sndsamplr
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- Apr 29, 2021
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I’m not a cigar aficionado, but I do enjoy smoking a cigar down in the desert and sometimes on the golf course, or even here at home. So I purchased a few very nice cigars, and since I don’t smoke often, I figured I would get a humidor. So we jumped online and ordered a humidor, and it showed up the other day. One thing I didn’t realize is that you have to break in or season your humidor, not just throw the cigars in and there you have it.
You have to fill your humidification device with humidifying solution or distilled water. Then you have to wipe down all the Cedarwood inside the humidor but not too much. Then you have to close it for 24 hours and wait. Then the next day you have to repeat it, same procedure. And then on the next day you do the same thing, but if your humidity is registering lower than 72% on your hygrometer on the day after the last treatment, you have to repeat the steps. If it doesn’t, you have to calibrate your hygrometers accuracy.
Now to do that, you place a teaspoon of table salt on a plastic dish, then add water to make it damp, place it in a Ziploc plastic bag and place the Hydro meter next to it. Then you have to seal the bag, but make sure you have some air inside and allowed to sit for six hours. After that time, it should read 75% humidity. If not, your device is broken.
So I got that done, then looked online and asked whether or not I should leave the cigars inside the cellophane wrap while in the humidor or not, and that opened up a can of worms. There were more detail explanations that would match the likes of TJ or Socal, of why you should or should not store them in the cellophane wrap. It was great.
I can say I learned quite bit about humidors, and now, Im gonna light me one up.
You have to fill your humidification device with humidifying solution or distilled water. Then you have to wipe down all the Cedarwood inside the humidor but not too much. Then you have to close it for 24 hours and wait. Then the next day you have to repeat it, same procedure. And then on the next day you do the same thing, but if your humidity is registering lower than 72% on your hygrometer on the day after the last treatment, you have to repeat the steps. If it doesn’t, you have to calibrate your hygrometers accuracy.
Now to do that, you place a teaspoon of table salt on a plastic dish, then add water to make it damp, place it in a Ziploc plastic bag and place the Hydro meter next to it. Then you have to seal the bag, but make sure you have some air inside and allowed to sit for six hours. After that time, it should read 75% humidity. If not, your device is broken.
So I got that done, then looked online and asked whether or not I should leave the cigars inside the cellophane wrap while in the humidor or not, and that opened up a can of worms. There were more detail explanations that would match the likes of TJ or Socal, of why you should or should not store them in the cellophane wrap. It was great.
I can say I learned quite bit about humidors, and now, Im gonna light me one up.
. Uh oh, you are sending me down the road to another hobby Hozay...crap
. And I’m looking into larger humidors, Jen told me to STOP
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