Full humidor, now I am having problems

[Aequitas86]

So, my humidor is finally at full capacity. I can't fit one more stick to save my life. Now that its full, my humidity dropped all the way down to 58% and is holding. I checked my humidification device and even went as far to fill it again anyway. It seems to be sealing as it always has (when I had it holding at 70/70) so I don't think its that. Could it be because I have more sticks in it? Any other ideas?


I was thinking about unloading it and trying the seasoning process again to raise the total humidity, stabilizing it, then refilling with cigars. But I dunno.  

[lowpro75]

Were the most recent cigar you put in there on the dry side?  Sometime when I put new stock in the humidity dips for a day or so.

[Aequitas86]

It was from a pass. Didn't seem so. And this has been going on and such for about 5 days now.

[podman28]

Yes it could take some time with the new sticks added. I would give it a few days and check again. You also may have overloaded your humidification device. Make sure you don't have more sticks in there than it can handle.

[Bob Cordell]

Tell my girlfriend to come over, she'll fix that problem of your humidor to full. She'll shotput it down the hall....

[Duker511]

Ive noticed that sometimes when I fill my humi to the limit, the humitity will drop, up to 10%. Try taking the top row out and see if the extra air flow helps. I think sometimes if there isnt enough air flow around the hygrometer they read low.

[Aequitas86]

That was my thought. So I guess its time for another humidor. Originally I got this small acid humidor (cbid for 5 bucks) to keep just acid and other infused cigars. But then started filling it up with others, just so I didnt have to borrow space from friends. I just got my allstate safe driving bonus....and I think a humidor would be a good reward. I will try removing a few. Time to really start smokin  

[mike46]

Why not go to a plastic bin-type humidor?  My 100-cigar wooden humidor is pretty much full and I keep the better smokes in there, then I use my bin for all the others.  I line it a bit with some of the cedar sheets from cigar wrappers and cigar boxes, etc.  Put in a humi pack and away you go.  Don't need it on display, keep it in the closet, the wooden one is out to look at and drool over.

[SenorPablo]

That could work fine.  Of course, the cedar is always a nice addition.  You could just go with a coolidor too if you want to take the leap.  

[podman28]

SenorPablo - 11/2/2008  8:54 PM

That could work fine.  Of course, the cedar is always a nice addition.  You could just go with a coolidor too if you want to take the leap.  

The leap to the coolidor is a big investment but fun because you have to fill it then. C-Bid here he comes.    

[JKG]

I've had the same problem.  When the humidor gets full you're trying to humidify a lot more cigars and they absorb the moisture.  After a week or so it should settle in.  If it doesn't, you may need to add another humidifier, humi-pack, or the gel type humidifier in a jar.  

However, there is a fullproof, always works solution to your problem... Select five fellow forum members, remove 20 of your best cigars and send 4 to each of the five you selected.   So, what's the problem?