankin', my humi hovers around 74*F with 74-76%. The good news is, my Heartfelt Beads finally arrived so I'll be good on the humidity, but I've been sweating (no pun intended) the heat.

[Twill413]

I am in the same boat as a lot of you guys...I just can't afford to cool my apartment down to the requisite 70 or below. I am pretty new to cigars so I haven't yet got a stock to start aging. I am planning on stocking up for the winter when I won't be able to smoke hardly at all, since the WI winter gets pretty cold and all smoking must be done outside. I plan to fill up my humi and let it all rest for the winter, kind of like hibernation. I guess come next summer it's going to be a problem when the thaw comes. Anyways to make a long story short, my humi is at about 74-76 and 68-70%, and I haven't had a problem at all. Just keeping my fingers crossed. For now just giving the to the beetles.

[Mister Moo]

Crikee. After my One Beetle Bastage experience, I'd invent the Swamp Cooler Humi. Wrap the thing in plastic, put a wet towel over it and turn on a fan. Floor temps are ususally better than countertop temps, BTW.

[hoosier]

I know you say you're broke, but check out this thread about the Target wine coolers. They are cheap if you can still find one and it should solve your problem.

http://www.clubstogie.com/vb/showthr...ht=target+wine

[ColdCuts]

Originally Posted by Mister MaDuroo

Crikee. After my One Beetle Bastage experience, I'd invent the Swamp Cooler Humi. Wrap the thing in plastic, put a wet towel over it and turn on a fan. Floor temps are ususally better than countertop temps, BTW.

This is a brilliant idea! Makes me wish I could give out ring gauge. I'd heard of putting one's desktop humi inside of a cooler with a freezer pack, but I hadn't heard of this before. Frankly, I'm a little surprised I didn't think of this, as I've employed a very similar system with my homebrewing. Anyway, I've got just one question Mister MaDuroo: At what temperature do you employ the "Swamp Cooler Humi"? Would you do it at 74*F, or do you think I'm alright as long as I don't exceed 74? Thanks for the great advice.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by ColdCuts

This is a brilliant idea! ... At what temperature do you employ the "Swamp Cooler Humi"? Would you do it at 74*F, or do you think I'm alright as long as I don't exceed 74? Thanks for the great advice.

I'm not sure I would deploy the Swamp Cooler Humi concept in actual practice unless it was a last ditch case of man vs. beetle. I'd get edgy enough at 76f to be getting out a garbage bag and the big fan. I cannot believe this has not been tried already, crafty, resourceful lot that cigar smokers are.