Any ideas why my humidor is only getting to 55% humidity?

[taltos]

This is a possibly dumb question but have you added water to the tube as needed?

[Rolando]

Originally Posted by taltos

This is a possibly dumb question but have you added water to the tube as needed?

From the picture the tube looks full.

[mugwump]

I spent the last few years fighting to keep humidity above 55% in three different desktop humidors. I tried everything under the sun but they just would not hold humidity and it's not like I live in a dry climate. I used beads, various hygrometers, and spent weeks seasoning them and they always fell back below 55%. I finally gave up and switched first to a cooler and now a wine cooler and both have worked out fine. I now use the desktops for dry boxing a few cigars before smoking them.

[jmasterj]

What are those silver dots on the lip of the front top edge? Could be a place for air to get through. ??? Also, I've always found it tough to keep a constant humidity level with low numbers of cigars. Re-season your humi, fill that thing to absolute capacity, take the cello off all cigars and see what happens. Could just be that the wood is sucking all the juice out. Then go out and buy a 300ct. humi!

[taltos]

The dots are magnets to help keep the humi closed. As far as the tubes being full, it was thrown out there as a possibility. I have never used them and could not determine that they were full.

[stfoley]

Check the seal on your Humidor...I recently had an issue with my main humi...one of the folks I have over apparently roughhoused it and messed up the seal.

Once I fixed it the humidity shot up to near-proper levels overnight with the help of a few extra humidifiers. Once it's stable, I'm going back to just using the main one, then waiting a week or so for the cigars to get back to normal.