Cheap, Effective Humidor

[Blueface]

I have seen some impressive ideas on how to make a low budget humidor on this site. Many quite clever and inexpensive. Having a large capicity Aristocrat (which is what I hope to have soon) is certainly a nice thing but in the interim, for quite some time now, I have found an an effective and inexpensive method of maintaining boxes and thought I would share it.

I use a Cigar Savor Humistat stick and drop it in a large (largest made) Zip Lock bag. These bags will hold up to two boxes (Churchills). Although the manufacturer recommends one stick for every 25 stogies, I place one Humistat for two boxes in a bag and off we go. I think being sealed in a bag helps me get away with that. You get ten bags for a few dollars at your supermarket and each Humistat goes for $7.50 (on line) to $10 at your local shop. They are re-usable many times over and last quite a while confined to a bag. You get a bigger humidor and don't need these bags anymore, you can use the Humistats in your new humidor. I am sure beads will work just as well and may be significantly cheaper in quantity.

I have spot checked them on occasions with a digital hygrometer and it shows 70 exactly. I open them briefly occasionally for fresh air to simulate the opening and closing of a humidor (don't know if that really helps but it makes me feel better, so I do it). To date, those kept in bags appear to hold and age as well as those kept in my humidor. I personally can't tell the difference. Don't know long term, but for the time I have needed it, has worked well.

[JDO]

Sounds like a good cheap way to keep some stogies. I'll probably have to start doing this soon. My humi is starting to get a little full.

[singlguy9]

put em' all in a cooler.......works great!!

[Blueface]

The cooler is a great idea but I would imagine there is the limitation of the space inside and the space the cooler takes up.

This bag method works well for me as it allows me to put them away neatly anywhere in the house that I have room. I have some in my bedroom nightables, my home office desk, my kitchen, my family room. They are everywhere, always a door or drawer away. Bugs my wife but works for me. If I went with the cooler method, I would need a few coolers and more space to put them.

Whatever works.
Neat thing is there is no end to creating a cheap humidor.

[Wetterhorn]

Most interesting...

I have one humidor that is a tupperware item with a distilled water filled part of a floral brick. It is unreal! It probably is my easiest humidor that works to store my cigars in and keep them well humidified. Often I put in my best cigars in this little baby!

[Nely]

Originally Posted by Wetterhorn

Most interesting...

I have one humidor that is a tupperware item with a distilled water filled part of a floral brick. It is unreal! It probably is my easiest humidor that works to store my cigars in and keep them well humidified. Often I put in my best cigars in this little baby!

I agree. Tupperdors are also very easy and cheap to make. I have one that I believe cost me less than $10 to set up. Works like a charm!

[(909)]

I used a tupperware type container and empty cedar cigar boxes (not the type with paper labels) and humidification beads.

There are 5 boxes and a total of 125-150 smokes in the container. The humidistat reads 65RH always. It probably cost me $30.00 for everything. I think its a good way to long term store your smokes without having to check on them regularly.

I use a desktop humi for whatever I plan on smoking in the near future. Bonus is that the wife thinks that the only smokes I have are in the desktop

[Jkbd33]

My humi is getting full so I might stick some cheap sticks in one. Great idea thanks OP

[c2000]

Blueface,,good idea..

Jerry in Minnesota.

[RumblePen]

There's a huge upside to doing it this way. If beetles were to hatch in one of your boxes, the outbreak would be confined.